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Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Folio Society, 1955. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Folio Society. Used - Like New. Like New condition. Slipcase Very Good. (Discoveries in geography, colonialism, HMS Dolphin, Tahiti, French Polynesia, facsimile)

The Folio Society, 1955. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1955. No Edition Remarks. 127 pages. No dust jacket. Pictorial paper covered boards with green cloth to spine. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slipcase is missing. Binding remains firm. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges. Red staining to front board.

London, England: The Folio Society, 1955. Book. Illus. by Wood Engravings by Robert Gibbings. Fine. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Special Edition. 1992 reissue; minor wear, including slipcase; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white wood engravings including a map of Tahiti.

Folio Press: J. M. Dent, 1973. Second Folio Society Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Robert Gibbings. Green cloth with gilt decoration on the front cover and gilt lettering on the spine. Top edge has yellow top stain. The unusual dust jacket has paper flaps on transparent covers. 127pp. The book has a printed book plate inside front cover. The has a one inch separation between the paper front flap and the transparent plastic. Full refund if not satisfied.

London: Folio Press: J. M. Dent, 1973. Book. Illus. by Robert Gibbings. N-Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. A square solid tight clean unread copy. Some of the normal browning to the text block edges. Facsimile of the original 1955 Folio edition. Green cloth, gold inlay, vinyl priced jacket. Nice copy..

Folio Press & J M Dent, London 1973 (first Folio Society ed 1955). 22.0 x 14.0cms, 128pp, b/w etchings, very good hardback (no dustwrapper, no slipcase) Robertson thought he had discovered the Great South Land in 1766, but had found the ideal spot for Cook and Banks to observe the transit of Venus in 1770.

Folio Society, 1992. Fine. Robertson, George. An Account of the Discovery of Tahiti. Warner, Oliver; Gibbings, Robert. London, UK: Folio Society, 1992. 127pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine in a very good slip case with light rubbing on edges.

Folio, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good minus hardcover. Former library book with markings only inside front cover. Text clean. Wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

LONDON: FOLIO PRESS: J.M.DENT, 1973 Green Moire Silk Cloth Baords with Gilt blocked titles to spine and decoration to front. 220 x 145 mm approx.Top edge stained yellow, 128 pp. Frontis Map, illustrated title and other wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. 1973 reprint by photo-litho of the first Folio Printing 1955 in original glassine wraps with printed paper flap folds. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ VG (Book- no previous owner name or insc. D/J - light shelf rubbing to top edge of flap folds, non price clipped - cover £1.75. No other defects to book or jacket)

The Folio Society, London, 1973. 127 pp, top edge and end-papers tinted, b&w illustrations, fine copy in gold-blocked, decorated, green, cloth boards, with clear plastic d/j, as issued.

London:: Folio Society, 1995. hardcover. like new with like new yellow slipcase. slender 8vo. 127pp. with a map, and wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. brown decorated yellow boards with gilt titled dark brown cloth spine. . Family run used bookstore open to the public since 1988. 30 Years of Bookselling Experience backing the careful selection and description of each book we offer.

London, Folio Society, 1955.. 128pp. 8vo. Original cloth backed, pictorial boards. Map frontispiece, black and white illustrations, a very good copy.. The Ingleton copy with bookplate.

London: The Folio Society. VG: in very good condition without slipcase. Cover rubbed and marked. Previous owner label to fep. 1955. First FS Edition. Maroon spine with brown and yellow patterned boards. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 127pp. Wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. .

Folio Society. Fine. 1992. Hardcover. 127pp. Wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. Bound in brown spine/yelow papercovered boards with decoration, gilt lettering to spine. In slipcase; Octavo .

London:: The Folio Society,, 1955.. Reprint Edition. A Very Good copyin illustrated boards. First hand account of the interactions between the crew of HMS Dolphin and the locals on Tahiti in the summer of 1767. The crew were the first Europeans to set foot there. The second lieutenant Furneaux went on to command the Adventure a few years later in Captain Cooks second circumnavigation. Petty Officer John Gore had already made a circumnavigation (on the Dolphin) with Commodore Byron in 1765. Byron being the poets grandfather. Gore was barely home before he joined Cook in the Endeavour, and returned to Tahiti. He also served on Cooks last expedition and brought his body home.

Folio Press: J.M. Dent, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Folio Press: J.M. Dent 1973 reprint.. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to dust jacket, price clipped.

Hardbound. Very Good. From the Journal of George Robertson, Master of H.M.S. Dolphin. Edited, with an Introduction by Oliver Warner. With wood engravings by Robert Gibbings. London (Folio Society) 1955. A fine copy.