King Of the Australian Coast - the Work Of Phillip Parker King In the Mermaid and Bathurst 1817 - 1822

Melbourne; Miegunyah Press; 1997. hardcover and dustwrapper in good condition, owner's name on half-title page, some insect damage to rear endpaper, pocket holding lift-out charts torn, ribbon page marker very frayed. 441 pages, colour and b/w illusts, 9 b/w charts in pocket on rear endpaper

Carlton South: The Miegunyah Press. 1998. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ spine a little sunned. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. Black and white maps including nine fold-out maps in rear pocket. Robust, professional… Read more about this item

Melbourne University Press, 2002. Softcover. FINE!. BOATS Maritime Australiana An absorbing and masterly account of Australia's third great hydrographer, Phillip Parker King.Phillip Parker King has been described as the greatest of Australia's early marine surveyors. But while the achievements of Cook and Flinders are widely known, this is the first telling of King's story.Unlike Cook and Flinders, King… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Miegunyah Press, 1997. 1st edition. Very nice copy. octavo.. hardback with dust jacket xx + 441pp., colour & b/w plates, maps, appends., bibliog., index, Phillip Parker King stands with Cook and Flinders in the history of the exploration and charting of Australia's coastline. Phillip Parker was the son of Philip Gidley King, the third governor of… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press/Miegunyah Press. 1998. Large octavo, original cloth covered boards, dustjacket, colour plates, b&w plates, maps, b&w text illus, illus endpapers, all nine fold-out facsimile charts loosely inserted inside rear cover, bibliography, index. Traces of insect damage edge of endpapers, o/w very good condition in like d.j. Lavishly illustrated history of the work of King, who stands… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Melbourne U. P., 2002. 1st ed. thus. Nice copy. octavo.. softback with stiff wrappers xx + 441pp., col. & b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Phillip Parker King stands with Cook and Flinders in the history of the exploration and charting of Australia's coastline. Phillip Parker was the son of Philip Gidley King, the third governor… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Melbourne U. P., 2002. 1st ed. thus. Nice copy. octavo.. softback with stiff wrappers xx + 441pp., col. & b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index,

Melbourne University Publishing, 2003-04-01. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New. Phillip Parker King is Australia's third great hydrographer. Boy hero of the Napoleonic Wars, naval officer, explorer, hydrographer, administrator, astronomer, geologist, artist, writer and pastoralist, King was also the first native-born Australian to achieve flag rank in the Navy.

Melbourne Univ Pr, 2004. Paperback. New. 468 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.25 inches.