A NEW VOYAGE AND DESCRIPTION OF THE ISTHMUS OF AMERICA with WAFER'S SECRET REPORT (1698) and DAVIS'S EXPEDITION TO THE GOLD MINES (1904). (Hakluyt Society Second Series No. LXXIII)
by Wafer, Lionel: Joyce, L. E. Elliott (Editor)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No jacket
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Oxford, 1934. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Oxford. 1934. lxxi+221pp. Illustrated, with 4 plates and 4 folding maps. Hardcover. Blue boards lightly soiled with light wear to edges. Gilt on cover bright but slightly dulled to spine. Page edges soiled. Internally, end pages lightly age-toned with a few penciled bookseller remarks to 1st free end-page, otherwise a very good, clean copy. The binding is tight and hinges intact. A very good clean copy.
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- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24642
- Title
- A NEW VOYAGE AND DESCRIPTION OF THE ISTHMUS OF AMERICA with WAFER'S SECRET REPORT (1698) and DAVIS'S EXPEDITION TO THE GOLD MINES (1904). (Hakluyt Society Second Series No. LXXIII)
- Author
- Wafer, Lionel: Joyce, L. E. Elliott (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- MARITIME; EXPLORATION; VOYAGES; HAKLUYT SOCIETY;
Terms of Sale
Parnassus Book Service
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About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Soiled
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- Edges
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....