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The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea. With Notices of the Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various Islands of the Malay Archipelago
by Guillemard F. H. H
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/None
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1889. 2nd Ed.. Hardcover. Good/None. Hardcover, blue cloth stamped in gilt, a little rubbed and bumped at edges. 456 pages with color frontispiece map, 139 illustrations of which 27 are full-page and 14 maps of which some are folding. School ex-library copy with spine label, minimal stamping to front endpapers and title page. Previous owner's inscription on half-title page. Interior clean with no marking, all fold-out maps in great condition. NOTE: The Marchesa a schooner yacht sailed from England in 1881 to the seas of China and Japan the East Indies and New Guinea before returning to England in 1884. First published in 1886 as a two volume set. Record # 378351
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 378351
- Title
- The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea. With Notices of the Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various Islands of the Malay Archipelago
- Author
- Guillemard F. H. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- 2nd Ed.
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- Travel, Nautical, , .
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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