Bougainville Tapa dura - 1978

London: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1978. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Michael Ross. Bound in green cloth with gilt titling and decoration. In very good condition. Slight rubbing to cover edges. Internally clean, binding is very good. In good+ dust jacket, a bit faded with some wear to edges. 167 pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1978. In bright condition with a similar dust jacket, contents clean. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Gordon and Cremonesi, 1978. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket with light wear to extremities. Boards are bumped at corners and spine ends and have light wear to edges. Pages are clean, text is clear and spine is tight. AD. Hardcover. Very Good. Used.

Gordon & Cremonesi. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. Hard Cover. 0860330591 . Dw has sl rubing along parts of top edge rim, with 2 small tear to top rear cover. ; 265x170mm; 167 pages .

London : Gordon & Cremonesi , 1978 . First Edition . F/F . 8VO . Biography of the multi-faceted French traveller and explorer.A handsomely produced edition (with a particularly attractive jacket) illustrated by the author. A fine copy.

Gordon & Cremonesi, 1978-07. Hardcover. Good.

London: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1978. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), sepia (brown-tinted) & black & cream illustrations, frontispiece, small scuff rear cover jacket (few tiny scratches, minor edgewear), faint foxing top edge. 167 pp. A biography of Louis Antoine de Bougainville, the French explorer and navigator who was famous for his journey round the world, and particularly for his visit to Tahiti. He was a versatile man and had a fascinating life. He confronted George Washington at Fort Necessity, was second in command to Montcalm during the Seven Years War, wrote a treatise on integral calculus at the age of 24, and led one of the most exciting and valuable scientific expeditions around the world. He is associated with the thorny climbing plant known as Bougainvillea, including its discovery and importation into Europe and America.

Gordon & Cremonesi, 1978-01-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!