Frost Alan Editors (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. A new book. No owners' or library marks. Extra postage if shipped outside the U. S. DJ price corner not clipped. No underlining or highlighting. See our photos.

1st edition. Small 4to. xxix + 107pp. B/w. illustrations. Original boards. Original pictorial d/w. lettered in brown, spine faded. Ex-libris Andrew David. ISBN 0908120494 US$13.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback. 276pp, notes, bw ills, maps, diagrams. Pictorial card covers. Near new. Covers a vast sweep of history and prehistory, from the geomorphology of the continent, to the experiences of those who have sailed and lived under the Southern Cross. The majority of the volume is concerned with European exploration and settlement, but devotes space to the coming of the Aborigines and Aboriginal societies, and to European contact with the indigenous people and their culture. Size: 4to.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. 1st Edition. Very Good Pp 171 Maps And Charts.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. xvii, 242pp, index, notes, bw & col ills, maps. Or cream cloth in jacket. Near new. The story of how Europeans conceived of the southern continent from ancient times to the 19th century. Surveys classical, medieval, and renaissance ideas and speculations about the supposed vast Terra Australia. Discusses the Dieppe maps, notable for their beauty and the mystery over whether Java la Grande reflects an early Portuguese discovery of the real continent. Also looks at discoveries by the Dutch (both purposeful and accidental); the English and French voyages culminating in Cook's charting of the east coast; the colonization of NSW and its exploration; and finally the delineation of the continent and its being named Australia. Size: 4to.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. xvii, 242pp, index, notes, bw & col ills, maps. Or cream cloth in jacket. Near new. SIGNED by both editors and two of the authors on title page. The story of how Europeans conceived of the southern continent from ancient times to the 19th century. Surveys classical, medieval, and renaissance ideas and speculations about the supposed vast Terra Australia. Discusses the Dieppe maps, notable for their beauty and the mystery over whether Java la Grande reflects an early Portuguese discovery of the real continent. Also looks at discoveries by the Dutch (both purposeful and accidental); the English and French voyages culminating in Cook's charting of the east coast; the colonization of NSW and its exploration; and finally the delineation of the continent and its being named Australia. Size: 4to. Signed by Authors.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1988. Quarto, xviii, 242 pages with numerous illustrations (many in colour) plus endpaper maps. Cloth; edges slightly foxed; an excellent copy with the dustwrapper.