Markham Clements R Editor (31 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.

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.

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.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Good. New York: Burt Franklin, 1970. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches: pp. [10], lii, 453. Blue gray cloth with gold gilt titles and designs on spine. With index. 1970 reprint by Burt Franklin, reprint publisher of scholarly books, of the original 1878 publication by the Hakluyt Society. Wear, rubbing at corners and spine edges on boards. Bottom back corner is slightly rubbed through to the cardboard. Text is unmarked. clean, though the pages have some light age toning. Binding is solid and tight. Combined narratives of the sea voyages of the Hawkins clan - Sir Richard, his grandfather William, his father Sir John, and his cousin William during the reigns of three English monarch.

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,

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,

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+.

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.

Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society series No LVI. 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. xxii, 314 pp. Contents: Narrative of the First Voyage of Sir James Lancaster by Edmund Barker; Narrative of the First Voyage of Sir James Lancaster by Henry May; The Voyage of Captain James Lancaster to Pernambuco; The First Voyage Made to East India by Master James Lancaster (now Knight) for the Merchants of London, Anno 1600 + Abstracts. Spots of foxing on eps and half-title. Very occasional spots of light foxing in text. 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. Bottom corner of rear board rubbed. Boards clean. Spine somewhat darkened. Overall condition VG.

[Polar Exploration] FIRST COLONIAL EDITION. Two volumes. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xviii; 497; [11]; pp.x; 431; [1]. With eight photographic plates including a frontispiece to each volume, and a folding map at the rear of each volume. Publisher's light blue cloth with gilt titles and blue stamped decoration to spines and upper boards. With dust-jackets showing an image of Captain Scott to the front cover. Some rubbing and spotting to edges. Light spotting and offsetting to endpapers. Light pencil annotations to contents page of volume II. A square cut-out of a newspaper column announcing the promotion of Sir E.R.G.R. Evans to Admiral taped to verso of illustrations list of volume I. Light occasional spotting. Tears to map joint corners. Cloth spines lightly faded. Jackets with chips from head and tail of spines and corners; toning to spines. Rarely seen in jackets. Near fine. Rosove 290.C1.a.

The Hakluyt Society, first series. No. XCI. Three folding maps, linen backed, coloured. 8vo. Gilt calf, rubbed and worn. Former library copy with bookplate to upper pastedown, a few stamps. xxx, 401, 3, 16pp. London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society, .

A Knight of Seville, of the Order of Santiago, A.D. 1518 to 1543.  The Hakluyt Society, First Series. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt title on spine. Former library copy, with bookplate to upper pastedown and a few stamps. xxv, 168, 3, 8pp. list of subscribers. London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society,

and of the Discovery of the South Sea and the Coasts of Peru and Nicaragua. Written by the Adelantado Pascual de Andagoya. First edition. Coloured folding frontispiece map. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt title on spine. Former library copy with bookplate to upper pastedown, a few stamps. xxix, 88, 12 & 4pp. on the Hakluyt Society. London, Printed for the Hakluyt Society,   .

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 172 pages. 8.40x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Condition: VG. Burt Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 453pp., blue grey cloth. VG, some spots on cover.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 284 pages. 8.50x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 294 pages. 8.40x5.50x0.80 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Condition: Near Fine. Burt Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt edition.Translated and edited by Clements R. Markham. Hardcover. Octavo, 190pp., blue grey cloth. Near Fine, no DJ.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Two Volume Set. Very Good gilt-stamped blue publisher's buckrum; minorwear to extrems; top edge gilt; bookplate to front pastedown in both volumes; 1" closed tear to one page in table of contents; all maps; prints and foldouts present; a lovely set.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reissue edition. 344 pages. 8.25x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 314 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 356 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

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