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Published by Richard Griffin Publisher Pty Ltd, 1983
Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
Sm. Folio. [vi] + 34pp. Frontis. and ills. title page. Ex.-libris Andrew David Lieutenant Commander Royal Navy, leather backed cloth boards with gilt profile to upper board, brown d/w. lettered in gilt to spine and with gilt profile to upper wrapp., sl. rubbed, lightly faded to spine. No. 137 of a Limited Edition of 160 Copies.Originally published in issues 413 to 417 of The monthly magazine, London, 1825. US$84.
Published by Richard Griffin Publisher Pty Ltd, South Melbourne, 1983
ISBN 10: 0959303014ISBN 13: 9780959303018
Seller: Elizabeth's Bookshops, Fremantle, WA, Australia
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Hardcover. Half calf leather. Condition: Mint Copy!. Limited edition of 160 copies (copy #42). Quarter calf and cloth binding by Peter Marsh. A VERY DESIRABLE COPY."The text printed here, for the first time in book form, pretty much as it appeared in issues 413 to 417 of 'The Monthly Magazine', published in London from August, 1825." Kenneth Hince (from the Foreword)."Decorations [frontispiece and title page] by Donald Friend. Designed and edited by Richard Griffin."Typeset and printed in Australia on handmade Australian paper by Gardner Printing Co. (Vic.) Proprietary Limited, 36 Thornton Crescent, Mitcham, Victoria, 3132, and handbound by Peter Marsh at The Dove Bindery."Hardback quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), quarter-leather binding, cloth boards, light brown endpapers, two black & white drawings (frontispiece & title page). 34 pp. Australian handmade paper with untrimmed edges. Subtitle: "Remarks on Board His Majesty's ship Tamar in a voyage from England to Port Praia, Cape of Good Hope - New South Wales, and from thence along the coast of Australia, to Port Essington in the Cobourg Peninsula, and thence Bathurst and Melville Islands, Apsley's Straits, between 27th February & the 13th of November 1824 and continued in the ship Countess of Harcourt to the Isle of France, to 7th January 1825." In his foreword Kenneth Hince states that the text is printed for the first time in book form, pretty much as it appeared in issues 413 to 417 of The Monthly Magazine, published in London from August 1825.Ennis, Henry.ÂÂ|ÂÂTamar (Ship)ÂÂ|ÂÂVoyages and travels.ÂÂ|ÂÂPort Essington (N.T.) -- History.ÂÂ|ÂÂNorthern Territory -- Description and travel -- To 1850. Friend, Donald, 1915-1989, illustratorÂÂ|ÂÂGriffin, Richard, 1934-1991, editor, book designerÂÂ|ÂÂHince, Kenneth, writer of forewordÂÂ|ÂÂMarsh, Peter, binder.Also TitledVoyage to New South Wales Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.