Matthew Flinders' Narrative of His Voyage in the Schooner Francis: 1798, Preceded and Followed by Notes On Flinders, Bass, The Wreck of the Sidney Cove, &C

Flinders, Matthew & Rawson, Geoffrey (Notes)

Published by The Golden Cockerel Press, London, UK, 1946

About this Item

This edition was limited to 750*copies, this copy being numbered 731 (confirmed on final page). This was the first publication of Flinders' account of his voyage that led to the exploration of the Bass Straight between mainland Australia and the island of Tasmania. Includes wood-engraved frontispiece, title vignette, 6*illustrated chapter headings and one full-page maps. 100pp. This limited edition was designed by Christopher Sandford of Golden Cockerel Press. In the original publisher's green cloth binding. With vignette of schooner in gilt on upper board and gilt lettering to spine. Gilt to upper page edges and fore and lower pages edges left roughly trimmed. Slight turning to corners. Printed in dark-green on heavy grey paper. Text-block firm and pages in excellent condition. Cockalorum 170.

Seller Inventory # A6308

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Matthew Flinders' Narrative of His Voyage in the Schooner Francis: 1798, Preceded and Followed by Notes On Flinders, Bass, The Wreck of the Sidney Cove, &C
• Publisher: The Golden Cockerel Press, London, UK
• Publication Date: 1946
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Buckland Wright, John
• Edition: Limited/Numbered
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • The Eighteenth Century