Author: FLINDERS, MATTHEW (1774-1814)
Title: Matthew Flinders' narrative of his voyage in the schooner Francis: 1798 : preceded and followed by notes on Flinders, Bass, the wreck of the Sidney Cove, &c.
Description: London : Golden Cockerel Press 1946. First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Physical description; 100. [2] p. : ill. (wood engravings). map ; 32 cm. Notes; '. designed. produced. and published by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press. London. on Arnold's mould-made paper. The edition is limited to 750 copies. Nos 1-100 are bound in full green morocco. Number 209.' --Colophon. 'Bass's journal of the whaleboat voyage': p. 29-43. Printing: printed on grey paper with initials and illustrations printed in green. Wood-engraved frontispiece and title page vignette [by John Buckland-Wright and map drawn by Mrs. C. G. Storry (Joan Rutter)]. Printer's device beneath the colophon on final leaf. Imprint from colophon. Subjects; Bass. George (1771?-d. 1812?). Flinders. Matthew (1774-1814) - Travel. Sydney Cove (Ship). Francis (Schooner). Golden Cockerel Press. Voyages and travels. Australia - Discovery and exploration. New South Wales - Discovery and exploration. Furneaux Islands - Description and travel. Weight in Kg appr.:

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