Lot 145
  • 145

Barker-Mill, Peter

Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description

  • Barker-Mill, Peter
  • A collection of 8 Golden Cockerel Press works on voyages and exploration, comprising:
  • ink on paper
Rutter, O. Bligh's Voyage in the Resource from Coupang to Batavia, 1937, number 267 of 350 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Peter Barker-Mill, some slight spotting [Pertelote 120]; The First Fleet, the Record of the Foundation of Australia, 1937, number 266 of 375 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Peter Barker-Mill [Pertelote 123]--Lacombe, J.de. A Compendium of the East being an Account of Voyages to the Grand Indies, 1937, number 167 of 300 copies, illustrations, [Pertelote 130]--Swire, H. The Voyage of the Challenger, 2 volumes, 1938, number 288 of 300 copies, coloured plates and other illustrations by the author [Pertelote 134]--Sparrman, A. A Voyage around the World with Captain James Cook in H.M.S. Resolution, 1944, number 102 of 350 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Peter Barker-Mill [Cockalorum 162]--De Chair, S. The First Crusade, 1945, number 327 of 500 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Clifford Webb [Cockalorum 168]--Rawson, G. Matthew Flinders' Narrative of his Voyage in the Schooner Francis: 1798, 1946, number 151 of 750 copies, wood-engraved illustrations printed in green by John Buckland Wright [Cockalorum 170]; Nelson's Letters from the Leeward Islands, 1953, number 272 of 300 copies, wood-engraved illustrations by Geoffrey Wales [Cock-a-Hoop 191]--various sizes, original bindings (9)

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