Voyages Round The World; with selected sketches of Voyages To The South Seas, North and South Pacific Oceans, China, Etc
by Fanning, Edmund
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0839805519
- ISBN 13
- 9780839805519
- Seller
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Upper Saddle River, NJ: The Gregg Press. 1970. Large Octavo Size [23.5x16cm. Very Good condition. Cream cloth boards. Both endpapers have a glue stain the length of the spine and about 0.5cm wide - main text unaffected (common - publication flaw). Faint, scattered foxing to covers and edges. Very mild. Black & white illustrations. 499 pages. Originally published in 1833. Also includes 'Information Relating to Important Late Discoveries; Between the Years 1792 and 1832, Together with the Report of the Commander of the First American Exploring Expedition Patronised by the United States Government, in the Brigs Seraph and Annawan, to the Southern Hemisphere.' Edmund Fanning [1769-1841] was an American explorer and sea captain known as the 'Pathfinder of the Pacific'. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Facsimile Edition. Hardback.
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- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB320772
- Title
- Voyages Round The World; with selected sketches of Voyages To The South Seas, North and South Pacific Oceans, China, Etc
- Author
- Fanning, Edmund
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- Facsimile Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0839805519
- ISBN 13
- 9780839805519
- Publisher
- The Gregg Press
- Place of Publication
- Upper Saddle River, NJ
- Date Published
- 1970
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Nautical;
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