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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FRIEDMAN, NORMAN & BAKER III, A. D. (Ship Plans) & RAVEN, ALAN (Ship Plans)

Quarto, light brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 496pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear with archival tape repair to top of spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1984?

KEYWORDS: military history us cruisers design navy naval warships plans engineering maritime nautical

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

RULE, S. M. (Ed)

LIMITED EDITION (#481), imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 140pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Wyatt & Wilson Print (Printer) N/D c.1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand volunteer fire brigade emergency services Sumner Canterbury regional history

MORRIS, E. E. (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY (PART OF 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 illus to front board, aeg, frontispiece, viii + 310pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to spine & board corners, light scuffing to boards, light soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1887

KEYWORDS: cassell's Australasia history culture customs Australia New Zealand Dunedin

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

Lg quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, illus eps, 55pp ads + 444pp + xxiii index to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to extrems, light soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges & eps, moderate crcaking to gutters, sm tape staining to edges of pgs 334+335) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges & spine with archival tape repairs, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sampsn Low, Marston & Co 1962

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

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

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

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

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

WOODRUFF, MARK W. & JONES, JAMES L. (forew.)

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: HarperCollins 2000

KEYWORDS: mark woodruff journalism history military usa vietnam viet nam war imperialism conflict

FISCHER, DAVID HACKETT

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: Oxford University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: david hackett fischer history george washington america american war of independence revolution crossing the delaware