Author: J. S. Cummins; John Davies; C. W. Newbury; Robert E. Gallagher; M. Aurousseau
Title: Seven Volumes from the Hakluyt Society Second Series
Description: Cambridge, University Press, 1961-1968 . First edition. Cloth. Seven volumes from this history series on world exploration densely illustrated with plates and maps. Seven first edition works from The Hakluyt Society second series on histories of navigation and exploration.In the original publisher's cloth bindings and dust wrappers. All dust wrappers are unclipped except for 'The History of the Tahitian Mission&apos. Includes the following works in order of publication. The History of the Tahitian Mission 1799-1830 (1961) written by John Davies, edited by C. W. Newbury. With twenty illustrations of monochrome plates and maps and a large folding map inserted in a pocket at the rear. Prior owner"s ink inscription from 1961 to the first free endpaper. The Travels and Controversies of Friar Domingo Navarrete 1618-86 (1962) edited by J. S. Cummins, complete in two volumes. Volume I has seven monochrome plates and three maps. Volume II has eleven monochrome plates, two of which are folding, and three maps including one folding map. Prior owner"s ink inscriptions to the first free endpapers dated 1962. Byron"s Journal of his Circumnavigation 1764-1766 (1964) edited by Robert E. Gallagher is illustrated with seventeen monochrome plates and two maps. The Letters of F. W. Ludwig Leichhardt (1968) collected and newly translated by M. Aurousseau, complete in three volumes. Volume I has four maps, Volume II has five maps one of which is folding, and Volume III has two maps.Collated, complete.  In the original publisher's cloth bindings and dust wrappers. All dust wrappers are unclipped except for on 'Tahitian Mission&apos. Externally, smart. There is spotting to the dust wrappers of all but the three volume 'Leichhardt' series. There is a large closed tear to the dust wrapper of Volume III of 'Leichhardt&apos. There is some slight wear to the extremities of the dust wrappers. To the bindings, there is some minor bumping to the heads and tails of the spines and to the extremities. Prior owner's ink inscriptions from 1961 and 1962 to the first free endpapers of 'Tahitian' and the two volumes of 'Navarrete&apos. There is some spotting to the fore edges of all but the three volume 'Leichhardt&apos. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: Hakluyt Society First edition Dust wrapper History First edition Not stated
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Title: Seven Volumes from the Hakluyt Society Second Series
Description: Cambridge, University Press, 1961-1968 . First edition. Cloth. Seven volumes from this history series on world exploration densely illustrated with plates and maps. Seven first edition works from The Hakluyt Society second series on histories of navigation and exploration.In the original publisher's cloth bindings and dust wrappers. All dust wrappers are unclipped except for 'The History of the Tahitian Mission&apos. Includes the following works in order of publication. The History of the Tahitian Mission 1799-1830 (1961) written by John Davies, edited by C. W. Newbury. With twenty illustrations of monochrome plates and maps and a large folding map inserted in a pocket at the rear. Prior owner"s ink inscription from 1961 to the first free endpaper. The Travels and Controversies of Friar Domingo Navarrete 1618-86 (1962) edited by J. S. Cummins, complete in two volumes. Volume I has seven monochrome plates and three maps. Volume II has eleven monochrome plates, two of which are folding, and three maps including one folding map. Prior owner"s ink inscriptions to the first free endpapers dated 1962. Byron"s Journal of his Circumnavigation 1764-1766 (1964) edited by Robert E. Gallagher is illustrated with seventeen monochrome plates and two maps. The Letters of F. W. Ludwig Leichhardt (1968) collected and newly translated by M. Aurousseau, complete in three volumes. Volume I has four maps, Volume II has five maps one of which is folding, and Volume III has two maps.Collated, complete.  In the original publisher's cloth bindings and dust wrappers. All dust wrappers are unclipped except for on 'Tahitian Mission&apos. Externally, smart. There is spotting to the dust wrappers of all but the three volume 'Leichhardt' series. There is a large closed tear to the dust wrapper of Volume III of 'Leichhardt&apos. There is some slight wear to the extremities of the dust wrappers. To the bindings, there is some minor bumping to the heads and tails of the spines and to the extremities. Prior owner's ink inscriptions from 1961 and 1962 to the first free endpapers of 'Tahitian' and the two volumes of 'Navarrete&apos. There is some spotting to the fore edges of all but the three volume 'Leichhardt&apos. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.
Keywords: Hakluyt Society First edition Dust wrapper History First edition Not stated
Price: GBP 225.00 = appr. US$ 321.30 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 844W14
- Book number: 844W14
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