[BANKS, Sir Joseph] FROST, Alan

Sir Joseph Banks and the Transfer of Plants to and from the South Pacific, 1786-1798

Melbourne, The Colony Press, 1993.

Quarto, x, 62 pages (rectos only) with 3 facsimile documents plus a folding plan.

Plain wrappers with the attached marbled-paper dustwrapper with a large title-label mounted on the front cover; top rear corner of the dustwrapper a little bruised, with other minor signs of handling; an excellent copy.

Number 101 of only 150 copies. Published to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the birth of Sir Joseph Banks; with 'many documents which are published for the first time, including correspondence of Arthur Phillip, William Bligh and Banks himself'.

Item #140207

Price (AUD): $165.00
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