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Faber and Faber Limited, 1949. Hardback in very good minus condition with very good condition dust jacket. Dust jacket is in mylar sleeve.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Faber & Faber, 1949. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Light edge wear to jacket. .

London: Faber and Faber, 1951. Hardcover. 313p., illustrated with 16 pages of "beautiful collotypes" (b&w, kinda dim), second printing of the first issue. Hardbound in openweave orange cloth, titling in yellow, enclosed in its dust jacket. Pretty book in great shape; spine panel of dj has a nibbled top rim and panel is faintly faded, else book as a whole is totally sound, clean and unmarked.

London: Faber and Faber. NEAR FINE book, GOOD DJ. Worn but clean DJ, with 30s net price.. 1951 (1949 cp). 2nd impression. Hardcover. NEAR FINE book, GOOD DJ(in Brodart). Tight binding. Book would be FINE but for a bkplt& dusty text block edges. 9"x6.5", 313pp. .

Faber and Faber, 1951T. hardcover. Good. **HARDBACK** No stamps or inscriptions; clean condition 1st Faber; no dust jacket

London: Faber and Faber, [1949] First edition. Cloth. Endpapers lightly foxed. Very good in very good d.j. The sixteenth-century Portuguese explorer of Asia.

London : Faber and Faber, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards stained. Library marks remain. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Publication date is suggested. Physical description: 313 pages illustrations, maps 23 cm.Notes: Jacket design by Barnett Freedman.Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-308). Subjects: Pinto, Fernão Mendes -1583.Pinto, Fernão Mendes -1583 Biography.Pinto, Fernão Mendes -1583. Mendes Pinto, Fernão. Pinto, Fernão Mendes d. 1583 Travel.Pinto, Fernão Mendes -1583 Journeys. Pinto, Fernão Mendes -1583 Journeys Asia. Pinto, Fernão Mendes -1583 Travel Asia. Pinto, Fernão Mendes Studies. Pinto, Fernao Mendes -d. 1503.Pinto, Fernão Mendes 1510-1583. Travel. Reisbeschrijvingen.Travelers Asia ; Biography.China Description and travel. Asia Description and travel. Asie Descriptions et voyages. Asia. Asia Description and travel.Asia Description and… Read More

London: Faber and Faber. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover; Second Printing. Light chipping to DJ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 313 pages .

London: Faber and Faber, 1949. DJ spine sunned, closed edges lightly foxed, owner name to ffep, else clean and tidy.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London:: Faber & Faber,, (1949). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in very good dust jacket (toning to pages and endpapers, some chipping to the dj at the top of the spine). First printing. The first biography of this 16th century Portuguese adventurer and explorer who left Portugal in 1537 as a common soldier but whose travels were intended to help him establish himself as a merchant. Pinto traveled to the coast of India, Japan, China, and Malaya and more - was thrown into prison by the Chinese, introduced firearms to Japan, and succeeded in becoming wealthy but after meeting Saint Francis Xavier, he joined the newly formed Jesuit Society and headed a mission to Japan, only to recognize its futility. His autobiography - Peregrinacao or Pilgrimage - was published posthumously in 1614. While some of the claims in this work might have been inaccurate, Collis considers them compatible with historical events and Pinto's work as the most complete European account of 16th century Asian… Read More

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. Original red cloth with jacket by Barnet Freedman. A clan, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Mylar jacket cover.

Faber and Faber, London., 1949. First edition. Octavo. pp [vi], 313. Plates and map. Contemporary (1950) ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Fore-edge lightly spotted. Very good in good, chipped and rubbed dustwrapper designed by Barnett Freedman.

London: Faber and Faber (1949), 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. 8vo. [6], 3-313, [1] pp. Red cloth with gold lettering blocked in grey on the spine, a grey decoration on the spine; yellow topstain. Price of 25s. net on the front flap of the dust jacket. Illustrated with a full-page map and with several double plates. Encyclopedia Britannica, "Fernão Mendes Pinto". A biography of a Portuguese explorer, who traveled extensively in China, Japan, and India during the sixteenth century. Pinto's autobiography, published several years after his death in 1583, was quite influential, and it remains valuable for recording a European's thoughts and impressions of several East Asian countries. A bookplate on the rear pastedown and a touch of spotting to the fore-edge; jacket has minor sunning to its spine panel and a discreet tape repair on its reverse.

Faber, 1944T. hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Faber and Faber 1944 first edition. Pages clean and bright, inscription on first page, binding firm, wear to dust jacket, including chips and tears.

Carcanet Press Ltd., 1990. Hardcover. As New/As New. (Third in series "Aspects of Portugal") Smaller, sturdy book, quality black cloth, very bright red lettering on spine, 313 glossy pages including a glossy photo section and map. DJ glossy black beneath mylar, with medieval color-illustration of sail ships, meeting on an elephant, black spine, a map and color on back. DJ and book, both As New.

Faber and Faber, 1949. Hardcover. New.

Faber and Faber, 1949. Hardcover. New.

London [1951], Faber. Red cloth, dj., 313p., index, biblio- graphy, maps, b.w. illustrations, very good. An excellent biography of the 16th century Portuguese adven- turers. He travelled all over Asia. This is a translation of his autobiography. Pinto left Portugual as a common soldier in 1537 after experiences in Abyssinia, India, passed on to Malacca and the Far East. His intention was to succeed as a merchant. He was drawn to pirates, thrown into prison by the Chinese, then follows his discovery of Japan where he was the first to introduce fire-arms. He became rich & met the famous St. Francis Xavier and is dazzled by his personality. Pinto devotes his wealth to the conversion of Japan he joins the newly formed Jesuit Society. Fascinating reading. .