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Missions to the Niger (4 Vol Set)
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
Endless Sea: Stories Told Through the Taonga of the New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui te Ananui a Tangaroa
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
Wise's Auckland Provincial Directory 1953-54
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
Cassell's Picturesque Australasia: Vol IV
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
Early Soviet Jet Fighters: The 1940s and Early 1950s
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
Olaus Magnus: Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus Romae 1555 (Description of the Northern Peoples Rome 1555) (3 Vol Set
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
The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and Their Inhabitants (2 Vol Set)
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
The War of Quito; and Inca Documents
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
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
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
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'
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
The Guanches of Tenerife: The Holy Image of Our Lady of Candelaria and the Spanish Conquest and Settlement
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
Francis Mortfort: His Book; Being his Travels Through France and Italy 1658-1659
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
Early Spanish Voyages to the Strait of Magellan
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
The East and West Indian Mirror, Being an Account of Joris Van Speilbergen's Voyage Round the World (1614-1617)
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
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
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
Cassell's Picturesque Australasia: Vol II
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
Ying-Yai Sheng-Lan 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores' (1433)
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
The Journal of Christopher Columbus
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
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
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
English Privateering Voyages to the West Indies 1588-1595
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