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$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

$300.00
2a18q/15

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)


HAKLUYT, RICHARD & MASEFIELD, JOHN (Intro) & DERRICK, THOMAS (Illus) & RHYS, ERNEST (Intro)

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

$175.00
2a18r/13

New Trekking Map Lamosangu to Mt Everest; Showing Whole of the Khumbu Himal & Rolwaling Himal


N/A

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

$475.00
2a18r/25

The Book of Duarte Barbosa: An Account of the Countries Bordering on the Indian Ocean and Their Inhabitants (2 Vol Set)


BARBOSA, DUARTE & DAMES, MANSEL LONGWORTH (Trans)

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

$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

$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

$80.00
2f1a/11

Documents Concerning English Voyages to the Spanish Main 1569-1580: I - Spanish Documents; II - English Accounts


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

$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

$80.00
2f5a/7

Mandeville's Travels: Texts and Translations (2 Vol Set)


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

$165.00
2f5a/9

A New Voyage & Description of the Isthmus of America


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

$120.00
2f5a/10

Bombay in the Days of Queen Anne ; Being an Account of the Settlement Written by John Burnell


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

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