Edited by Oliver Warner (19 results)

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. Trade paperback, 190 pages including drawings; one spine crease, spine slanted, otherwise gently used, very clean and unmarked throughout. See also our listings for Hrayr Berberoglu's The World of Wines, Spirits and Beers, and for your morning Joe, Olaf Hammelburg's Connecting Worlds: The Coffee Trail, From Farmer to Consumer (buy two or more and save on postage!).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. Second Folio Society Printing. Green cloth with gilt decoration on the front cover and gilt lettering on the spine. Top edge has yellow top stain. The unusual dust jacket has paper flaps on transparent covers. 127pp. The book has a printed book plate inside front cover. The has a one inch separation between the paper front flap and the transparent plastic. Full refund if not satisfied.…

Hardcover. Condition: N-Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. A square solid tight clean unread copy. Some of the normal browning to the text block edges. Facsimile of the original 1955 Folio edition. Green cloth, gold inlay, vinyl priced jacket. Nice copy. Robert Gibbings (illustrator). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good Jacket. Very good glassine and paper jacket, price clipped. Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item.

HC. 80pp ISBN 0873381211 Nelson's final prayer, which was set down in his private diary on the eve of Trafalgar, with the enemy in sight, is world famous. The entire story of the Trafalgar diary, so far as it can now be known, is recorded in the introduction. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations (illustrator).…

Hard Cover in Slipcase. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Special Edition. 1992 reissue; minor wear, including slipcase; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white wood engravings including a map of Tahiti. Wood Engravings by Robert Gibbings (illustrator). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Folio Edition. 127 pages. B&W illustrations. No dustjacket. Green spine and spine-junctions. Very clean yellow and brown patterned background hardback binidng with light wear to boards' corners and spine-ends. Bookplate with name area removed o/w very clean pages. Wood Engravings By Robert Gibbings (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st thus. Octavo Size [approx 14x22cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Clear plastic dustjacket with paper flaps [as issued]. Illustrated with wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Introduction by Oliver Warner. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 127 pages. A reprint of the 1955 Folio Scoiety edition. Unusual dustjacket of transparent plastic with paper flaps.…

Condition: Very Good. Reissue. Fine in fine decorated cloth covers and in publisher's slip case. Showing light shelf wear to slip case, remains very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Thus. 127 pages with woodcut illustrations, green cloth, gilt embossed cover and spine, clear plastic publishers overwrap, ghost residue of a small price label on front flap, near fine. *1766 is the period of the discovery. Robert Gibbings (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Illustrated Edition. As New and fresh in green silk effect cloth with frieze tooled in gilt on front board and gilt titling. Fine, unclipped dust jacket in a combination of transparent acetate and paper faced flaps allowing the attractive binding to show through. 1973 Reissue in photo-lithograph of the 1955 Folio Society edition, beautifully illustrated with wood engravings by the Irish artist and author Robert John Gibbings (1889-1958). In lovely condition with no interior or exterior markings, inscriptions or book plates. Al corners sharp and binding tight and firm. Note:The frigate H.M.S. Dolphin left Plymouth on 21st August 1766, under the command of Captain Samuel Wallis , under orders to cross the Atlantic, negotiate the Straits of Magellam and explore the Southern Pacific to look for the as yet undiscovered Southern Continent, 'Terra Australis'. The ship's Master was George Robertson, who kept a detailed journal of the voyage. In June 1767 the Dolphin found themselves off Tahiti, which Wallis named King George's Island. Robertson's journal gives a lively and detailed account of the month the Dolphin's crew spent at Tahiti and of the topography and interactions with the islanders.…

Condition: Very Good. Reissue. Fine in fine decorated cloth covers and in publisher's slip case. Showing light shelf wear to slip case, remains very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Green Moire Silk Cloth Baords with Gilt blocked titles to spine and decoration to front. 220 x 145 mm approx.Top edge stained yellow, 128 pp. Frontis Map, illustrated title and other wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. 1973 reprint by photo-litho of the first Folio Printing 1955 in original glassine wraps with printed paper flap folds. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ VG (Book- no previous owner name or insc. D/J - light shelf rubbing to top edge of flap folds, non price clipped - cover £1.75. No other defects to book or jacket). ROBERT GIBBINGS (illustrator).…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. NO JACKET. Hardback 1955. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. NO JACKET. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref M65. The Discovery of Tahiti. From the Journal of George Robertson Master of H.M.S Dolphin. Edited by Oliver Warner. Illustrated by Robert Gibbings. Robert Gibbings (illustrator). …

Condition: Fine. Hard back binding in publisher's original lemon and maroon decorated paper covers, gilt lettering to green cloth spine. 8vo 8½'' x 5¼'' 127 pp. Monochrome illustrations throughout. One small number to the front free end paper and in Fine unused condition, no slipcase. Member of the P.B.F.A. PACIFIC (Oceania).…

2nd Folio Society edition. Reissue has a different binding from the 1955 first issue. VG in slipcase.

127 pp, top edge and end-papers tinted, b&w illustrations, fine copy in gold-blocked, decorated, green, cloth boards, with clear plastic (price-clipped) d/j, as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Green hardback book, with gilt titles on the spine, comes with translucent dust jacket, which have green flap sides to hold the dust jacket in position, price clipped. The book is in really good condition, normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. Folio Society first edition of 1955, printed by letterpress, reprinted by photo-litho in 1973. 127 pages all intact, nice tight binding. All pages, text and illustrations are in really good, clean, readable order. Printed in Great Britain by The Pitman Press, Bath. Set in Poliphilus Type and bound by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, Letchworth. The golden island of Tahiti seemed a paradise to the sea-weary crew of H.M.S Dolphin when, in 1767, they first set foot on its shores. This account of their experiences was written by the Master, to whose vivid and unspoken narrative have been added some piquant details from the Journals of other members of his ship's company. It paints an extremely entertaining picture of what happened when a party of English sailors stumbled into a Garden of Eden. Robert Gibbings, the illustrator, knew Tahiti well, and loved it: his engravings , exquisite in detail, convey all the timeless fascination of the island better than any camera. A brilliant read and definitively a book to be preserved for future generations.…

First Edition. Wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings Fine copy.