Edited by penzer n m (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. First edition light blue vellum, gilt stamping, top edge gilt, fore and lower edges untrimmed. 8vo 10" x 6" xvi, 276 [pp]. A facsimile Limited Edition 1 of 750 copies of the original edition published in 1751, this copy is not numbered. Four black and white illustrations. Includes an early and imaginary voyage that includes a trip to the moon by flying machine, this being one of the illustrations. Foxing to the front end papers and title page, spine tanned, name to front end paper, corners pushed in. In Very Good sound and tight condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. LITERATURE 1926-1945. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. lx, 381 pages, 1 leaf : color frontispiece, maps (1 folded) facsimile. Publisher's binding sturdy and attractive, finger smudges to front and rear panels, cup rings to rear panel, tape residue at endpapers, contents unmarked, partly unopened, and very pleasing. This is copy 964 of an edition of 1050 copies. 1700 grams.…

First English edition, first printing. Signed by the editor. Numbered 282 of of 525 limited copies. Original quarter vellum with orange cloth-covered boards, titles in gilt to the spine and a gilt motif to the upper board. Illustrated in black and white with a fold-out map, a fold-out frontispiece, and five further illustrations. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the velum and cloth with some light discolouration, the edges a little rubbed and a slight bump to the bottom corner of the lower board. Without the silk page marker. The contents, with some offsetting and spotting to the endpapers, are otherwise clean throughout. Signed by N. M. Penzer in black ink on the half title. The first English translation of an anonymous account of a Spanish 1792 expedition to what is now British Columbia, describing the geography, flora, fauna and the indigenous people that they came across, as well as an encounter with an English expedition led by George Vancouver. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. …

Adam and Charles Black, London. 1937. Second revised edition. Hardback with DW. Large 8vo. Fold out map + 10 other maps and illustrations. Page edges very slightly foxed. Contents clean. Wrapper price clipped and browned with small tears to top edge. Spine sunned and closed tear to tail. Generally a clean and sound copy.…