The Rattlesnake: A Voyage of Discovery to the Coral Sea
- Collection : Keith Hyatt
- Publisher : Faber and Faber
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : 35 col+b/w illus
Description:
First edition, first printing. Epic tale of the HMS Rattlesnake, an aging British warship which was commissioned in 1846 to survey the Great Barrier Reef. The crew famously included the young surgeon naturalist Thomas H. Huxley.
Condition
Vg in d/w. Book review of present book from The London Naturalist (2005) pasted to front pastedown. From the library of Keith Hyatt of the Natural History Museum, London, with his name to the front pastedown. Inscribed and signed by the author.
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