Dan Sprod Editor (5 results)

Relating the adventurous life of Capt. Edward Primrose Tregurtha - The Napoleonic Wars - The East India Company's China Run - Whaling in the South Seas - Shipmaster to the Port Phillip District. 12.5" x 7.5", royal blue cloth, gilt decoration to upper board, gilt title to spine, map eps, pp. (1-8) 9-166 incl. index, illustrated by colour and b&w prints (some tipped-in), book and dw (now protected) both new. 1980 first edition, No. 557 of a limited edition of 600 numbered and signed copies (plus 25 in full leather). Signed by Dan Sprod on the limitation page. …

Hardcover (Embossed Cloth). Condition: Good. This edition is limited to 600 copies, numbered and signed. This is Copy No: 31 Relating the adventurous life of Cornishman Captain Edward Primrose Tregurtha….

Landscape painter in Van Diemen's Land and the Port Phillip District 1844-1848 12.5" x 11", mid-blue cloth, gilt decoration to upper board, gilt bands, titles and decoration to spine, crimson eps, Pierre Gorman bookplate on front pastedown, pp. (1-7) 8-191 incl. index, illustrated by 61 colour plates incl. foldout, light foxing to outer and upper edge, o/w book and dw (now protected) as new 1984 first edition, No. 404 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. Large, heavy volume, for which a postage quote is recommended.…

1st edition limited to 600 copies hand numbered (No. 142) and signed by the Editor. 165 PP with 3 maps (FEP, text, REP), 3 illustrations pasted down (frontispiece and 2 headpieces in colour), and 6 b/w illustrations (vignette on title page, 1 map of Port Phillip, 3 headpieces and 1 tailpiece). Fp: Portrait of Capt. Tregurtha. FEP: Map of Australia & South Seas. REP: Map of Europe & the East. Cloth covers, gilt device on front board and gilt title on spine, dj. Light foxing on outside page edges and inside of dust jacket, o/wise a fine copy. 32 x 20. …

4to. pp.ix + 228 with frontispiece and black & white plates, 3 folding charts [one coloured] in pocket at rear. bibliography, index; Original dark blue cloth hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. Very good copy. Limited to 750 copies.