Mariners Warned John Lort Stokes (25 results)

paperback in very good condition; 359 pages, colour and b/w illusts.

hardcover and dustwrapper in very good condition; 359 pages, b/w illusts, includes 7 folded maps, heavy book which will require excess postage outside Australia.

Boards in d.j. Limited Ed. Limited Edition one of 1250 copies, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 360, b/w plates, maps, 7 folded b/w maps rear pocket, prev. owner's inscr recto half-title, original cloth boards cocked, creasing and edge wear to d.j., good condn. The surveying voyages of Stokes in the mid-1800s in which Australia was circumnavigated twice. Stokes was the first naval surveyor to undertake significant inland voyages.

8vo; pp. xxiv, 360 (last page blank); 7 lift-out charts, inside back cover, 24 pages of plates, 8 figures, 9 maps, 3 appendices, conversions, notes, bibliography, index; a near fine copy,

reprint hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo. xix + 359pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Map in rear pocket. Ex-library copy with usual stamps & labels o/w nice copy.

reprint hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo. xix + 359pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Map in rear pocket.

1st ed. thus softback with stiff wrappers Nice copy octavo. xix + 359pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index,

reprint hardback with dust jacket As New octavo. xix + 359pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Maps in rear pocket.

1st edition, limited to 1250 copies, No. 4 in the Miegunyah Press series. XXII, (2), 360 PP with 8 figures & 9 maps, plus 7 lift-out charts inside back cover, and 24 Pages with 43 plates (4 in colour). Newspaper clipping loosely inserted. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 15.7. The third surveying voyage by the British Hydrographical Office around the coasts of Australia, undertaken on board the HMS Beagle.

Or.bds. Dustjacket. 359pp. Col.& b/w plates & b/w ills. Fine. The scarce 1st ed. No.4 in the Miegunyah Press Series. A splendid account of Stokes's time in Australia with the Beagle.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo. xix + 359pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Map in rear pocket. Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New octavo. xix + 359pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Map in rear pocket.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket As New octavo. xix + 359pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Map in rear pocket. Signed by Marsden Hordern on verso of half title.

Melbourne U.P. at the Miegunyah Press, 1989. Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. In illust. dustjacket. (xxiv, 360pp.). With 24 full-page plates in both col. & b/w, 8 text-illusts., 9 maps, and 7 folding lift-out charts in end-pocket. Fine. ADDED: Orig. A.L.S. from the author, loosely inserted. NOTE: John Lort Stokes (1811-1885) was first the assistant surveyor and then the commander of the Beagle. He discovered the Fitzroy, Albert and Flinders rivers and Port Darwin. His most notable achievement was the charting of Bass Strait.