Journal Of Commodore Goodenough; During His Last Command As Senior Offices On The Australian Station, 1873-1875. Edited, With A Memoir, By His Widow
Published by Henry S. King & Co, London, 1876
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
AbeBooks seller since August 29, 2017
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 275.00
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Octavo, xii, 369pp, [2], [31pp ads]. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Gilt illustrations to front cover. Publisher's imprint stamped in blind to rear cover. Stated "Second Edition" on copyright page. Some wear to hinges, still sound. Faint shelf wear, bright gilt. Previous ownership bookplate to front endpaper, inscription to front free endpaper. Previous bookseller's label affixed to rear endpaper. Complete with all listed in-text illustrations, as well as frontispiece with tissue cover. Three fold-out maps, one in-text, two at rear. All are near fine with faint toning to edges. (Ferguson 9978). James Graham Goodenough (1830-1875) joined the Royal Navy at the age of fourteen and earned the rank of Commander-in-Chief of the Australia Station in 1873. Goodenough served until 1875 when he passed on aboard the HMS Pearl from infected poison arrow wounds after an attack by Santa Cruz Islands natives.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Journal Of Commodore Goodenough; During His Last Command As Senior Offices On The Australian Station, 1873-1875. Edited, With A Memoir, By His Widow
- Author
- [Goodenough, James Graham]
- Publisher
- Henry S. King & Co, London
- Publication year
- 1876
- Condition
- Very good
- Binding
- Cloth
- Illustrator
- Second edition of the Journal of Commodore Goodenough, compiled and edited by his wife Victoria Hamilton.
- Edition
- Second Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Naval History Modern Fiction Aviation
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Located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana, The First Edition Rare Books, LLC offers a wide variety of rare and collectible books from around the world. Our primary collection is built around U.S. political history, Western Military History, European Political History, and signed books from influential world figures.
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