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$165.00
2a18p/16

Journal of the Travels and Labours of Father Samuel Frtiz in the River of the Amazons Between 1686 and 1723


FATHER SAMUEL FRITZ & EDMUNDSON, Rev. Dr. GEORGE (Trans & Ed)

FIRST EDITION, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind decoration to boards, viii + 164pp + xliii Hakluyt lists to rear, folding maps, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, minor closed tearing to folding maps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1922

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt Father Samuel Fritz exploration travel history Evora MS amazons

$90.00
2a18p/17

Civil Wars in Peru: The War of Las Salinas


DE LEON, PEDRO DE CIEZA & MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS (Trans & Intro)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif & blind decoration to boards, xxiv + 304pp, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, VG+ (light bruising & sl scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1923

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt civil war Peru Peruvian war conflict Las Salinas Spanish history

$40.00
2a18p/18

Carteret's Voyage Round the World 1766-1769 (2 Vol Set)


WALLIS, HELEN (Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xii + 273pp, vol 2- vi + pgs 275-564, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps, sl creasing to edges of some folding maps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate foxing to covers, light sunning to spines)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1965

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt exploration travel voyages Philip Carteret history round the world

$225.00
2a18p/25

A New Account of East India and Persia Being Nine Years' Travels 1672-1681: Vol II


FRYER, JOHN & CROOKE, WILLIAM (Ed, Notes & Intro)

THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, 371pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, light tanning to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1912

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history East India Persia explroation travel voyages John Fryer first edition

$225.00
2a18p/26

A New Account of East India and Persia Being Nine Years' Travels 1672-1681: Vol I


FRYER, JOHN & CROOKE, WILLIAM (Ed, Notes & Intro)

THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to front board, blind stamp decoration to rear board, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxxviii + 353pp + 35pp Hakluyt list to rear, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards & extrems, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, light tanning to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1909

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history East India Persia explroation travel voyages John Fryer first edition

$975.00
2a18p/27

The Travels of Peter Mundy, in Europe and Asia 1608-1667 (5 Vol Set in Six Books)


MUNDY, PETER & TEMPLE, Lt.-Col. Sir RICHARD CARNAC (Ed)

5 VOL SET IN SIX BOOKS, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards- no gilt motif to rear board of vol 1, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, mixed pagination, illus/folding maps, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems & spine/boards, moderate tanning to page edges, varying degrees of tanning & light foxing to vols, light cracking to gutters of vol 3, light staining to top page edges of some vols) d/w to vol 5 only, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, heavy tanning/discolouration to spine & edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1907-1936

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society travel exploration voyages history Europe Asia Peter Mundy

$175.00
2a18q/3

The Ground of the Ancestors: A History of Goroka: Part I: Foundations


MUNSTER, PETER M.

Lg quarto, light gray staple bound light card covers, black lettering to front cover, vii + 66pp, illus/photos, includes separate staple bound typed extract from The Land That Time Forgot: Adventures and Discoveries in New Guinea by Michael Leahy & Maurice Crair, VG (moderate creasing & discolouration to covers & page edges with moderate tanning & foxing, considerable foxing & discolouration to separate extract)

PUBLISHER: Peter M. Munster 1973

KEYWORDS: Goroka ethnology anthropology history culture customs Peter M. Munster

$45.00
2a18q/12

The Beginning of the Rainbow


JONES (HINGSTON), VERNA

DATED & SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, 70pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine, light foxing & soiling to covers & edges, light tanning & foxing to internal sides of covers)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated (c.1982?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand settlers pioneers family history genealogy Hingston

$60.00
2a18q/20

The Letters of F. W. Ludwig Leichhardt (3 Vol Set)


LEICHHARDT, F. W. LUDWIG & AUROUSSEAU, M. (Collected & Newly Trans)

3 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blue rule to front boards, frontispiece to vol 1 only, mixed pagination, folding map to vol 2, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to extrems & board edges, light fading to spine of vol 2, light tanning & occasional folding to page edges/corners) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spines & edges, varying degrees of loss to spine- archival tape repairs to vol 2 spine)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society first editions letters correspondence collection F W Ludwig Leichhardt history exploration Australia nautical maritime

$66.00
2a18q/21

Missions to the Niger (4 Vol Set)


BOVILL, E. W. (Ed)

4 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, foldin gmap to rear pocket of vol 4, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to board extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spines & edges with some minor foxing, light scuffing & loss to spines of vols 1 & 4)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1964-66

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history journals Friedrich Hornemann Alexander Gordon Laing letters literature collection the Bornu Mission exploration voyages first editions

$40.00
2a18r/1

Endless Sea: Stories Told Through the Taonga of the New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui te Ananui a Tangaroa


WALSH, FRANCES (Text) & USSHER, JANE (Photo)

Quarto, orange cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 263pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (spine v sl cocked, sl bruising to extrems) in 3/4 dust jacket/band, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, adhesive residue to rear)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical artefacts history marine museum anecdotes stories tales

$220.00
2a18r/17

Wise's Auckland Provincial Directory 1953-54


N/A [WISE'S]

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, place name tabs to page edges, printed eps, xx + 1216pp, illus/adverts, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate cracking to front hinge, moderate soiling & staining to boards, heavy tanning to page edges & eps with some minor foxing to eps also, occasional closed tearing to pages, moderate creasing & foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy creasing page tabs)

PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co 1953-54

KEYWORDS: New Zealand directories Auckland provincial history 50s fifties WISES

$100.00
2a18r/21

Cassell's Picturesque Australasia: Vol IV


MORRIS, E. E. (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY (PART OF 4 VOL SET), THIS VOL FEATURES N.Z., imperial octavo, half leather bound red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & rule/tooling to front board, aeg, frontispiece, viii + 308pp + unpaginated maps to rear, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to leatherwork to spine & board corners, light scuffing & soiling to boards, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals plus pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1889

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand Australasia maps history culture

$40.00
2a18r/23

Early Soviet Jet Fighters: The 1940s and Early 1950s


GORDON, YEFIM & KOMISSAROV, DMITRIY and SERGEY (Trans)

Quarto, white lettering to spine, illus glossy light card covers, 143pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Midland Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: aviation fighter jets military Soviet Russia Russian history engineering design war planes

$180.00
2a18r/24

Olaus Magnus: Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus Romae 1555 (Description of the Northern Peoples Rome 1555) (3 Vol Set


MAGNUS, OLAUS & FISHER, PETER (Trans) & HIGGENS, HUMPHREY (Trans) & FOOTE, PETER (Ed) & GRANLUND, JOHN (Annotation & Commentary)

3 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, illus, mixed pagination, Near FINE (some sl loose cotton to boards) in d/w, VG (light to moderate chafing & soiling, light creasing & chipping)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1996-98

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society first editions history Olaus Magnus literature northern people 16th sixteenth century

$475.00
2a18r/25

The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and Their Inhabitants (2 Vol Set)


BARBOSA, DUARTE & DAMES, MANSEL LONGWORTH (Trans)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece to vol 2 only, vol 1- lxxxv + 238pp + xxxix bibliography to rear, vol 2- xxxi + 286pp + xlii bibliography to rear, folding map to rear pocket of vol 1, illus/folding maps, VG+ (light scuffing and/or bruising to extrems, sl discolouration to spines & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1918-21

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration Indian ocean geography history 16th sixteenth century ethnography travel first editions

$245.00
2a18r/28

The Voyage of Captain Don Felipe Gonzalez in the Ship of the Line San Lorenzo, With the Frigate Santa Rosalia in Company Easter Island in 1770-1


GONZALEZ, Capt. DON FELIPE & ROGGEVEENS, JACOB & CORNEY, BOLTON GLANVILL (Transcribed, Trans & Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to front board, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece, lxxvii + 176pp + 40pp bibliography to rear, folding maps to rear pocket, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, sl cracking to gutter of pgs 48-49)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1908

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society exploration voayges history geography Easter Island 18th eighteenth century Line San Lorenzo Frigate Santa Rosalia

$75.00
2a18r/29

Some Records of Ethiopia 1593-1646; Being Extracts From 'The History of High Ethiopia or Abassia' by Manoel de Almeida; Together With Bahrey's 'History of the Galla'


DE ALMEIDA, MANOEL & BECKINGHAM, C. F. (Trans) & HUNTINGFORD, G. W. B. (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front board, deckled page edges- some still uncut, xcviii + 267pp, folding maps throughout, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & surface loss to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1954

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society geography exploration history Ethiopia Africa African records

$50.00
2a18r/30

The Guanches of Tenerife: The Holy Image of Our Lady of Candelaria and the Spanish Conquest and Settlement


DE ESPINOSA, Friar ALONSO & MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS (Trans, Ed, Notes & Intro)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to front board, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, xxvi + 221pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, sl chafing & soiling to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1907

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography Tenerife Spanish conquest Spain exploration travel

$45.00
2a18r/31

Francis Mortfort: His Book; Being his Travels Through France and Italy 1658-1659


MORTFORT, FRANCIS & LETTS, MALCOLM (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, folding frontispiece, xxxiv + 216pp, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, sl creasing to frontis)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1925

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society exploration travel literature Francis Mortfort France Italy 17th seventeenth century history geography

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