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$245.00
2a18o/31

Buchanan's History of Scotland in Twenty Books: Volume II; Containing the Reigns of the Kings From James II to James VI Inclusive (The Fourth Edition)


N/A

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, quarter leather bound marbled boards, raised bands to spine, frontispiece, 456pp + unpaginated prelims & terminals, illus/copper-plates, scruffy (v heavy cracking & rubbing to spine with surface loss, heavy chafing & surface loss to boards, v heavy bruising to board corners, heavy tanning to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters, heavy soiling to eps, age appropriate tanning & finger soiling to pages throughout, frontispiece loose but still attached)

PUBLISHER: J. Wood and R. Taylor 1752

KEYWORDS: Scotland history kings monarchs monarchy royal family genealogy family histories

$140.00
2a18o/38

An Account of New Zealand; and of the Formation and Progress of the Church Missionary Society's Mission in the Northern Island (Second Edition)


YATE, Rev. WILLIAM

SECOND EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, 310pp + index to rear, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, light chipping/cracking to spine extrems, moderate soiling & discolouration to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing throughout, occasional clumps of pgs loose but still attached, minor cracking to gutters, may lack maps and/or plates)

PUBLISHER: R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside 1835

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious history church missionaries north island William Yate

$345.00
2a18p/3

History of the Incas & The Execution of the Inca Tupac Amaru


DE GAMBOA, PEDRO SARMIENTO & DE OCAMPO, CAPTAIN BALTASAR & MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS (Trans, Ed, Notes & Intro)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, blind decoration & rule to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges (some still uncut), frontispiece, folding map of Central Peru to prelims, xxii + 395pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1907

KEYWORDS: Peru Peruvian ancient history antiquity south America Inca Incas Incans Tupac Amaru first edition Hakluyt

$175.00
2a18p/5

Spanish Documents Concerning English Voyages to the Caribbean 1527-1568: Selected From the Archives of the Indies at Seville


WRIGHT, I. A.

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), frontispiece, x + 167pp + xlvii Hakluyt titles to rear, folding map to terminals, VG+ (sl scuffing to spine extrems, moderate tanning & sl foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping with some sl loss to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1929

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt Spain Spanish documents Caribbean English maritime voyages nautical archives ancient history antiquity

$125.00
2a18p/6

The Desert Route to India; Being the Journals of Four Travellers by the Great Desert Caravan Route Between Aleppo and Basra 1745-1751


CARRUTHERS, DOUGLAS (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motifs & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges (some still uncut), frontispiece with detached tissue guard, illus, folding map of Syria & Mesopotamia to rear, VG+ (light scuffing to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1929

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt India Aleppo Basra Mesopotamia great desert caravan route history

$50.00
2a18p/9

La Australia del Espiritu Santo: The Journal of Fray Martin de Munilla and Other Documents Relating to the Voyage of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627) (2 Vol Set)


DE MUNILLA, FRAY MARTIN & KELLY, CELSUS (Trans & Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, folding map frontispiece to vol 1, xvii + 270pp, vol 2- xv + pgs 271-446, illus, folding maps/documents- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards of vol 1, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping with some minor loss to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spines)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1966

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt explroation travel maritime nautical history Fray Martin de Munilla voyages south seas Pedro Fernandez de Quiros Franciscan missionary plan

$70.00
2a18p/10

The Journal of Jean-Francois de Galaup de la Perouse 1785-1788 (2 Vol Set)


DE LA PEROUSE, JEAN-FRANCOIS DE GALAUP & DUNMORE, JOHN (Trans & 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- ccxl + 232pp, vol 2- vi + pgs 233-613, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges of vol 1, light chafing & surface loss/soiling to jackets of both vols)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1994-95

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt exploration travel Jean-Francois de Galaup de la Perouse history maritime nautical

$175.00
2a18p/12

George Vancouver: A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795 (4 Vol Set)


VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W. KAYE (Ed)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontis to vol 1, pagination continued over 4 vols- 1752pp total, occasional illus/folding maps, folding map to rear pocket of vol 1, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (varying degrees of scuffing, chafing & creasing to spine & edges but mostly tidy)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1984

KEYWORDS: hakluyt exploration history voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean maritime nautical travel

$50.00
2a18p/13

The Jamestown Voyages Under the First Charter 1606-1609 (2 Vol Set)


BARBOUR, PHILIP L. (Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xxviii + 247pp, vol 2- viii + pgs 249-524, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising to board extrems & edges- vol 2 esp., light soiling to rear board of vol 2, vol 2 lightly discoloured, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to mdoerate creasing & chipping to edges- discreet archival tape repairs to vol 1, light to moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt exploration travel Jamestown documents history colonisation colonization colonies Captain John Smith maritime nautical voyages first charter

$100.00
2a18p/14

The Prester John of the Indies: A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John; Being the Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Ethiopia in 1520 (2 Vol Set)


ALVARES, FATHER FRANCISCO & BECKINGHAM, C. F. (Ed) & HUNTINGFORD, G. W. B. (Ed) & ALDERLEY, LORD STANLEY OF (Trans)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled/rough cut page edges, frontispieces, vol 1- xvi + 321pp, vol 2- vi + pgs 323-617, folding map to pocket at rear board of vol 2, illus/maps, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board extrems & edges, moderate soiling to rear board, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing & soiling to rear eps of vol 2) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spines & covers)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1961

KEYWORDS: hakluyt first edition exploration travel maritime nautical Portuguese missions Ethiopia Ethiopian Africa Lord Stanley of Alderley Prester John history

$40.00
2a18p/15

Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage 1741-1747: Vol 1: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742; Vol 2: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746-1747


BARR, WILLIAM & WILLIAMS, GLYNDWR (Eds)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xii + 333pp, vol 2- xv + 393pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1994-95

KEYWORDS: hakluyt exploration travel voyages Christopher Middleton William Moor Francis Smith history maritime nautical

$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

$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

$120.00
2a18q/14

Modern Cookery, For Private Families, Reduced to a System of Easy Practice, in a Series of Carefully Tested Receipts, in Which Baron Liebig and Other Eminent Writers Have Been ass Much as Possible Applied and Explained


ACTON, ELIZA

Sm octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp rule & decoration to boards, xlvii + 643pp + 24pp to rear, illus, scruffy (spine flapping loose but still hanging on, heavy bruising & scuffing to extrems with some surface loss, heavy staining to spine & boards, v heavy tanning to page edges, some prelims potentially missing, moderate foxing throughout, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughhoutprev. owner's name in ink to dedication page)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts 1860

KEYWORDS: cookbooks cooking cookery food recipes culinary house keeping history

$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

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