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paperback. Zustand: Good. Good condition with wear and markings. Looks like an interesting title.

Series II, Volume CXXI. Issued for 1961. 8vo; original blue cloth gilt; pp. xxxvi + 464, incl. index; tables; diagrams; monochrome plates, some folding. Spine gilt dull; fore-edge of upper board very slightly damp-stained; endpapers foxed; sporadic light foxing; pages unopened. Good to very good condition. "William Bourne, of Gravesend, by trade a gunner, was a successful writer of a new type of textbook. Neither a scholar nor of gentle birth, both of which were regarded as the prerequisites of authorship in the sixteenth century, when scientific books were expected to appear only in universities and to be read only by those fluent in Latin, Bourne nevertheless produced a whole series of technical manuals, written in English for the artisans and craftsmen of his own class. A Regiment for the Sea, which forms the core of the volume, is perhaps the earliest technical manual written by an Englishman. It is not simply his rules for navigation, for Bourne wrote much as he spoke, so that out of this instruction book for sailors a clear picture of the man himself emerges: serious, reliable, patriotic and with this inborn impulse to pass on his knowledge to others. The first edition of 1574 is printed here in full, with the additional material which was added to the 1580 edition. Professor Taylor has also included to Almanackes. She has written an introductory section to each text, and in her General Introduction she fills in the details of Bourne's life and discusses his various writings. There is a full Bibliography.".…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Good hardback copy. No dustjacket. lvii, 333pp, b/w plates.

Zustand: Good. Original blind stamped and gilt decorated blue cloth, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, some b/w illustrations, 8vo. The Hakluyt Society: Second Series: No. CXIII.

8vo; pp. xxxv, 464; frontispiece, 15 illustrations, appendix, index;, original blue cloth with gilt title on spine, gilt illustration on front board, a very good copy. . Hakluyt Society, Second Series, Volume CXXI.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 336 pages. 6.69x0.80x9.61 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover in very good condition. Covers are clean and square, but lightly rubbed. Binding is strong. Text is clean and free of marks, some light pencil writing on front free end page. We ship books every day from a real brick & mortar bookstore, and this listing was written by an actual person, with the book sitting in front of me for inspection.…

1959. (Cloth) Near fine in very good plus dust jacket. 333pp. Frontispiece, illus., maps - plates. Unopened. SECOND SERIES, No. CXIII. Narratives and Documents.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 316 pages. 9.61x6.70x9.61 inches. In Stock.

1963. (Cloth) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 464pp. Frontispiece, illus., ports., maps (including fold-out). Unopened. ". Of Gravesend, a gunner (c.1535-1582)". Second Series, No.CXXI.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. gld edition. 304 pages. 9.21x6.14x9.21 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. reprint. reprint 2010 edition. 406 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. reprint edition. 416 pages. 9.25x6.10x0.94 inches. In Stock.

1932. (Cloth) Near fine. 210pp. Frontispiece, folding map. Minor foxing to prelims. Second Series, No.LXIX.

The Hakluyt Society, Second Series. No. CXXI. One folding map and numerous plates throughout. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt, with dust-jacket (slightly worn). Uncut. xxxv, 464pp. Cambridge, Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press.

The Hakluyt Society, Second Series. No. CXIII. Frontispiece portrait, a few other maps and plates. Original gilt blue cloth with dust-jacket (some wear and smudges). Cambridge, Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press.

and other writings on navigation by William Bourne of Gravesend, a gunner (c. 1535-1582). The Hakluyt Society, Second Series. No. CXXI. Frontispiece, illustrations, folding map. 8vo. Gilt blue cloth with slightly worn dust jacket. Uncut. Cambridge, University Press.

The Hakluyt Society, Second Series. No. LXXVI. Reprint. Two volumes in one. Frontispiece, maps and plates, some folding. 8vo. Hardcover in blue cloth with gilt title on spine. xiv, 516pp. Nendeln, Kraus.