The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay ..
by PHILLIP, Arthur
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne: Georgian House, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. Melbourne, Georgian House, 1950 (facsimile edition)/ 1789. Quarto, [ii] (first blank), [ii], [vi], viii, [viii], x, 298, lxxiv, [2] pages plus 55 plates including charts (some folding) and the explanatory note (concerning the Aboriginal design on the spine) by Norman Tindale tipped-in to the front flyleaf. Full morocco, decorated in gilt on the spine; covers slightly indented; spine lightly scuffed; ownership inscription; an excellent copy. The first volume in the publisher's Australiana Facsimiles series; number 257 of 1000 copies. At first, the books in this edition were bound in full morocco, but this soon gave way to much less expensive papered boards. Provenance: R.B. Lewis, with his signature and ownership details. Robert Brook Lewis (1918-2009), the son of industrialist Essington Lewis, was Master of St Mark's College, University of Adelaide from 1957 to 1968.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69754
- Title
- The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay ..
- Author
- PHILLIP, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Georgian House
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1950
- Bookseller catalogs
- South Australia;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...