Hakluyt Richard Masefield John Derrick (5 results)

10 VOL SET, octavo, light blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & ship motif to spines & boards, top page edges stained black, printed eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, occasional illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to some eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss & closed tearing, archival tape repairs to vol 1, light soiling, moderate tanning & fading to spines, flaps to some jackets discreetly reinforced).

20.5 x 13.5cms c 2400pp in toto b/w iillustrations with photogravure plates from old prints maps charts etc as well as Derrick's drawings and line decorations. 8 very good volumes with fresh aqua cloth boards together with very good to good+ dustwrappers (all have acid free tape repairs and 2 volumes have chipped spine wrappers). This is a heavy set so expect extra freight costs. Mansfield presents this work as 'our English epic. It is a great and noble poem which commends the sailors of our nation with fit humility and truth for their great courage and singular activity. [so that] coming generations might imitate the high heart and manly resolution of those who tried the fortune of the sea under such hard conditions for the advancement of their country's honour'. Scarce with dustwrappers.

10 VOL SET, octavo, teal textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt maritime illus to spines & front boards, printed/illus eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG- (light scuffing to board & spine extrems, moderate rubbing & tanning/soiling to spines, moderate staining to some boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate water staining to eps of some vols, moderate cracking to gutters of some vols, occasional foxing to pages throughout).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hakluyt's Navigations of English and Foreign Voyagers, complete in ten volumes. Published by Dent / Dutton in 1927 (Vols. I-VIII) and 1928 (Vols. IX & X). Bound in 3/4 sea-green leather and cloth, gilt titling and ship illustration stamped on spines, gilt top edges as well; marbled fly-leafs, map illustration end pages. Bindings are tight, sturdy, and square; wear to edges and corners of boards is very minor; illustrations and text also very good; leather spines toned, gilt titling remains bright and bold. A quite handsome and scarce iteration of this classic anthology of exploration. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Derrick, Thomas (illustrator). A beautiful ten-volume set (eight under one title; two under a separate title), complete. Original publisher's uncommon 3/4 leather binding. Blue leather with blue cloth over boards. Volumes I-XIII published in 1927. Volumes IX and X published in 1928. 5 1/2" x 8." Volume I: 468 pages; Volume II: 461 pages; Volume III: 387 pages; Volume IV: 386 pages; Volume V: 355 pages; Volume VI: 360 pages; Volume VII: 400 pages; Volume VIII: 314 pages; Volume IX: 461 pages; Volume X: 456 pages. All pages of all volumes, complete. Multiple black and white illustrations including eighty black and white plates by Thomas Derrick, complete. Index and index of illustrations in back of Volume X. Top edge gilt. Gilt lettering and gilt decoration of a ship on spine. Marbled endpapers in blue, red, and white. A comprehensive collection that describes numerous English voyages around the world. The last two volumes chronicle the voyages of sailors and explorers who are from countries and regions other than England.