Isbn: 9780908528035 - the Tregurtha Log: Relating the Adventurous Life of Captain Edward Primrose Tregurtha (3 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….

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. …