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The Discovery of Australia, A Critical, Documentary and Historic Investigation Concerning the Priority of Discovery in Australasia by Europeans before the arrival of Lieut. James Cook, in the "Endeavour," in the year 1770
by Collingridge, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney: Hayes Brothers. 1895. Quarto, pp. xvi, 376, Index, b&w folded plates, b&w plates and ills, maps. Original gilt decorated cloth boards. Shaken, first and last pages heavily toned, preliminary pages foxed, corners bumped and rubbed, mark upper board and edges of spine. Good condition.(heavy, please inquire regarding postage.) Investigation of the earliest discoveries of the continent. 1st Edition. Cloth Boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102847
- Title
- The Discovery of Australia, A Critical, Documentary and Historic Investigation Concerning the Priority of Discovery in Australasia by Europeans before the arrival of Lieut. James Cook, in the "Endeavour," in the year 1770
- Author
- Collingridge, George
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hayes Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- Australia, Dutch, Europe, Expedition, Exploration, France, Geography, History, Travels
Terms of Sale
Muir Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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