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$50.00
2a18r/26

The War of Quito; and Inca Documents


DE LEON, PEDRO DE CIEZA & MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENT R. (Trans & Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blie buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut edges- some still uncut, xii + 212pp + xxxvi bibliography to rear, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, binder's sm adhesive label to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1913

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society war conflict history Quito Incas Incans Inca exploration voyages Pedro de Cieza de Leon

$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

$175.00
2a18r/32

Early Spanish Voyages to the Strait of Magellan


MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS (Trans, Ed, Preface, Intro & Notes)

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, xii + 288pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1911

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Spanish voyages Strait of Magellan

$145.00
2a18r/33

The East and West Indian Mirror, Being an Account of Joris Van Speilbergen's Voyage Round the World (1614-1617)


VAN SPEILBERGEN, JORIS & DE VILLIERS, J. A. J. (Trans, Notes & Intro)

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, lxi + 272pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light soiling & staining to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1906

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel east west Indian mirror voyages Joris Van Speilbergen

$45.00
2a18r/34

Further English Voyages to Spanish America 1583-1594: Documents From the Archives of the Indies at Seville Illustrating English Voyages to the Caribbean, the Soanish Main, Florida, and Virginia


WRIGHT, IRENE A. (Trans & Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp rule to front board, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, xciii + 314pp, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1951

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel English voyages Spanish America

$75.00
2f1a/1

Cassell's Picturesque Australasia: Vol II


MORRIS, E. E. (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY (PARTOF A 4 VOL SET), imperial octavo, half leather bound red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & coat of arms to front board, aeg, frontispiece, viii + 309pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing to boards, 2cm bruise to lower edge of rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing to pages thoughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1888

KEYWORDS: Australasia Cassell's culture customs history geography exploration

$620.00
2f1a/3

Ying-Yai Sheng-Lan 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores' (1433)


HUAN, MA & MILLS, J. V. G. (Trans & Ed)

Super octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt chinese lettering to front board, folding map to rear pocket, frontispiece, xix + 393pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: exploration oceans ocean floor nautical China Chinese expeditions history 15th fifteenth century hakluyt society

$70.00
2f1a/4

The Journal of Christopher Columbus


COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER & JANE, CECIL (Trans) & VIGNERAS, L. A. (Revised & Annotated) & SKELTON, R. A. (Appendix)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, top page edges stained grey, xxiii + 227pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed present, VG (light scuffing & fraying to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1960

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt society exploration explorers Christopher Columbus journal history voyages maritime nautical

$200.00
2f1a/5

The Discovery of Tahiti: A Journal of the Second Voyage of H.M.S. Dolphin Round the World, Under the Command of Captain Wallis in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768


ROBERTSON, GEORGE & CARRINGTON, HUGH (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, folding frontispiece, lii + 292pp, folding maps, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1948

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Tahiti hms dolphin Captain Wallis 18th eighteenth century

$50.00
2f1a/8

English Privateering Voyages to the West Indies 1588-1595


WRIGHT, IRENE A. (Contributions) & ANDREWS, KENNETH R. (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front board, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece, maps, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to extrems & board edges, moderate tanning to page edges, sl foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor archival tape repairs, moderate tanning & staining to spine, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1959

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel West Indies voyages Sir Francis Drake nautical maritime

$70.00
2f1a/9

Memorias Antiguas Historiales Del Peru


MONTESINOS, FERNANDO & MEANS, PHILIP AINSWORTH (Trans & Ed) & MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS R. (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece, x + 132pp + xlii bibliography to rear, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to spine, light tanning to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1920

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Peru

$70.00
2f1a/10

Civil Wars of Peru: Part IV: Book II: The War of Chupas


DE LEON, PEDRO DE CIEZA & MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS R. (Trans, Ed, Notes & Intro)

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, xlvii + 386pp + xxxix bibliography, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1918

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Peru civil war wars conflict Chupas

$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

$40.00
2f1a/14

Warship 1995


ROBERTS, JOHN (Ed)

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (light creasing with moderate water staining & soiling to edges, light fading to spine, various closed & open tears- some loss)

PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1995

KEYWORDS: military war conflict maritime nautical navy naval warships ships history engineering

$60.00
2f1a/16

Jane's Fighting Ships 1961-62


BLACKMAN, RAYMOND V. B. (Compiled & Ed)

Quarto, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, printed eps, frontispiece, 59pp ads + xxiii + 438pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate crack to front gutter, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges, moderate tanning & closed tearing to spine with heavy archival tape repairs to spine, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co c.1961

KEYWORDS: jane's fighting ships warships history war conflict navy naval 60s sixties nautical maritime design engineering

$75.00
2f1a/23

Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle Round the World (Tenth Edition)


DARWIN, CHARLES

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, 492pp + unpaginated ads to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, heavy discolouration/tanning to spine & boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & some pgs throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters- boards sl shaky, occasional light annotation to margins in pencil)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock and Co 1891

KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin natural history geology nature exploration hms beagle

$49.50
2f1a/30

The All-Red Route 1893-1953: A History of the Trans-Pacific Mail Service Between British Columbia, Australia, and New Zealand


HAMILTON, J. H.

SCARCE, imperial octavo, beige light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 129pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate soiling & chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Don McDiarmid (Printer) 1959

KEYWORDS: all red route mail service history trans-pacific British Columbia Australia New Zealand post postal

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