Omai, first Polynesian ambassador to England : the true story of his voyage there in 1774 with Captain Cook : of how he was feted by Fanny Burney, approved by Samuel Johnson, entertained by Mrs. Thrale & Lord Sandwich and painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds / by Thomas Blake Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Blake, 1908-2003, author.

Contributor:

Colt Press, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Omai.

Polynesians--Travel--England--History--18th century.

Polynesians.

England--Social life and customs--18th century.

England.

Polynesians--Great Britain--Biography.

Manners and customs.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Private press books (Publishing) -- Colt Press.

Biographies.

History.

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[4], 114, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait ; 25 x 20 cm

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco] : Colt Press, MCMXL [1940].

Notes:

"Five hundred copies issued."

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has booksellers sticker on inside back cover: Paul Elder and Co. San Francisco.

OCLC:

6085590