The Central Australian Expedition: The Journals of Charles Stuart
by Davis, Richard
London: The Hakluyt Society, 2002. Hardcover. VG+/VG+. Black cloth, sky blue DJ. lxxi, 366 pp. No ills. Account of Stuart's unsuccesful but historical 19th century trek to seek the center of the Australian continent.
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Complaint and Reform in England, 1436-1714: Fifty Writings of the Time on Politics, Religion, Society, Economics, Architecture, Science, and Education
by DUNHAM, William Huse; PARFELLIS, Stanley (eds.)
New York: Oxford University Press, 1938. hardcover. very good(-). xviii+925pp. Very thick 8vo, red boards. New York: Oxford University Press, 1938. Worn hinge with ownership stamp on endpapers, still a very good(-) copy. Includes contemporary government writings and decrees as well as text by Sir John Fortescue, Simon Fish, Thomas Lupset, John Foxe, John Shute, Sir Thomas Smith, Peter Wentworth, Robert Hitchcock, Richard Hakluyt, Queen Elizabeth, Cardinal William Allen, Robert Beale, Peter Lowe, Nicholas Breton, Sir Henry... Read More
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The Discovery of River Gambra (1623)
by JOBSON, Richard; David P. Gamble and P. E. H. Hair (eds)
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1999. First Edition. Octavo (25.5cm). Blue cloth, gilt-stamped, in blue dust jacket; xvi,341pp; color illustrations. A straight, sound copy, some spotting to cloth and top edge, internally clean: Very Good. Jacket lightly rubbed, with fain spots to spine: Very Good. Hakluyt Society Series III Volume 2.
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HAKLUYT HANDBOOK.|THE
by Quinn, D.B. (editor)
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1974. cloth, dust jackets. Hakluyt, Richard. small 8vo. cloth, dust jackets. xxvi, 331; xiii, 333-706, (2) pages. 2 volumes. First edition. Near fine in near fine jackets. A reference guide to the works of the Reverend Richard Hakluyt, and a critical evaluation of his work as a collector, editor, translator and author of early travel literature. Volume I contains evaluations of his historical and geographical significance, an analysis of his selections of materials, and a... Read More
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A Selection of the Principal Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation By Richard Hakluyt 1552-1616; Set Out with Many Embellishments and a Preface
by Irving, Laurence
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Edition. Very Good. original 1599 edition][8.5x7in]; xxiv 293 pp. [1], eight tipped in pen and ink illustrations on tan paper, many in text black/white illustrations and designs throughout; Black cloth covers with mustard yellow backstrip, black lettering and ship illustration on spine paper label, illustrated black and tan endpapers; Some shelf wear to bottom edges and to bumped corners, slight wear to top and bottom of darken spine, small chips to... Read More
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A Winter Miscellany
by WOLFE, Humbert, edited by
New York: Viking Press, 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Octavo. 351pp. Decorated by Frank Adams. Half blue cloth with marbled gilt and light blue papercovered boards with matching spine label. Near fine with light spotting on page edges in a very good lightly soiled dustwrapper, spine tanned. A compilation of poems. *Scythian Winter* Vergil and translated by John Dryden and J.W. Mackail. Other poets include Horace Walpole, Richard Hakluyt, William Cowper, Cowley, Jules Verne, Emily... Read More
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The Central Australian Expedition 1844-1846: The Journals of Charles Sturt
by STURT, Charles; Richard C. Davis
London: The Hakluyt Society, 2002. First Edition. Octavo (25.5cm). Blue cloth, gilt-stamped, in blue dust jacket; [lxxii],366pp; color frontispiece. A straight, bright copy with a few spots to top edge: Very Good. Jacket lightly rubbed at edges: Very Good. Hakluyt Society Series III Volume 10.
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The First Colonists; Hakluyt's Voyages to North America
by ROWSE, A.L.
hardcover. color and b/w illus. 4to, cloth. London: Folio Soc., 1986. vg
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AN ELIZABETHAN IN 1582
by Donno, Elizabeth Story
Other: Other. Very Good. Hardcover. The Diary of Richard Madox, Fellow of All Souls. Hakluyt Society, London, 1976. 365 pages, clothbound, no jacket, very good condition. .
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The Hakluyt Handbook
by QUINN, D. B.
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1974. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Two volumes in blue cloth with blue dust jackets; vol. I: xxvi,[332]pp; vol. II: [xvi],[333]-706pp; illustrated. Ownership inscriptions of noted zoologist James G. Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian. Straight and bright, corners lightly bumped, minor marks to edges of textblocks, crack to front hinge of vol. I after half-title: Very Good. Jackets rubbed and slightly toned at edges, vol. I sunned at spine with... Read More
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![Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage 1741-1747; Vol. I - The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, Vol. II - The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith [Hakluyt Society Second Series No. 177 & 181]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/759/864/1315864759.0.l.jpg)
Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage 1741-1747; Vol. I - The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, Vol. II - The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith [Hakluyt Society Second Series No. 177 & 181]
by Barr, William and Glyndwr Williams (Eds.)
London: The Hakluyt Society - Cambridge University Press, 1994. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [8.5x5.75in]; Vol. I, 1994 - xii, 333 pp., 11 plates including frontispiece, seven maps and charts, three illustrations, bibliography and index; Vol. II, 1995 - xv, 393 pp., 20 plates with frontispiece, 13 maps, charts and views, 6 illustrations, appendices, bibliography and index; light blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and gilt devise on front, all edges trimmed; Dark blue dust jacket... Read More
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The Troublesome Voyage of Captain Edward Fenton 1582-1583 [Second Series, No. CXIII]
by Taylor, E. G. R (Narratives and Documents edited by)
Cambridge: Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. LVII, [1], 333, [1]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Transcripts of several surviving records of the voyage for Cathay sponsored by the Privy Council and intended to establish the first English trading base in the Far East. Includes Fenton's own sea journal and extracts from the official narrative of Richard Madox,... Read More
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![The Discovery of the South Shetland Islands; The Voyages of the Brig Williams 1819-20, as recorded in contemporary documents, and the Journal of Midshipman C. W. Poynter [Hakluyt Society Third Series No. 4]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/122/537/1339537122.0.l.jpg)
The Discovery of the South Shetland Islands; The Voyages of the Brig Williams 1819-20, as recorded in contemporary documents, and the Journal of Midshipman C. W. Poynter [Hakluyt Society Third Series No. 4]
by Campbell, R. J. (Ed.)
London: The Hakluyt Society - Cambridge University Press, 2000. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. [10x7in]; xv, 231 pp., 22 plates with color frontispiece of the ship Williams, 30 color and monochrome maps, charts and views illustrations, appendices, bibliography and index; Royal blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and gilt devise on front, all edges trimmed; Light blue dust jacket with dark blue lettering on front and spine, advertisement on back; Negligible shelf wear to book, spine... Read More
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![The Discovery of the South Shetland Islands; The Voyages of the Brig Williams 1819-20, as recorded in contemporary documents, and the Journal of Midshipman C. W. Poynter [Hakluyt Society Third Series No. 4]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/746/053/1275053746.0.l.jpg)
The Discovery of the South Shetland Islands; The Voyages of the Brig Williams 1819-20, as recorded in contemporary documents, and the Journal of Midshipman C. W. Poynter [Hakluyt Society Third Series No. 4]
by Campbell, R. J. (Ed.)
London: The Hakluyt Society - Cambridge University Press, 2000. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. [10x7in]; xv, 231 pp., 22 plates with color frontispiece of the ship Williams, 30 color and monochrome maps, charts and views illustrations, appendices, bibliography and index; Royal blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and gilt devise on front, all edges trimmed; Light blue dust jacket with dark blue lettering on front and spine, advertisement on back; Negligible shelf wear to book, typical... Read More
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The Travels of Peter Mundy, in Europe and Asia, 1608-1667: Vol. I, Travels in Europe, 1608-1628 [Second Series, No. XVII]
by Temple, Richard Carnac (Ed.)
Cambridge: Printed for The Hakluyt Society, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. LXIII, [3], 284, [2]pp. Uncut and unopened copy! Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Decorative head-, tailpieces and initials. Peter Mundy (1600-1667) was a seventeenth century British merchant trader, traveller and writer. He was the first Briton to record, in his "Itinerarium Mundi" ('Itinerary of the World'), tasting Chaa (Tea) in China and travelled extensively in Asia, Russia and Europe. Written... Read More
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![Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage 1741-1747; Vol. I - The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, Vol. II - The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith [Hakluyt Society Second Series No. 177 & 181]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/747/053/1275053747.0.l.jpg)
Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage 1741-1747; Vol. I - The Voyage of Christopher Middleton, Vol. II - The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith [Hakluyt Society Second Series No. 177 & 181]
by Barr, William and Glyndwr Williams (Eds.)
London: The Hakluyt Society - Cambridge University Press, 1994. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. [8.5x5.75in]; Vol. I, 1994 - xii, 333 pp., 11 plates including frontispiece, seven maps and charts, three illustrations, bibliography and index; Vol. II, 1995 - xv, 393 pp., 20 plates with frontispiece, 13 maps, charts and views, 6 illustrations, appendices, bibliography and index; light blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and gilt devise on front, all edges trimmed; Dark blue dust jacket... Read More
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The Travels of the Abbé Carré in India and the Near East, 1672 to 1674. Volume III: Return Journey to France, with an account of the Sicilian revolt against Spanish rule at Messina [Second Series, No. XCVII]
by Lady Fawcett (Translated from the manuscript journal by); Sir Charles Fawcett (Edited by); Sir Richard Burn (With the assistance of)
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. g to vg. Quarto. XXIII, [1], [677]-984pp. Uncut and unopened copy! Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. This third volume tells the story of the Abbé's journey back to France with dispatches sent by de la Haye, the French Viceroy, from St. Thomé. His spirit of adventure and love of travel for its own sake are clearly evinced. He might have reached France more... Read More
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A Particuler Discourse Concerninge the Greate Necessitie and Manifolde Commodyties that are Like to Growe to this Realme of Englande by the Westerne Discoueries Lately Attempted, Written in the Yere 1584. By Richarde Hackluyt of Oxforde Known as Discourse of Western Planting
by Hackluyt of Oxforde, Richarde; David B. Quinn; Alison M. Quinn (eds.)
London: Hackluyt Society, 1993. Hardcover. vg to near fine. Folio. xxxi, 229pp. Original blue cloth with gilt-stamped Hackluyt emblem on cover, gilt lettering and ruling on spine, in original dustjacket with blue lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Transcript and facsimile of extensive prospectus of English colonization of North America. "The Hackluyt Society... most important Hakluyt manuscript ... of his 'Discourse' of 1584, published in facsimile. The manuscript is in the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations,... Read More
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Richard Hakluyt: His Life and Work. With a Short Account of the Aims and Achievements of the Hakluyt Society. An Address Delivered by Sir Clements Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S., (President), on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Foundation of the Society, December 15th, 1896
by Markham, Clements
London: Printed at the Bedford Press, 1896. First edition. Blue paper wrappers. A very good copy with some light scattered foxing, top edge trimmed at a slight slant.. 19 pp. 8vo. Hakluyt Society OB 1. Bibliotheca Geographica 51.
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A selection of the Principal Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Set out with many embellishments and a preface by Laurence Irving
by HAKLUYT, RICHARD
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. 8vo, pp. xxiv, 293, [1]; frontispiece illustration tipped-in, plates, woodcuts throughout, illustrated endpapers; very good or better in original orange cloth over black cloth, pictorial paper spine label, dust-jacket with minor water staining and small chips.
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The Itinerary of Ludovico di Varthema of Bologna from 1052 to 1508
by Varthema, Ludovico Di
London: Argonaut Press, 1928. As translated from the original Italian edition of 1510, by John Winter Jones...in 1863 for the Hakluyt Society, with a discourse on Varthema and his travels in Southern Asia, by Sir Richard Carnac Temple. xi, 121p., 2 b/w illus., 5 maps, original half-vellum with blue cloth, deckle edges, quarto format. One of 975 copies printed on Japan vellum.
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DIVERS VOYAGES TOUCHING THE DISCOUERIE OF AMERICA, AND THE ILANDS ADJACENT UNTO THE SAME, MADE FIRST OF ALL BY OUR ENGLISHMEN, AND AFTERWARD BY THE FRENCH-MEN AND BRITONS
by Hakluyt, Richard
London: Thomas Woodcocke, c.1920. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto, unpaginated. Good; bound in modern marbled paper with 3/4 black leather, with gilt decorations and titling to spine, some wear to hinges, spine edges and corners; one front page loose but binding else tight; text block uneven but clean, with gilt top edge; pages clean; two folding plates present but with some tears to folds; ex-library copy with usual markings, including call number written in pencil. NOTE: Shelved in Room... Read More
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Historical View Of The Progress Of Discovery On The More Northern Coasts Of America, From The Earliest Period To The Present Time by Patrick Fraser Tyler... With Descriptive Sketches Of The Natural History Of The North American Regions, by James Wilson... To Which Is Added An Appendix, Containing Remarks On A Late Memoir Of Sebastian Cabot, With A Vindication Of Richard Hakluyt
by Tytler, James Patrick
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1832. Engraved vignette title, folding frontispiece map of northern North America, 8 plates. 444pp. 12mo. Bound in modern mottled three quarters polished calf and marbled boards. Fine. Engraved vignette title, folding frontispiece map of northern North America, 8 plates. 444pp. 12mo. Sabin 97658
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Account of The first Recorded Non-Muslim European to Enter Mecca, Ludovico Di Varthema
by Ludovico Di Varthema
1928. [Arabia][Muslim][Mecca] VARTHEMA, Ludovico Di. The Itinerary of Ludovico di Varthema of Bologna from 1502 to 1508. As Translated from the Original Italian Edition of 1510, by John Winter Jones, F.S.A. in 1863 for the Hakluyt Society with A Discourse on Varthema and his Travels in Southern Asia by Sir Richard Carnac Temple. London, The Argonaut Press, 1928. 4to. Pp. lxxxvi+122 (last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), 1 plate, title page vignette printed in blue & black, 5 full page maps within... Read More
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation. Made by Sea or Over-land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at any time within the compasse of these 1600 Yeeres. [Twelve volume set].
by Hakluyt, Richard.
Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1903-05. Twelve volumes, complete. Of an edition of 100, initaled by the publisher, and printed on handmade paper with the illustrations on Japanese vellum, this is No. 23. Octavo, quarter vellum & blue cloth (hardcover), gilt decorated spines, gilt-stamped front covers, top edges gilt, uncut. Maps, plates. Generally Very Good; most volumes are in Fine or Near-Fine condition; Volume I bears severe damp-staining to the rear cover.
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