Books - "travel"
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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)
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
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
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
Journal of the Travels and Labours of Father Samuel Frtiz in the River of the Amazons Between 1686 and 1723
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
A New Account of East India and Persia Being Nine Years' Travels 1672-1681: Vol II
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
A New Account of East India and Persia Being Nine Years' Travels 1672-1681: Vol I
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
The Travels of Peter Mundy, in Europe and Asia 1608-1667 (5 Vol Set in Six Books)
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
The Principal Navigations: Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, Made by Sea or Over-land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600 Years (10 Vol Set)
10 VOL SET, octavo, light blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & ship motif to spines & boards, top page edges stained black, printed eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, occasional illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to some eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss & closed tearing, archival tape repairs to vol 1, light soiling, moderate tanning & fading to spines, flaps to some jackets discreetly reinforced)
PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1927-28
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society travel exploration voyages history maritime nautical adventures history discoveries England English explorers
New Trekking Map Lamosangu to Mt Everest; Showing Whole of the Khumbu Himal & Rolwaling Himal
FIRST EDITION, duodecimo (folded), pink light paper with dark pink lettering & illus/mapping, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to folded areas/creases, moderate staining, sm numerals in dark pink & black lining/marking ink to map)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated (1975)
KEYWORDS: first edition maps cartography Everest mountaineering exploration hiking routes travel
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 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
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
Memorias Antiguas Historiales Del Peru
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
Civil Wars of Peru: Part IV: Book II: The War of Chupas
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
Documents Concerning English Voyages to the Spanish Main 1569-1580: I - Spanish Documents; II - English Accounts
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
The Quest and Occupation of Tahiti by Emissaries of Spain During the Years 1772-1776, Told in Despatches and Other Contemporary Documents
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