Mr Darwin's Shooter Tapa dura - 1998

Sydney: Knopf. 1998. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 365 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Random House, Australia, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. 365 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Random House, Australia, 1998. First Edition. This is the first Australian edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has moderate rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: From one of Australia s most acclaimed authors, a dazzling and deeply imagined exploration of ambition, natural marvels, and scientific discovery, and one of history s most significant crises of faith. As a boy of thirteen, Syms Covington leaves his home in Bedford and goes to sea, passing into manhood as he sails the world, surveying Patagonia, and losing his virginity in the Pampas. Aboard the HMS Beagle, he enters the service of Charles Darwin as an energetic and precocious fifteen-year-old, and in the course of their… Leer más

Sydney: Knopf, 1998 F-/F. 8vo. original black boards gilt (a trifle rubbed, prev. owner's name, paperstock a little tanned) in dustwrapper; pp. [x (last blank)], 366 (last blank). A near fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/F.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.