Published by Folio Society, London, 2016
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First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. 8vo. pp xxvi, [ii], 409. Rusty red coloured slipcase. Original publisher's printed boards with woodcut illustration, quarter bound in red cloth with cream lettering. Illustrations printed in colour. Fine.
Published by Folio Society, London, 2016
Seller: Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books], PERTH, WA, Australia
First Edition
Boards in slip-case. Introd. Peter Campbell (illustrator). 1st thus. Original quarter-cloth with illustrated upper board, colour plates, notes, bibliography, index, pp xxvi, 409. Near fine condition in like slipcase. Patrick O'Brian's comprehensive biography of Joseph Banks (1743-1820) the naturalist and botanist, who sailed with Cook on the Endeavour to the South Pacific. "That Patrick O'Brian would write a good book about the early life of Josph Banks was to be expected. Banks combined the enthusiasm and practical competence of one of O'Brian's fictional heroes, Jack Aubrey, with the passion for natural history of another, Stephen Maturin." (Peter Campbell, Introduction, p. xv).