Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe Memorable Description of The East Indian Voyage 1618-25
by Bontekoe, Willem Ysbrantsz
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1929. Hardcover, red cloth, no dust-jacket. 168pp., Bibliographic References, Index. Illustrated with 10 plates. A title in the Argonaut Series, edited by Sir E. Denison Ross and Eileen Power. First American edition. Translated from the Dutch by Mrs. C.B. Bodde-Hodgkinson and Peter Geyl. Introduction and notes by Professor Geyl. A lournal of the adventures experienced by W.Y. Bontekoe of Hoorn on an East Indioan voyage begun on 18 December, 1618 and completed on 16 November, 1623. No previous ownership marks. A square, clean, internally unmarked copy. Several small marks to red cloth and gold spine lettering darkened and faded. Still a quite acceptable copy of a very difficult to find title in English. Near very good.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008988
- Title
- Willem Ysbrantsz Bontekoe Memorable Description of The East Indian Voyage 1618-25
- Author
- Bontekoe, Willem Ysbrantsz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Robert M. McBride & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Nautical, Exploration, Dutch Explorer
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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