George robertson; oliver warner editor (3 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket as Issued. 1992 printing; brown c w/printed yellow and brown boards; 128 clean, unmarked pages;in near fine yellow slipcase. Robert Gibbings woodcuts (illustrateur).

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. Pleasant Folio Society edition of Robertson's account of the discovery of Tahiti, supplemented with additional extracts from the writings of his crew. Published under the Folio Press imprint. Complete with protective DJ with front and rear flaps. Engravings by Robert Gibbings. DJ is price-clipped. Volume is otherwise crisp and clean. Near fine.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright." Dolphin circumnavigated the world for a second time, under the command of Samuel Wallis. Her master's mate, John Gore, was among a number of the crew from Byron's circumnavigation who crewed with Wallis. The master on this voyage, George Robertson, subsequently wrote a book The discovery of Tahiti; a journal of the second voyage of H. M. S. Dolphin round the world under the command of Captain Wallis, R. N. , in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768, written by her master. [4] Dolphin sailed in 1766 in the company of HMS Swallow, under the command of Philip Carteret, who had served on Byron's circumnavigation. (from Wikipedia) ". Illustrated by Robert Gibbings (illustrateur).…