Flinder Matthew (1 results)

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. John Buckland Wright (illustrator). A lovely limited edition illustrated account of Matthew Flinders' monumental voyage, complete with wood cuts. Limited edition, limited to 750 copies, of which this is numbered 714.An exciting narrative of Matthew Flinders' famous voyage, during which he discovered the Illawarra coal streams, and the Bass Strait.Illustrated with a frontispiece, one map, and wood engraved head pieces.With notes by Geoffrey Rawson.Illustrated by John Buckland Wright.Published by the Golden Cockerel Press. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A couple of faint marks to the boards. Institutional label to the front paste down, torn label remnants to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Institutional blind stamp to the title page, with stamps and notes to the reverse of the title page. Stamp to the final leaf. Near Fine. book.