Discovery the Quest For the Great South Land

St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 1998 F/F. 8vo. original blue boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. x, 286, with illustrations. A fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/F.

Allen & Unwin, New South Wales, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 400 g; X, 286pp., acknowledgements, notes, bibliography, index. Black and white frontispiece, showing title page of a 1597 atlas. Throughout the text there are 12 coloured plates, several text illustrations, maps and illustrations at the beginning of chapters. Blue… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Story of the quest which compelled men in small ships to traverse unknown seas, to endure extraordinary hardships, to slowly unveil the sixth continent."286 pages; 5 1/2 x 8

NSW: Allen & Unwin. 1998. pp x 286 incl. Index, b/w fronts ills., col and b/w plates, b/w text ills., ills eps., or bds, gilt dec title, fine, in dj nr fine. From Ptolemy to Cook, the adventurers, navigators and map-makers whose early speculations and explorations became Terra Incognita and then Australia. Boards.

St. Martin's Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312217560 . (w/dj)A clean tightly bound hardcover copy. Unmarked, gently read, showing gentle head and foot wear to the spine and edges of the dust jacket and lightly bumped corners. A really nice copy overall. .

Sydney, Allen & Unwin 1998.. 286pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. Black and white frontis, prints and illustrations. Colour plates. A fine copy.. First edition.

New York, St. Martin's. 1999.. 8vo; pp. x, 286; map endpapers, b/w frontispiece, 12 colour plates, some other b/w illustrations within text, notes, bibliography, index, original wrappers, a fine copy.. First US edition.