Joyce Lorimer Editor (16 results)

1st edition. 8vo. xxvi + 499pp. Maps. Original light blue cloth with gilt device to upper board and gilt lettering to spine. Navy d/w. with light green title patch to upper wrapp. and to spine, slightly rubbed to edges. Hakluyt Society, Second Series No.171. ISBN 0904180271 US$15.

1st. edition. 8vo. xxvi + 499pp. B/w. illustrations and maps. Original cloth. Rubbed pictorial navy with pale green title patch to upper wrapp. Second series No.171. ISBN 0904180271 US$15.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. A FLAWLESS - MINT volume in same condition dust jacket. "This edition presents, on facing pages, the annotated texts of a previously unpublished copy of Ralegh's manuscript draft of 'The Discoverie of the Large, Rich, and Bewtiful Empyre of Guiana.' A fabulous item, - great reference material for anyone interested in explorations and world histories. Illustrated with maps and several drawings. 360 pages. Mylar protected jacket. Collectible condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 499 pages. A clean, straight unmarked book. Dust jacket surface scuffs, slight edge wear.

1st Ed. Series III, No. 15. XCVIII, 360 PP with 11 b/w figures (engravings and maps). Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 18.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo., blue cloth lettered in gilt; dust jacket. First scholarly edition, with ten maps. A handsome copy.

1989. (Cloth) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 499pp. Maps. SECOND SERIES, No.171.

4to. pp.xcvii + 360 with black & white illustrations and maps. original blue cloth hardcover In dust wrapper with a few marks.else very good copy.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 499 pages in near fine condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with occasional black and white plates throughout. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titles. Dark blue and mint green dustjacket in very good condition with black and white titles. Faded on the spine. Lightly worn around the edges, scuffed. NF/VG. Book.

The Hakluyt Society, Second Series. No. 171. Several maps. 8vo. Original pictorial cloth, gilt, with dustwrapper. London, Hakluyt Society,

The Hakluyt Society, Second Series. No. 171. A few double-page maps. 8vo. Original gilt blue cloth with dust-jacket. London, Hakluyt Society,

Large 8vo, pp. xcvii, [1], 341, [1]; ; frontispiece plus 10 maps and illustrations; a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Issued as no.15 in the Hakluyt Society's Third Series. "Sir Walter Ralegh's account of his 1595 expedition to the Orinoco in search of the fabled empire of Eldorado was an immediate publishing success and is one of the most important pieces of Elizabethan travel literature.".

Pp. xxvi+500(last blank), text maps (some double page), references, index; light blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; demy 8vo; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the back panel faintly soiled; The Hakluyt Society, London, 1989. Second series, Volume 171. *During the first half of the 17th century, English and Irish projectors made persistent efforts to maintain trading factories and plantations along the Amazon. From at least 1612 to 1632, they inhabited settlements along the north channel of the estuary from Cabo do Norte to the Equator, making considerable profits from tobacco, dyes and hardwoods.

Hakluyt Society Series III, Volume 15. Frontispiece and several other maps and plates. 4to. Original gilt blue cloth with dust-jacket. London, Published by Ashgate for the Hakluyt Society, .

The Hakluyt Society, Third Series. No. 15. Frontispiece and a few other plates and maps. 4to. Original gilt blue cloth with dust-jacket. London, Published by Ashgate for the Hakluyt Society, .