The Life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh R.N., F.R.S.
by MACKANESS, GEORGE
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Angus and Robertson 1951. Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xi + 573pp, VG+ (tiny bookseller's label to front pastedown, owner's name to f.e.p. verso, v slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, slight creasing to edges)
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- Title
- The Life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh R.N., F.R.S.
- Author
- MACKANESS, GEORGE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson 1951
- Keywords
- William Bligh biography nautical maritime history
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