9780904180350 - Discourse of Western Planting, 1584 (Hakluyt Society, Extra Series) von Hakluyt, Richard; Quinn, David B.; Quinn, Alison M. (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Hakluyt Society, 1993. Folio. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good with shelf/edgewear and nicks. Great copy of this engaging title on planting.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Zustand: Very Good. London: Hakluyt Society, 1993. Folio hardcover. xxxi+229pp. Frontispiece, facsimiles. Near Fine book. Good dust jacket. (North America, Discoveries in Geography, Exploration) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

Hardcover. Zustand: 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, which generously supplied photostats for the edition in E. G. R. Taylor's, "The original writings and correspondence of the two Richard Hakluyts," published in 1935, and ha also allowed photographs to be made available for the present edition. Contains appendices, bibliography and index at rear. Light wear along edges of dustjacket and very lightly rubbed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, folio, measuring 14" x 10", top leading corners of the boards are very lightly knocked to the tips, a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved dust jacket, Inscribed by the editors on the front free endpaper to a previous owner, the British historian, Cecil Clough, Loosely inserted letter from the same to the editors. The remainder of the text is clean and unmarked, xxxi + 229pp. A heavy volume which may, if ordered from locations outside the United Kingdom, attract a request for additional postage, Signed by the editor(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition Thus. 1993. xxxi + 229pp. The text is presented in facsimile with a parallel modern script on the page facing together with a detailed Commentary. The most elaborate and important prospectus for English Colonisation in North America to have been written in the sixteenth century. It was a confidential state paper presented to Queen Elizabeth the First in October 1584 (Old Style) . The present text is one of the very few copies to have survived. It is now in the possesion of the New York Public Library. Hakluyt Society, Extra Series Volume 45. Published at £95. PLEASE NOTE: Heavy book so extra may be needed for non-UK customers.