Published by The Natural History Museum London / Scriptum Editions London, 2000
Seller: J. R. Young, Birmingham, United Kingdom
First Edition
12¾"x11" (32.5x28cm). First edition / First printing. pp334(2) with numerous colour & other illustrations, selected biographies, bibliography, and index. Hardback / hard cover: tan boards, backstrip titled etc in black, front board with central blindstamped decoration. FINE copy in VERY GOOD+ unclipped dust jacket moderately sunned along backstrip panel. (Heavyweight item, overseas shipping at cost.).
Published by Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2008
ISBN 10: 1741755778 ISBN 13: 9781741755770
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Australian Edition. HEAVY. 335pp, index, bibliography, num bw & col ills. Brown cloth in jacket. Near new. Front cover: Paradise Flycatcher. Very light edge wear to jacket. Includes Hans Sloane's voyage to Jamaica; Hermann et al Surveying Ceylon; Merian's Sojourn to Surinam; Bartram's Travels in North America; Cook/Banks/Parkinson Pacific Crossing; Cook/Forster Return to the South Seas; Flinders/Bauer Charting Australia; Darwin Sailing with the Beagle; Wallace/Bates Amazonia and Beyond; and Fathoming the Deep (Challenger Expedition). Size: 4to.
Published by The Natural History Museum, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 0565092308 ISBN 13: 9780565092306
Seller: Lazarus Books Limited, Blackpool, LANCS, United Kingdom
First Edition
Pictorial Boards. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Impression. 2008 first edition, first impression. Size large quarto, 336 pages, a heavy book. Pictorial boards with matching dust jacket, red end-papers. Book condition fine, a very clean copy. Dust jacket condition near fine, slight curl to extreme edges else fine, not price clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.
Published by Published by Natural History Museum 565 Fulham Road, London First Edition . 2008., 2008
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
First Edition
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated paper covered boards. Square 4to. 10½'' x 9¼''. Contains 336 pp with monochrome and colour illustrations and archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped, unused new book. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Heavy volume 2 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9780565092306 NATURAL HISTORY.
Published by Natural History Museum/Scriptum Editions, London,, 2000
Seller: lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australia
Large quarto hardcover; brown boards with black spine titling and embossed upper board decoration, yellow endpapers; 335pp., colour and monochrome plates and illustrations. Minor wear; very faint spotting to upper text block edges. Otherwise near fine in like dustwrapper with faded spine now professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. "Voyages of Discovery" is a mesmerising visual record of some of the most significant, and beautiful, discoveries in the history of natural science exploration. Superb artworks and photographs spanning three centuries, document advances and watersheds in the field of natural science. The stories behind these images - of explorers, naturalists, artists and photographers - entwine in a fascinating study of human achievement and natural wonder. Handpicked from the vast Library of the Natural History Museum in London, the illustrations contained here form a rare collection, most of which has never been seen in the public eye.