AN HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS AT PORT JACKSON AND NORFOLK ISLAND Including the Journals of Governors Phillip & King, since the Publication of Phillip's Voyage. With an Abridged Account of the New Discoveries in the South Seas.
by HUNTER, Captain John
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- first
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- Seller
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McMahons Point, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Lond. John Stockdale., 1793.. 8vo. Bound in modern qt.calf with marbled sides. xxii,583pp. uncut. Frontispiece portrait of Hunter. Vignette on title page. Large folding map. Lacks the plate "Family of NSW". The abridged octavo edition of Hunter's Journal published the same year as the quarto first edition.
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- Bookseller
- Antique Bookshop
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 203167
- Title
- AN HISTORICAL JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS AT PORT JACKSON AND NORFOLK ISLAND Including the Journals of Governors Phillip & King, since the Publication of Phillip's Voyage. With an Abridged Account of the New Discoveries in the South Seas.
- Author
- HUNTER, Captain John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Lond. John Stockdale.
- Date Published
- 1793.
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McMahons Point, New South Wales
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We are a business operating from a bricks and mortar store in Sydney since 1977, though also with an on-line presence.
Our store is situated at Crows Nest on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, about a 10 minute drive north from the Sydney CBD, and also convenient to trains and buses. The route 320 bus from Sydney CBD will drop you off outside our door.
We have been members of ANZAAB for many years.
Peter is a Past-President of ANZAAB and has organised many of the ANZAAB Book Fairs held in the last two decades.
Our store is situated at Crows Nest on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, about a 10 minute drive north from the Sydney CBD, and also convenient to trains and buses. The route 320 bus from Sydney CBD will drop you off outside our door.
We have been members of ANZAAB for many years.
Peter is a Past-President of ANZAAB and has organised many of the ANZAAB Book Fairs held in the last two decades.
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