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Smith, W. Ramsay

In Southern Seas, Wanderings of a Naturalist

1924

118,44 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1924
Luogo di stampa
London. John Murray
Autore
Smith, W. Ramsay
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Travel - Pacific & Australia Signed
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

8vo [22 x 15 cm]; xviii, 297, {iv, ads] pp, 2 maps, 30 illustrations on 16 plates from photos, index. original cloth, title lettering on spine and cover, a little faded and rubbed, endpaper bookplate, very good, with the signature of the author on verso of the half title page. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, a doctor and member of the Royal Society, travelled extensively in the south Pacific, east of Australia, and provides much detail on New Caledonia, New Hebrides and the aborigines of Australia. He provides two chapters on how he made the pictures used in the book and the difficulties a photographer had at that time. Taylor 414.