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128623
BLIGH, CAPTAIN W.: The Log Of H.M.S. Providence 1791-1793.
Facsimile Copy of the original log now preserved in The Public Record Office in London; Small folio; pp. 951; coloured frontispiece, 5 folding maps, numerous illustrations and reproductions in the text, original half calf, raised bands, gilt decorated boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, previous owner's bookplate (S. A. Hicks) on front endpaper, fine copy in original slipcase.
Guildford; Genesis Publications Ltd.; 1976.
Edition limited to five hundred copies of which this is copy number 440. This voyage of Bligh's to deliver the breadfruit plant to the West Indies was an unqualified success in contrast to his earlier ill-fated voyage in the Bounty. Click here to Order

AUD$900

128616
COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES.: The Journal Of H.M.S. Resolution 1772-1775.
Facsimile Edition; Thick Super Royal 8vo; pp. 807; marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, coloured frontispiece, illustrated title page, 12 full page plates 5 of which are in colour, 19 text illustrations, half calf binding, and buckram with hand tooling in gold leaf, gilt decoration of the Endeavour on front board, raised bands ruled in gilt, title lettered in gilt on spine, in original slip case, edition limited to 500 numbered copies this being number 45, bookplate on half title page (S. A. Hicks), a fine copy.
Guilford; Genesis Publications Limited; 1981. Click here to Order

AUD$700