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Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Two volumes in one. Illustrated with contemporary charts and engravings. Pp. xiv+369+[iii]+348+[48](bibliography and index), frontispiece portrait to each volume, plus 45 plates including maps (4 double page), large folding chart at end, bibliography, index; thick med. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, upper board decorated in blind, edges of boards slightly rubbed, spine lightly faced; top edges green (slightly spotted); dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split with several small surface chips, heavily tape repaired on reverse; inked ownership inscriptions (one dated 1943) on upper endpapers and at head of half-title page, the endpapers slightly offset, a couple of small edge chips or splits; Farrar & Rinehart, New York, n.d. [193-]. U.S. edition. *Originally published in two volumes by Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1931. Seller Inventory # 173291
Title: THE LIFE OF VICE-ADMIRAL WILLIAM BLIGH, R.N....
Publisher: Rinehart & Company, Inc n.d., New York
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
In two volumes. Pp. xx+372(last colophon, verso blank)+[viii]+404(last colophon, verso blank), frontispiece portrait to each volume, plus a total of 45 plates (4 double page), large folding chart at end of Volume II, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dark green textured cloth, spines lettered in gilt, upper boards decorated in blind; the spines faintly faded, bottom fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrappers, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split, with a few small chips, several tape repairs on reverse, piece torn from head of backstrip both volumes; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedowns, the free endpapers offset, some light foxing throughout; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1931. First edition. Seller Inventory # 179290
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