voyages discoveries introduction notes clennell di dampier william (5 risultati)

Sm. 4to. xxxv + 311pp. Colour title page device, 4 folding maps and views. Some age toning to e.ps., original gilt lettered two tone cloth with blind tooled device to upper board, some fading, spine sl. chipped. One of an Un-numbered Copy of a Limited Edition of 975 Copies US$72.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Limited to 975 copies bound in Japon Vellum and red cloth. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975. Size: Quarto. Book.

4 Folding maps, coloured vignette on the title page. xxxv + 311pp. A limited edition of 975 copies on Japon Vellum, this being copy number 57. Half vellum, red cloth covered boards stamped with gilt vignette. Endpapers browned, light wear to covers but a very pleasing copy. 26 x 20cm.

Limited edition of 975 copies on Japon Vellum, No. 156. 4 folding maps. 311 pp. Octavo. Vellum spine, gilt title vignette on front board (cloth). 2 Exlibris. Uncut. Very fine condition.

4to. pp. xxxv, 311, [1 leaf]. with half-title. 4 folding maps. title vignette. Uncut & largely unopened in original quarter vellum (spine & covers spotted). Limited to 975 numbered copies on Japon Vellum. Relating the English explorer and buccaneer's visits to and descriptions of Tonkin, Achin, Malacca, and Bencouli, 1688-89, and his two voyages to the coast of the Bay of Campeche, on the Mexican coast, where he was employed in the logwood trade, 1675-76. Also included is his discourse of winds, storms, seasons, tides, and currents in the Torrid Zone. First published in 1699. Cox I p. 44. Hill p. 78. Howgego D5. National Maritime Museum I 98.