THE CRUISE OF THE GALATEA Captain H.R.H. The Duke Of Edinburgh

John Milner

Verlag: W.H.Allen and Co., London, 1869

Beschreibung

Rebound in 3/4 leather with leather corners,blue marbled covers,in mint condition;gold titles and stamps to spine.Fine binding.New paste downs and prelims.Block is tight and sound,nice clean copy.No names or stamps.Full page coloured plates (24) and sketches.large folding map at rear.24 pages of publishers advertising at rear. An account of the Duke of Edinburgh's visit to Australia, with extensive descriptions of events in Sydney, Tasmania, Melbourne, New South Wales, and South Australia, as well as the trip from Rio to the Cape of Good Hope. Describes the attempted murder of the Duke at Clontarf, Middle Harbour, Sydney, by O'Farrell, a Fenian sympathizer. The colored lithograph views are particularly handsome and show the settlement of Edinburgh on Tristan d'Acunha, the farewell salute at Gibraltar, hunting an elephant in Africa, the arrival of the Galatea at Sydney, and others. They were going to Hawaii, but changed plans. The party returned home via Cape Horn. Scarce, copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000649

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Titel: THE CRUISE OF THE GALATEA Captain H.R.H. The...

Verlag: W.H.Allen and Co., London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1869

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: None

Auflage: 1st Edition