Henry Robarts (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 755 copies printed under the supervision of Bruce Rogers. Some spotting and dampstain on the front board.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition Thus. 8vo. Pp. ix, [18], [2]. Illustrated with one woodcut. Beige half cloth over red paper covered boards, paper label with titles printed in black on the spine. "755 copies were printed under the supervision of Bruce Rogers at the Harvard University Press, Cambridge Massachusetts, in June 1924." Covers lightly stained, corners worn through, faint foxing and age toning to leaves, some uncut. Laid in invitation to the International Conference Honoring the 400th Anniversary of Drake's Sojourn in California, Friday June 15, 1979 at the California Academy of Sciences and the Asian Art Museum in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Pamphlet written by one of the "sworne Esquires of Queen Elizabeth" on the occasion of Drake's expedition to the West Indies in 1585. Original typography was reproduced as closely as modern types permitted.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. An edition limited to 755 copies, reproduction of the original pamphlet, printed under the supervision of Bruce Rogers. Ownership inscription of A.L. Rowse to front pastedown. A nice clean copy, though foxed to edges and sunned to boards.

Condition: Good+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Transcribed With a Short Introduction By E. M. Blackie bound in red paper covered boards, with a tan cloth spine with a printed paper label. The covers show faint scuffing and toning to the edges, edge-wear, and light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. This book is a Limited Edition, 1/755 and was Designed by Bruce Rogers. Previous owner name on front free endpage with toning.

First edition, large 8vo, 12pp., followed by 16pp., off facsimile, orig. cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine label, a very good copy.

ROBARTS, Henry. A Most Friendly Farewell to Sir Francis Drake. Transcribed with a Short Introduction by E.M. Blackie. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1924. ix,[15]pp. Illus. Orig. cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine label. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Grolier 278. Warde 198. One of 755 copies. Label lightly sunned, bookplates, else fine.