The Voyages and Colonising Enterprises of Sir Humphrey Hilbert
by QUINN, David Beers;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, The Hakluyt Society, 1940, First edition. . original blind-stamped cloth, gilt vignette on covers, gilt spine title lettering, dust jackets (chipped at spine ends, bit faded), fine set without the usual foxing, gilt is bright. . 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes, xxx, 238; xv, [239] - 534 pp, 5 folding maps, including the one in the rear pocket, frontis in each volume (portrait), other illus, bibliog, index. . Beers, author of the Hakluyt Handbook and numerous other scholarly travel works, provides a detailed 104 page introduction, providing a good historical perspective and biography. The two volumes assemble all the documents that relate to Gilbert's voyages and colonizing, a number being published for the first time, the North-West Project 1565-67, Irish schemes 1567-72, passage to Cataia, expedition of 1577-79, 1580-84, Sir George Peckham's reports, North-west Passage, etc, with appendices on the Munster Plantation scheme of 1569 and the Knollys Piracy of 1579. Not often found with dust jackets. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J12450
- Title
- The Voyages and Colonising Enterprises of Sir Humphrey Hilbert
- Author
- QUINN, David Beers;
- Format/Binding
- Original blind-stamped cloth, gilt vignette on covers, gilt spine title lettering, dust jackets (chipped at spine ends, bit fade
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, The Hakluyt Society, 1940, First edition.
- Size
- 8vo [22.5 x 15 cm]; 2 volumes, x
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel - General;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Toronto, Ontario
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