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ARION PRESS Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Limited Edition. 2 Volume Set: The World is Round and The World is Not Flat. The World is Round is signed by Clement Hurd on half-title page. The World is Not Flat is signed by Edith Thacher Hurd on half-title page. Both volumes are bound in red cloth boards with blue lettering on covers, and housed in original square box. Package includes the balloon. Limited to 400 copies. Illustrations are printed from photoengravings taken from proofs of the original linoleum blocks and wood blocks cut by Clement Hurd for the 1967 edition published by Young Scott Brooks, WITH SPECIAL COMPLIMENTARY CARD. scrap on back of box..
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THE WORLD IS ROUND [together with The World Is Not Flat, a Companion volume]
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A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE DOLPHIN...IN WHICH IS CONTAINED...AN EXACT DESCRIPTION OF THE STREIGHTS OF MAGELLAN, AND OF THE GIGANTIC PEOPLE CALLED PATAGONIANS. TOGETHER WITH AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF THE SEVEN ISLANDS LATELY DISCOVERED IN THE SOUTH SEAS
de [Clerke, Charles]
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London: Printed for A. Millar and J. Hodges, 1784.. 93pp. 12mo. Contemporary sheep, rebacked in matching modern calf, black morocco label stamped in gilt. Some wear and scuffing to boards, corners worn. Occasional spots of light soiling, slight tanning. Contemporary ownership inscription on front fly leaf. Very good. Rare second edition of this anonymous account of the Dolphin's voyage to the South Seas, written by "a Midshipman on Board the said Ship," generally assumed to be Charles Clerke, who later sailed with Cook on all three voyages, serving as commander of the third voyage for the last six months. "Early in 1764 the Hon. John Byron ('Foul-Weather Jack' [and grandfather of Lord Byron]) was appointed in command of the Dolphin Frigate, the first English vessel to be sheathed with copper, and ordered to proceed to the East Indies, with secret instructions...to sail to the Pacific Ocean on an exploring expedition. The vessel sailed westward across the Pacific from the Straits of Magellan and…
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