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$80.00
2f1a/11

Documents Concerning English Voyages to the Spanish Main 1569-1580: I - Spanish Documents; II - English Accounts


WRIGHT, I. A.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, deckled page edges- some still uncut, maps, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges, light tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1932

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel documents nautical maritime voyages England English Spain Spanish

$50.00
2f1a/12

The Travels and Controversies of Friar Domingo Navarrete 1618-1686 (2 Vol Set)


CUMMINS, J. S. (Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled page edges, frontispieces, vol 1- cxx + 163pp, vol 2- x + pgs165-475, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep of vol 2) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning, foxing & scuffing to spine with some minor loss & archival tape repairs, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1962

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Friar Domingo Navarrete voyages

$300.00
2f1a/13

The Quest and Occupation of Tahiti by Emissaries of Spain During the Years 1772-1776, Told in Despatches and Other Contemporary Documents


CORNEY, BOLTON GLANVILL (Trans, Compiled, Notes & Intro)

3 VOL SET, FIRST EDITIONS, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispieces with tissue guards, mixed pagination, folding maps to rear pockets of vols 1 + 2, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1913-19

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Tahiti pacific 18th eighteenth century documents

$80.00
2f5a/7

Mandeville's Travels: Texts and Translations (2 Vol Set)


LETTS, MALCOLM

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispieces, vol 1- lxiii + 223pp, vol 2- xi + pgs 224-554, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to board edges, light to moderate soiling to rear boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1953

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Sir John Mandeville voyages

$75.00
2f5a/8

The Voyage of Thomas Best to the East Indies 1612-14


FOSTER, Sir WILLIAM (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping with sl loss to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges, 2cm hole to spine)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1934

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Thomas Best East Indies 17th seventeenth century

$165.00
2f5a/9

A New Voyage & Description of the Isthmus of America


WAFER, LIONEL & JOYCE, L. E. ELLIOTT (Ed, Intro, Notes & Appendices)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges, folded frontispiece, lxxi + 221pp, folding maps throughout, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to edges of front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, heavy tanning & staining to spine & front cover, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1934

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel expeditions Lionel Wafer secret report Davis's expedition gold mines Darien West Indies Pacific late 17th seventeenth century Isthmus

$120.00
2f5a/10

Bombay in the Days of Queen Anne ; Being an Account of the Settlement Written by John Burnell


BURNELL, JOHN & SHEPPARD, SAMUEL T. (Intro & Notes) & FOSTER, Sir WILLIAM (Intro) & COTTON, Sir EVAN (Notes) & ANSTEY, L. M. (Notes)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece, xxx + 192pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy tanning & staining to spine, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1933

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Bombay India John Burnell settlers

$30.00
xxfkb183600

With Peter Fleming in Tartary


HOGG, GARRY & TOOTHILL, H. (Illus)

Sm octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller 1960

KEYWORDS: geography adventure exploration travel literature Garry Hogg Peter Fleming Tartary inner Mongolia Chinese Turkestan history

$17.50
xxfhk183843

Four Two-Act Plays


SHEPARD, SAM

Octavo softcover (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1981

KEYWORDS: sam shepard america american theater theatre play plays drama literature la turista the tooth of crime geography of a horse dreamer operation sidewinder

$15.00
xxgie185074

A Billion Black Anthropocenes or None


YUSOFF, KATHRYN

Duodecimo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of Minnesota Press 2018

KEYWORDS: geology geography literature anthropology Kathryn Yusoff philosophy

$17.50
xxgmc185099

Island in the Stream: Myths of Place in Australian Culture


FOSS, PAUL (Ed)

OWNERSHIP OF ART CRITIC FRANCIS POUND, imperial octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Pluto Press 1988

KEYWORDS: art Australia Australian culture history myths geography geographical

$22.50
xxyfe185387

A Place to Stand: The Protection of New Zealand's Natural and Cultural Landscapes


PEART, RAEWYN

Quarto softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Envirnoment Defence Society Inc. 2004

KEYWORDS: New Zealand landscape land formations geology geography preservation protection conservation

$40.00
2g13a/46

Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific: An Environmental History


GARDEN, DON

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE - ASSOCIATION COPY! Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xvii + 398pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: ABC-CLIO 2005

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian New Zealand Pacific environmental history anthropology geography human ecology oceania nature environment signed association copy

$16.50
xxhqs186270

Life on the Edge: New Zealand's Natural Hazards and Disasters


N/A

Imperial octavo softcover (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2007

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural hazards disasters photos nature earthquakes volcano volcanoes floods landslides geology geography history

$22.50
xxhqv186286

The Story of Earth & Life: A Southern African perspectice of a 4.6-billion year journey


MCCARTHY, TERENCE & RUBIDGE, BRUCE

SIGNED BY AUTHORS; super octavo softcover (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Kumba Resources 2005

KEYWORDS: southern africa natural history geography geology minerals ecosystem science earth biology terence mccarthy bruce rubidge

$60.00
2i9a/31

King Henry's Map of the British Isles


BARBER, PETER (Commentary)

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, illus to full front board, frontispiece, 158pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2009

KEYWORDS: folio society King Henry the 8th eighth viii maps Great Britain British Isles history kingdom monarchy ancient cartography geopolitics politics political geography

$60.00
2i9a/39

Cassell's New Atlas (Sixth Edition)


PHILIP, GEORGE (Ed)

Folio, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & blind rule & decoration to front board, 140pp + 59pp index to rear, illus, VG- (heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems, light fading to spine, moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company N/D

KEYWORDS: atlas atlases cartography Cassell's geography

$40.00
2i9a/40

The History of London in Maps


BARKER, FELIX & JACKSON, PETER

Folio, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising, fading & tape staining/residue to spine & board edges, internally Near FINE) in d/w, VG+ (minor fading to spine, light creasing to spine, clear plastic protective wrap sellotaped to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Barrie & Jenkins 1992

KEYWORDS: London history maps cartography geography

$40.00
2i9a/41

Text Book of Topographical and Geographical Surveying


CLOSE, Major C. F.

Imperial octavo, red buckram heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 288pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, scruffy (v heavy scuffing & fraying to extrems with some surface loss, heavy tanning to spine, heavy soiling to boards, binding loose- boards shaky, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, reinforcements to front & rear gutters, 5cm closed tear to rear pastedown, moderate foxing to maps/illus throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters, prev, owner's name in ink to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Harrison & Sons 1905

KEYWORDS: geography geographical surveying topography

$15.00
xxddj186601

The New Zealand Official Yearbook 1965


70th Issue

N/A

MILD DAMPSTAINING TO D/W AND LOWER PAGE EDGES; super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Department of Statistics / R.E. Owen, Government Printer 1965

KEYWORDS: new zealand official yearbook statistics data demographics information government history geography trade legislation administration population

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