A Letter from the South Seas by a Voyager on the Daedalus, 1792.
by Earnshaw, John, editor. [House, William, d. 1807?]
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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Cranston, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
Talkarra Press, Cremorne, N. S. W., 1957. Hard Cover. Signed. [18], [21] p.; title-page vignette stamped in blue; 21 cm. Introduced and Annotated by John Earnshaw. The manuscript letter is in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. 'Unsigned and incomplete, half in verse and half in prose, covering four closely written pagesââ¬Â¦', it is a nice thumbnail sketch of early British trading presence in the South Pacific. Signed and numbered by the printer, Walter W. Stone, in the colophon; one of 250 copies. Vg, blue cloth; spine faded, ex-University of Melbourne Library with bookplate & modest stamp. Stock#39292.
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- Bookseller
- The Owl at the Bridge (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39292
- Title
- A Letter from the South Seas by a Voyager on the Daedalus, 1792.
- Author
- Earnshaw, John, editor. [House, William, d. 1807?]
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Talkarra Press, Cremorne, N. S. W., 1957
- Keywords
- New Zealand
- Bookseller catalogs
- History: Australia and South Pacific;
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