Published by The Miegunyah Press, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 1998
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. xxvii, 364. Frontis. portrait photograph. Illustrated with text maps and diagrams, 19 plates many in color. Glossary, bibliography, 5 appendices, index. Bound in black buckram, gilt lettering stamped on the spine. Light blue endpapers, front printed with Bayly family tree. Ribbon bookmark. Number 19 in the second Miegunyah series. Bayly made eleven voyages around the world in twenty years and colorfully recorded in this journal dramatic encounters with cannibals, convicts and pirates. One of 1,000 copies printed, this being an especially fresh copy. Dust jacket preserved in a clear removable archival sleeve.
Published by Miegunyah Press, 1998
ISBN 10: 0522847617 ISBN 13: 9780522847611
Hardback. 1. A life on the Ocean Wave is rich in accounts of typhoons, rescues, storms, shipwrecks and shipboard disputes. Details of life at sea vary from amusing anecdotes about passengers to ship customs and sailing directions. Miegunyah Press, 1998. First edition. A near fine copy only marked by a neat gift inscription on the half title page. The d/w is fine. This copy is one of a limited edition of only 1000 copies.