Edited introduction gerald norris (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. William Dampier. Buccaneer Explorer. William Dampier; Edited with an Introduction by Gerald Norris. Published by The Folio Society, 1994. 8vo up to 9½" tall., 268pp. with frontispiece portrait; 14 glossy illustrated plates, mapped endpapers. Pictorial cloth boards with gilt spine titles; housed in a black slipcase. In fine unread condition. William Dampier (1651-1715) was an English explorer, pirate, navigator, and naturalist, circumnavigated the world 3 times and was the first Englishman to explore Australia.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Nice tan cloth, coloured hardback book, with bold gilt title impressions running along the spine. Comes with nice charcoal black box slipcase. The book is in excellent condition, normal wear and marks apply consistent with use and age. 268 pages all intact, good strong, tight binding. All pages, text, maps and illustrations are in fabulous, hardly used, clean, readable order. Set in "Monotype" Garamond, by Gloucester Typesetting Services, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Printed on Hamilton Wove Paper, at The Bath Press, Avon and bound by them in full cloth printed with a drawing, in reverse of a Fourth-Rate by Bouwmeester (1670-1733) - (National Maritime Museum). Typography by Bernard Roberts. Another wonderful book from The Folio Society.…