Sir e denison ross edited by (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 8vo, reprint of the 1790 edition, illustrated, 256 pgs., pages clean, no markings, a bookplate of previous owner on back of front board, bound in red cloth, gold lettering on spine, a small 1/4" edge tear at top left edge of spine, boards clean, a very nice copy.

Maroon Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. Previous owner's ink signature on fep, else textblock is clean and tight. Maroon top edge. Binding has character and shelf wear, with frayed spine extremities, and lightly worn and bumped board corners; Lacks dust jacket; 229p., including notes and index. Letters and Narratives of sundry Elizabethans written by themselves. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Plates/maps (illustratore). Hardcover.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. First Edition. First Published 1933, so stated on CR page. Top page edges dyed red. This copy is VG. No DJ. Illustrated with two maps and 8 plates ( including frontispiece) . Red cloth boards are rich. Gilt lettering to the spine is bright, some fading to publishers gilt emblem at bottom. Spine ends and tips modestly crimped.Edges minimally rubbed. Yellow EPS. Small pencil price on top of FEP. Otherwise unmarked, crisp, and firm. Modest toning throughout . …

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. ix, 45 pp. publisher's original wrappers, copy in very good condition, part of the Camden Miscellany series vol. XVI. Signed by Denison Ross, the editor, on half-title page. Discours of the Turkes by Sr.Thomas Sherley' (title on the spine, written in a 17th century hand) is now at Lambeth Palace. The discourse presents a hostile portrait of the Turks, their government, trade, manner of life etc, based on his experience in Constantinople. It also describes places visited on the return journey to England. Sir Thomas Sherley also known as Sir Thomas Shirley, was imprisoned by the Turks in Constantinople from 1603 to 1605. His discourse contains numerous autobiographical references to events between 1603 and 1605, and mentions his imprisonment for 33 months. The Discourse is thought to have been written in Constantinople and on his voyage home and completed very soon after his return to England,between October 1606 and April 1607. E. Denison Ross, who edited this manuscript in 1936, described it as 'unique and apparently autobiographical'. #8326.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Double-page frontispiece map in Vol. 1. Part of The Broadway Travellers series.Translated by William Hazlitt. Introduction by Paul Pelliot. Red cloth with gilt lettering. The boards have some edge wear mostly at the spine tips and some corner bumps with it most pronounced at the lower front board of Volume 1. The DJ's have some edge chipping and some minor crease marks. Now in protective clear sleeves. The hinges and the spine are good. Date on the top of the front free endpaper on both volumes. The inside pages are quite bright and are unmarked. One of the great classics of Asian travel and adventure.…