Garden City: Garden City Books, 1959. Hardcover. Illustrations by W.T. Mars. 4to. Brown buckram with black lettering and red pictorial stamping. 88pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Very good. Spine head and tail slightly bumped, else tight and nice; bit of age toning to endpapers. Attractive first edition, sans jacket, of..... More
Pittsburgh: Beta Phi Mu, 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and device. xiv, 80pp. Frontispiece, 3 maps. Near fine. Handsome first edition -- 5500 copies -- of this description of Cook's three expeditions (1768-1771, 1772-75, 1776-80) and this copy with choice philatelic addition: Tipped in on facing blank..... More
N.p. James F. Bell Book Trust, 1957. Paperback. Translation and commentary by Jan O.M. Broek. Folio. Stiff brown pictorial wrappers. v, 12pp, (4pp). Centerfold map, illustation. Near fine. First edition. Curator John Parker introduces this analysis and transcript of this 1601 letter regarding the circumnavigation accomplished by the Dutch merchant..... More
St. Paul: James F. Bell Book Trust, n.y. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff plum wrappers. 23pp. Large foldout in rear pocket. Near fine. Curator John Parker introduces this elaboration by historian Willson (1901-73), authority on 17th century England, of the large and heavy stock facsimile document laid into the rear pocket..... More