johnston harry illustrated plates (1 risultati)

Hard Covers. Condizione: VG. Condizione sovraccoperta: None. Plates, (illustratore). Apparent 1st. None. Apparent 1st. 17.5cm By 11.5cm. One of the Collins Explorer Series this title covers the activities and adventures of eight navigators and explorers from the great era of world discovery by Europeans. They are Sir John Hawkins, Sir Walter Raleigh, Rene Robert de la Salle, William Dampier, Vitus Bering, James Cook, La Perouse and George Vancouver. Aimed at young adult readers, Not dated, but c late 1930s. 190 pages plus two pages notes, colour frontis, 8 b/w plates, Blue hard covers with gilt titles (slightly dulled) , gilt school crest lower front, high school presentation plate (1948) FFEP, frontis slightly loose, short tear vertical edge page 147, text block otherwise VG, light foxing vertical page edges.