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The Catalpa Expedition
by Pease, Z.W. (Zephaniah Walter)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
New Bedford: George S. Anthony. 1897. First edition. Octavo, pp. viii, 215, b/w frontis portrait, b/w plates, vignette title page, original gilt decorated green cloth boards with gilt ship illustration, top edge gilt. Top of spine rubbed, small split rear edge of tanned spine, corners bumped. Very good condition. Account of the rescue of Irish convicts from the colony of Western Australia, 1876, by the whaling captain of the Catalpa, George S. Anthony. Also provides a background account of the Fenian organisation. Scarce. 1st Edition. Cloth Boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102488
- Title
- The Catalpa Expedition
- Author
- Pease, Z.W. (Zephaniah Walter)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George S. Anthony
- Place of Publication
- New Bedford
- Date Published
- 1897
- Keywords
- Australia, Convicts, Fenians, History, Ireland, Irish, Politics, Revolt, Swan River, Western Australia, Whaling
Terms of Sale
Muir Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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- Title Page
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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