The Discovery of Tahiti by ROBERTSON, George - 1992

The Pitman Press, 1973. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Pitman Press, 1973. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Pitman Press, 1973T. hardcover. Very Good. 0.6000 in x 8.6000 in x 5.6000 in. Glassine DJ with paper flaps, as issued. Light shelf wear. Else clean and tight.

Folio Press, 1973-01-01. Hardcover. Like New. in x in x in. Folio press on green cloth

Folio Society, 1955. hardcover. Good/No Slipcase. 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Robert Gibbings. No Slipcase Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

Green cloth spine with gilt title. Yellow boards with maroon figures pattern
Rare copy Printed for Folio Members only - 1955 - Presumed FIRST EDITION. vg copy. Hb. 8.75" x 6". Cover has green cloth spine, with gilt spine titles, and paper covered boards decorated with a yellow and brown design (incorporating turtles, men and other images).

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

LONDON, THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 1992. HARDBACK. FINE. . RE-ISSUE FINE COPY IN SLIPCASE WOOD ENGRAVINGS BY ROBERT GIBBINGS.

The Hakluyt Society, London, 1948. Reissued, 1st thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. LI, 292pp., list of plates, list of maps, foreword by Hakluyt Society members, editor's preface, select bibliography, one folding map, 9 appendices and index. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, which folds out, showing H. M .A .S. Dolphin in Matavai Bay, Tahati; the fold out section has a triangular crease [small] running the full length of the page. The text is illustrated with another 5 black-and-white illustrations and two black-and-white maps. The fore paper edge and bottom paper edge are deckled. Blue coloured boards with self embossed decoration and gilt illustration of a ship on the front and back panels and gilt writing on the spine. Hakluyt Society Second Series, No. 98 (XCVIII). The discovery of Tahati in 1766. The first reprint of the original Journal. Bumping with some fraying to the head and to the heel of the spine. Bumping to the top book… Read More

London, The Hakluyt Society, 1948, First edition. . original blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt vignette on front, gilt lettering on spine, a bright, fine and clean copy. . 8vo [22.5 x 14 cm]; lii, 292 pp, 6 plates including folding frontis view of HMS Dolphin in Matavai Bay, Tahiti, 4 maps including one folding, bibliog, index. . Wallis' travels in the Pacific followed Anson's and Byron's earlier voyages and included extensive exploration of the Magellan Straits and the Tuamotu Archipelago. Roberston's version of the voyage adds a different perspective and much additional information. This is the first printed version of Robertson's journal. Carrington's extensive introduction provides a useful historical point of view and gives much detail on the voyage. See Hill p. 555 for the 1955 edition. National Maritime Museum, I, 131: 'This journal, written by the master of the Dolphin under Wallis, covers the period when he joined her in the Thames in June 1766 until reaching Uea… Read More