Clements Markham Editor (48 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. MARKHAM IN PERU, THE TRAVELS OF CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, 1852~1853, edited by Peter Blanchard, hardcover with unclipped dust jacket [price never printed], stated first edition, illustrated, 1991. BOOK CONDITION: near fine. The text block and illustrations are in fine condition with no tears, marks, or dog-ears. Some rippling to pages with no effect on reading. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The boards are in near fine condition (very slight bumping to top of spine). The dust jacket is in fine condition. 9 x 6, 148 pages, 16 ounces XX [From the dust jacket flaps] An account of considerable charm, a deceptively simple record of people met, meals eaten, scenery viewed, and roads taken that has great cumulative effect in its very modesty of purpose. Markham conveys a wonderful sense of what it would have been like to travel in nineteenth-century Peru, and, for the criollo coast even more than for the Indian highlands, he evokes a vanished way of life (Frederick P. Bowser, associate professor of history, Stanford University). LIKE MANY a young person before and since, Clements Markham had his own ideas about what his life's work should be. In 1852, Markham left his father's choice, the British Navy, and set out for Peru to study the ruins of the Inca empire. His ten-month sojourn in Peru produced this journal, one of the few surviving accounts of Peru at mid-nineteenth century, and launched Markham on a career that led ultimately to the presidency of the Royal Geographical Society. Markham's journal captures Peru in transition from the colonial past to the modern era. He was one of the first English travelers to visit Cuzco, the ancient Inca capital, and he also witnessed the waning of slavery on the great cotton and sugar plantations as modern machinery and Chinese coolie labor were introduced. He enjoyed the hospitality of all classes of society, from the Indian peasants, who still lived much as their Inca ancestors had done, to the Spanish- descended elites, whose Europeanized lifestyle was underwritten by fortunes made in the guano industry. XX Peter Blanchard has skillfully edited, annotated, and introduced the journal, noting Markham's occasional failings as a historian. Taken together, Markham and Blanchard provide a colorful and informative picture of Peru at a significant period of its history. Peter Blanchard is associate professor of history at the University of Toronto.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Ex-library copy w/usual stamps/markings. Grayish green coverrs with gilt lettering to spine. Exterior hinge cloth is split front and back. Moderate wear to corners and spine ends. Binding is very good inside. Some toning to pages. No writing on pages. 314 pgs. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Reprint of Hakluyt Society First Series No. XLVII, four reports & letters from Spanish adventurers detailing Pizarro's exploration & exploitation of Incan lands & the capture, ransom, & execution of Atahualpa, the last Inca. First published in 1872, this undated reprint is before 1963, without a zip code in the publisher's address. Hardcover, no jacket, likely as issued, as pictured. Light wear, corners bumped & rubbed, black smudges on front endsheets, minor split to inner rear hinge. Text clean; xxi, [2], 143 pages. Size: Small Octavo.

Reprint of 1911 edition. 8vo. xii + 288pp. B/w. illustrations, 3 maps including 2 folding. Original blue boards with gilt lettered spine. Very good. Hakluyt Society [Kraus Reprint] Second Series No.28. US$7.

Hardcover. xii, 212p.,no illustrations (none called for), hardbound in Kraus' simplified imitation of the Hakluyt style, blue cloth boards gilt. Nice copy: entirely sound, square, tight, clean, unmarked. Second series, no. XXXI.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. xl, 222pp, with occasional black and white plate illustrations. Quarter bound in black cloth over grey cloth-covered boards, gilt motif on front, gilt lettering on spine. 8vo. Cloth is worn, soiled and ripped, gently rounded at corners and spine ends. Text block edges dull and dusty. Endpapers a little toned, small tear in gutter of half title page else internally neat, clean and tight. Some pages uncut. This volume, originally published in 1750, was written by Captain Stephen Martin's son, Stephen Martin-Leake. Martin (1666-1740) was a naval officer. Included in this volume are several appendices listing navy ships in 1685 and 1699, as well as a summary of the strength of the Navy at the end of the 17th century.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth with paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat Sun-toned, dulled, and dust-toned as with age. Bent corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Publications of the Navy Records Society ; v. 5. Physical description; xxxix, 223 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : 3 illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Leake, Stephen Martin (1666-1736). Ship captains Great Britain Biography. Great Britain. Royal Navy History Sources. Great Britain History, Naval Stuarts, 1603-1714 Sources. 1 Kg.

Reprint. 8vo. xii + 212pp. Original light blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, some slight soiling. Reprint of Hakluyt Society Second Series No. XXXI.Ex-libris Ann Savours Shirley, with her signature. US$18.

Reprint. 8vo. xiii + 85pp. B/w. illustrations. Prelims. slightly foxed. Original blue cloth with gilt lettered spine. Second series No.XXIXWith the signature of Ann Savours Shirley, and with her ownership sticker. US$18.

Reprint. 8vo. xii + 288pp. B/w. illustrations, 3 maps. Original light blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, some slight soiling. Reprint of Hakluyt Society Second Series No. XXVIII.Ex-libris Ann Savours Shirley, with her signature. US$18.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Bookplate tipped in on the front inner board by Ian Mackenzie. Publication of 179 pages. The dust jacket and boards are in very good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. lix, 192p., illustrated with maps (including a large folded in fine shape) and a portrait, hardbound in 9x5.5 inch grey buckram boards gilt-titled & -ruled, a good strong copy largely unopened (deft but slightly sloppy work here & there), ex library but no problem (only a single rubberstamp, no external marks nor any further uglifications within), cloth mildly handled, a good to very good copy. First series, No. 63-1881.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth with paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat Sun-toned, dulled, and dust-toned as with age. Bent corners. Remains well-preserved overall. Series; Publications of the Navy Records Society ; v. 5. Physical description; xxxix, 223 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : 3 illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Leake, Stephen Martin (1666-1736). Ship captains Great Britain Biography. Great Britain. Royal Navy History Sources. Great Britain History, Naval Stuarts, 1603-1714 Sources. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. A near very good copy in cream and black cloth lettered in gilt. Cream cloth a little soiled and fore-edge a little rubbed at one point. No ownership inscription. Moderate foxing to first few pages. Pp.xx,451. Frontispiece.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Blue cloth cover with decoration in blind and gilt shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. "Map of the Northwest Frontier of India and Eastern Afghanistan", in Geographical Magazine, Vol V no. X, October 1878, published in London by Teubner. The folding map is 16"x 12" (with two folds) and is very highly detailed. There is a clean 5" tear in the top-right fold (easily fixable with Japan tape), otherwise the map in in great condition. __+__ This issue is disbound from a larger volume, and is offered with the scarce original front wrapper (only) which is detached. Though the rest of the issue is in two parts. GOOD copy. 5 on a 1-10 scale, with 10 being "new". The accompanying article is present of courseI'm selling this issue as a map. (Condition grading is compared to the condition of the publication when it was new;  to give a condition quote that states "good for its age" comparing something to a fluid state without a common denominator is almost without value, so the publication is compared to its condition when it was first published.).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. frontis, folding map, index, xvi, 221p. Hardcover. 22 cm. Endpapers browned. No jacket. Second Series. No. XXI.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Series No XXI issued for 1907, xxxvi + 221p. P, 4 illustrations, 2 colour folding maps, bibliography, index endpapers starting to brown, Bound in original blue blind and gilt stamped cloth with gilt sailing ship on covers, gilt lettering, spine browned and bumped top and base, ; Large Octavo.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. 221 p. Ill. Carte dépliante.15x22,5cm. Ex libris du Fraser Institute. Reliure d'édition légèrement défraîchie. code 1115.

Reprint of the 1904 original volumes (XIV & XV 2nd series) published by the Hakluyt Society, translated from Spanish texts by Sir Clements Markham. XLVIII, 320 + VIII, P.321 to 555 with facsimile of Title Page of Volumes XIV & XV, plus 3 folded maps bound between the 2 volumes. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21.8 x 14.5 .

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Later Edition. 1994 Reprint Limited Edition of 500; xvi, 586 pages with 3 large folding maps and numerous illustrations, diagrams and tables in the text. Hardback cloth covers. Appears unread. Reprint of the 1901 edition prepared for Scott's British Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904. Contains valuable and wide-ranging scientific and practical Antarctic data by acknowledged authorities. It includes a particularly extensive bibliography of Antarctic exploration and research compiled by Hugh Robert Mill (formerly librarian to the RGS). Spence, 829 (recording the scarce original edition of 1901). Manual on the exploration of Antarctica and various branches of science for the use of members of the British National Antarctic Expedition under Capt. R. F. Scott. This book was prepared with the intention of giving easy access of information, otherwise inaccessible, which was required by officers in their scientific investigations. Includes pages and extracts gathered together under various headings: geography; Antarctic climate; the Aurora; Instructions for collecting rocks; Antarctic sledge travelling etc, Includes the first printing of the Journal of the John Biscoe, 1830. Limited Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 1900-1920; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 193. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Hakluyt Society Reprint. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Front cover with two tape stains, spotting to both covers. Nendeln, Kraus Reprint,

and the Arms and Devices of Each Land and Lordship, or of the Kings and Lords who Possess them. Written by a Spanish Franciscan in the Middle of the XIV Century. Hakluyt Society Reprint. Illustrations. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt title on spine. Nendeln, Kraus Reprint,

by the Friar Alonso de Espinosa of the Order of Preachers. Hakluyt Society reprint. Plates and maps, some folding. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt title on spine. Nendeln, Kraus Reprint,

A treatise descriptive of the globes constructed by Emery Molyneux, and published in 1592. The Hakluyt Society, first series reprint. No. LXXIX. Frontispiece, folding map. 8vo. Original blue cloth, gilt title on spine. lviii, 229, 37pp. New York, Burt Franklin,

The Hakluyt Society, Second Series. No. LIV. 8vo. Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. xxiv, 304pp. Nendeln, Reproduced, by permission of the Hakluyt Society, by Kraus Reprint, .

Written by The Adelantado Pascual de Andagoya. Translated and Edited, With Notes and an Introduction by Markham. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society series. The Hakluyt Society was established in 1846 for the purpose of printing rare or unpublished voyages, travels and naval expeditions by those who first explored these unknown and distant regions. The majority of these illustrate the history of the great age of discovery which forms the foundation of modern history. Publications were distributed only to members of the Society. 4 pp Report of the Hakluyt Society for 1865. xxvii, 88 pp. Frontispiece - colour folding map of The Isthmus of Panama. A few very light spots of foxing on feps. Text clean. Binding tight. Many pages unopened. Yellow eps. Bound in blue cloth boards of the Hakluyt Society with gilt lettering on spines. Gilt vignette of the sailing ship 'Victoria' on front board. Blindstamp decoration on boards. Some spots of light browning on front board. Overall condition VG.

Translated and Edited, With Notes and an Introduction by Markham. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society series No. LXVIII. The Hakluyt Society was established in 1846 for the purpose of printing rare or unpublished voyages, travels and naval expeditions by those who first explored these unknown and distant regions. The majority of these illustrate the history of the great age of discovery which forms the foundation of modern history. Publications were distributed only to members of the Society. lx, 247 pp. Foxing on prelims and last few pages. Text clean. Binding tight. Many pages unopened. Yellow eps. Bound in blue cloth boards of the Hakluyt Society with gilt lettering on spines. Gilt vignette of the sailing ship 'Victoria' on front board. Blindstamp decoration on boards. One small patch of light browning on front board. Spine somewhat darkened. Overall condition VG to VG+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xx+220+[3 report]+[12 ad and member] pages with figures and index. Octavo (9" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt pictorial representation of the ship Victoria on the cover and edge ruled decorative blind stamp to covers. Edited and with introduction by Clements Markham. Hakluyt Society, First series: Volume 48. First edition. Contents: An Account of the Fables and Rites of the Yncas by Christoval de Medina; An Account of the Antiquities of Peru by Juan de Santa Cruz Pachacuti-Yanqui Salamayhua; A Narrative of the errors, false gods and other superstitions and diabolical rites in which the Indians of the Province of Huarochiri lived in ancient times by Dr Francisco de Avial; Report by Polo de Ondegardo. Condition: Spine darkened, gilt dulled, book plate to front paste down else very good.

8vo, xxii, 314 pp., publisher's blindstamped blue cloth gilt, rebacked in blue calf gilt, new endpapers, blindstamp to title and page 49, a very good copy. Hakluyt Society, first series 56. The abstracts relate to the voyages of Keeling and Hawkins, Sharpie, Middleton, Love, Downton, and Cross. Calendar of ships' journals of the seventeenth century and a list of ships employed by the East India Company in the same period. Lancaster's first voyage in 1591 to the East Indies was the earliest of the English overseas Indian expeditions. His Indian voyage was an important factor in the foundation of the East India Company. In 1600 he was given command of the East India Company's first fleet. The first English East India Company factory was established at Bantam and a commercial mission dispatched to the Moluccas. The return voyage from 20 February to 11 September 1603 was speedy and prosperous, and Lancaster (whose success both in trade and diplomacy had been brilliant) was rewarded with a knighthood from the newly crowned James I in October 1603. Lancaster continued to be one of the chief directors of the East India Company until his death in June 1618. Most of the voyages of the early Stuart period both to India and in search of the Northwest Passage were undertaken under his sponsorship and direction.