George Bass 1771-1803 - His Discoveries, Romantic Life and Tragic Disappearance.
Melbourne: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1952. Hardcover. xi, 171p., illustrated with charts and other facsimiles, and a few b&w photographs. First edition, hardbound in textured dark blue cloth boards spine-titled and enclosed in the dust jacket. Book itself is mildly edgeworn with two slightly turned corner-tips, some mottling of color to back cover, titling dim but legible, while the dj has a small ragged chip to top rim and other milder edgewear, and tape strengthenings to verso. Front free endpaper bears a couple of strokes of red ball-point (serving no purpose); item is sound, clean, and otherwise unmarked.
Cat.No: 296660
Price: $20.00
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Australia,
Eighteenth Century, 1700s,
fauna, animals, game,
Flora, flowers, plants,
Maps, mapping, Atlases,
Maritime trades,
Ocean, oceanography, oceanic,
Smuggling, contraband
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