Narrative of his Voyage in the Schooner Francis: 1798
Book Description
First edition, number 9 of 100 specially bound copies, from an overall limitation of 750; folio (310 x 190 mm.); printed in dark green throughout, wood-engraved frontispiece, title vignette, 6 chapter headings and device, all by John Buckland-Wright, one full-page map of the east coast of Australia; full green morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, top edge gilt, others uncut, spine very slightly lightened, but otherwise a very good copy; housed in original cloth slip-case, lightly marked.
Dealer Notes
A handsome first edition of this recounting of Matthew Flinders’ famous voyage, that led to the discovery of the Illawarra coal seams and the Bass Strait; the first time the original manuscript had been published. One of one hundred copies only to be bound thus in full morocco.
Author
[GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]. FLINDERS, Matthew; BUCKLAND-WRIGHT, John (illustrator).
Date
1946.
Binding
Full green morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
Publisher
The Golden Cockerel Press, London,
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