Ed helen wallis (15 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Used-Very Good. dj. Cloth, dj. Slight shelf-wear.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 72 pp. ; illustrated ; 27 cm. ISSN: 0140-427X; National Library: 427690-5; 010538609; LCCN: 80-644443 ; LC: GA192; Dewey: 912/.05 ; preceeded by publication: M, the map collector, Issue no. 1-7; Dec. 1977-June 1979 ; issued from 1979-1996 ; Absorbed by: Mercator's world, with v. 1, no. 3 of that title./ No. 1-20, 1977-82. ; OCLC: 6524436 ; pictorial paper wrappers ; Contents: The Dallas Pratt Collection of maps at the American Museum, Bath / Rodney W. Shirley -- Ordnance Survey ephemera 1945-1991 / Tim Nicholson -- Churchill Fellowship to examine Drake maps / Bob Ward -- Collector's forum -- Two miniature maps of Boston found / Gunther Buchheim -- Rashi's Legacy: Maps of the Holy Land / Catherine Delano Smith and Mayer I. Gruber -- News -- An unrecorded set of thematic maps by Hondius / Gunter Schilder -- Collectors' barometer -- Collectors' marketplace -- Index to advertisers -- Forthcoming issues. List of Directors -- Mischievous rooks gather up the bargains / Jo French -- Gunter scores half century / Paul van den Brink -- Harley celebration / Valerie G. Scott -- Cartart factsimile / Zsolt Torok ; ex-lib, stamps ; crease to top corner, else VG. Book. …

Soft cover. 8vo. pp iv, 28. Black and white illustrated stapled card wraps/paperback with red lettering. Illustrated in black and white. Reprinted with corrections. Covers very lightly sunned, else content clean. Very good indeed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Both books are very clean copies. The jackets have shelf wear and closed tears. This two-volume work presents Captain Philip Carteret's account of his remarkable circumnavigation aboard HMS Swallow. After becoming separated from Samuel Wallis's Dolphin following their difficult passage through the Strait of Magellan, Carteret continued independently across the Pacific. Despite an ageing, poorly equipped ship and a crew increasingly affected by sickness, he explored little-known waters and recorded several important discoveries, including Pitcairn Island and the Carteret Islands. Based on Carteret's journals, letters and contemporary documents, the work provides a detailed first-hand record of Pacific exploration immediately before the voyages of Captain Cook.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. As photographed; two-volume set; Hakluyt Second Series No CXXIV and CXXV. Clipped dustjackets with darkened spines and a little foxing to front edges; boards v.gd with bright device and spine lettering; both vols unmarked and internally clean throughout; private ownership; Vol I: xii + 273 + [2] + Plates I-XIV incl. maps, with 2 folding; Vol II: vi + pp275-564 + [2] + plates XV-XX incl. maps with one folding.…

Zustand: Fair. Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN.…

Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. DJ with some edge wear, tears and faded spine.

Octavo. Cloth boards titled in gilt on front cover and spine; ix, 465pp. Trivial shelf wear to boards, including some mild bumping to top and bottom edges of boards, else a tight, clean, unmarked copy. Near Fine. In publisher's series "Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks.".

2 vols: xii+564pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper, backstrip yellowed. Black and white plates and several fold-out maps A very good set. . First editions.

Hard Cover. Zustand: VG-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VG-. First Edition. VG-/VG. 2 vols. 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (ex-Libraries Board of South Australia Lending Library, with bookplate (+ associated crinkling) & rsm to FFE, tape marks to flypapers and boards, label stub to lower pastedown, single rsm to verso title page only, else internally clean) in dustwrapper (a triflerubbed & nicked, label/tape marks to spine, flaps a little creased, slight spine sunning); pp. xii, 1-274 (last blank); vi, 275-574, with 20 illustrations. Heavy item (1.5 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good set. …

Zustand: New. The publication of this volume from the Royal Historical Society provides a comprehensive guide to the early maps of Great Britain and Ireland. Editor(s): Wallis, Helen; McConnell, Anita. Series: Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks. Num Pages: 475 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DB; HBJD1; HBTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 145 x 29. Weight in Grams: 781. . 1995. Revised ed. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. An interesting two volume set published by The Hakluyt Society, being an account of Captain Philip Carteret's trip to the South Seas. In the original dust wrappers. Number CXXIV of the Second Series. The work consists of Carteret's own manuscript of the voyage alongside another work he wrote with a view to publication which responded to the misrepresentation presented in John Hawkesworth's Voyages of 1773. Edited by Helen Wallis. Profusely illustrated throughout, including five folding maps. Collated complete. From the second series publication of the Hakluyt Society, publishing scholarly editions of primary records of historic voyages and travels. Including early accounts concerning geography, ethnology, and natural history. The second series ran from 1899 to 1998 and comprised one-hundred and ninety volumes. In the original cloth bindings in the original unclipped dust wrappers. Externally very smart with slight fading to the extremities. Dust wrappers are smart with spotting to the wraps and the occasional minor closed tear. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed. None (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Helen Wallis on the half title page. First edition bound in quarter leather. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn, but remain strong and sturdy. Internally, there are no other markings or inscriptions and the pages within are neat. The binding is secure. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. xvi, 96, [2] + 16 double-page color facsimile plates; large folio (24.5 x 16 in.), dark brown half morocco, tan cloth sides, t.e.g.; printed on thick paper. The plates are preceded by scholarly essays by Wallis, Janet Backhouse, and others providing history and background on Rotz and this atlas. Also included are a transcription and translation of the text. Jean Rotz (c. 1505-c. 1560), navigator of Dieppe and royal hydrographer, wrote and addressed this work to Henry VIII. In the text portion, Rotz provides what is essentially a manual of navigational instruction, including topics such as how to use the winds of the sea-compass and how to calculate latitude by observations of the sun. The atlas portion contains regional charts of the lands and sea coasts of the world, including America and the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean and Far East, the coasts of Asia and Africa, the Black Sea and Mediterranean, South America to the Strait of Magellan, and a world map in two hemispheres. A fine and fresh copy of an impressive production. Barker 244.…

Zustand: Very Good. Cambridge, The Hakluyt Society, 1965. 8vo. xii,+ 273 pp.+ plates; vi,+ 275-564 pp.+ plates. Publ. cloth. Two volumes. (Hakluyt Society. Second series, volume 124 & 125.) Travels of Captain Philip Carteret at the Falkland Islands etc. Hardcover / Hardback.