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An Account Of The Discovery Of Tahiti, From The Journal Of George Robertson, Master Of The HMS Dolphin
by Robertson, George (Oliver Warner intro; Robert Gibbings illusts)
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- Hardcover
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Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Folio Press & J M Dent, London 1973 (first Folio Society ed 1955). 22.0 x 14.0cms, 128pp, b/w etchings, very good hardback (no dustwrapper, no slipcase) Robertson thought he had discovered the Great South Land in 1766, but had found the ideal spot for Cook and Banks to observe the transit of Venus in 1770.
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- THE CROSS Art + Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- An Account Of The Discovery Of Tahiti, From The Journal Of George Robertson, Master Of The HMS Dolphin
- Author
- Robertson, George (Oliver Warner intro; Robert Gibbings illusts)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Folio Press & J M Dent, London 1973 (first Folio Society ed 1955)
- Keywords
- discovery pacific Taiarapu
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Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales
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We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.
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