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Return to Tahiti, Bligh’s Second Breadfruit Voyae
by Oliver, Douglas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne : Merehurst, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Quarto. This book is number two in the Miegunyah Press Series. Numerous black and white illustrations and some colour plates. The book deals with Bligh’s second breadfruit mission and his three-month sojourn in Tahiti. Size: Quarto. 281 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked. No foxing in this copy. Dust jacket has plastic library cover, some wear on edges and some tape marks. Previous owner’s book-plate laid in. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Text and spine marked with Library stamps, library pocket inside book, stamps and other library markings on endpapers, no apparent library marks in text. . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Ships & the Sea; Navigators & Sailing Explorers; Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50850. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges very slightly spotted or marked Text and spine marked with Library stamps, library pocket inside book, stamps and other library markings on endpapers, no apparent library marks in text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50850
- Title
- Return to Tahiti, Bligh’s Second Breadfruit Voyae
- Author
- Oliver, Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Merehurst
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 281
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Navigators & Sailing Explorers BZDB397 Captain Bligh, breadfruit, Tahiti, watercolours, sailing ships, explorers, Pacific Ships & the Sea; Navigators & Sailing Explorers; Return to Tahiti Blighs Second Breadfruit Voyae
- Size
- Quarto
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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