Fidalgos Far East 1550 1770 (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Bit of old, appropriate silverfishing, a few interesting Macau "propaganda" stamps to title page. Solid VG copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. First printing of the OUP edition, which is an authorized reprint (with corrections) of the second revised edition published by Martinus Nijoff in 1948. Burgundy cloth boards in pink dust jacket, burgundy endpapers, frontispiece and a few plate illustrations. No flaws found to book, dust jacket has minor fading at edges, light wrinkling at edges. "This book is not a history, but rather of story of the colony [Macao], centred round typical personalities of the time. Extra postage required for international or priority shipping, box will weigh 4 lbs.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hong Kong, Oxford University Press, 1968 (corrected edition)/ 1948 (second revised edition). Large octavo, xii, 298 pages plus 16 plates. Cloth; contemporary ownership details on the front flyleaf; a fine copy with the very good dustwrapper lightly marked and creased, with the spine sunned and lightly worn at the ends. One of the Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints series. A story of the colony in Macao, 'centred round typical personalities of the time' (dustwrapper blurb). One has to read the introduction to make the following useful discovery: 'Readers unfamiliar with Portuguese may care to be reminded that "Fidalgo" is derived from the term "filho d'algo" [or] "son of a Somebody", originally applied to the so-called gentlemen of blood and coat-armour, but here used in the sense of men who were personalities in their own right, however doubtful or obscure their origin may have been'.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very good hardback copy in good dustjacket. xii, 298pp, 16 illustrations. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very good hardback copy in good dustjacket. xii, 298pp, 16 illustrations. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Reprint Edition. No markings.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very good hardback copy in good dustjacket. xii, 298pp, 16 illustrations. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Very good hardback copy in good dustjacket. xii, 298pp, 16 illustrations. Previous owner's bookplate. Book.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Good hardback copy but slight tear on front cloth hinge. The tear does not go through. Previous owner's name inside cover. xii, 297pp, 16 plates. Book.

Hong Kong, Oxford University Press, 1968. XII,298 pp. B./w. ills. Orig. hardcover, no d./j. - Corners bumped. (Oxford in Asia. Historical reprints).On the history of Macao. - Authorized reprint of the second edition (The Hague, Nijhoff, 1948).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo. Hard cover with cream coloured cloth and red and black text on front board and spine. Top edge stained bright yellow. xii, 298 pages, 16 plates. End paper maps. Fine Condition book with a Near Fine dust jacket which is a little darkened to the spine. Beautiful apparently unread condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Endpapers show yellowing. Some darkening of the dust jacket. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 297 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A seminal study on the colonization by Portugal and Spain the Far East. War hero and linguist Colonel Boxer went through years of captivity by the Japanese in Hong Kong and married beautiful and intelligent writer Emily Hahn. Rare 1st Edition. First edition. Octavo. Hard cover with cream coloured cloth and red and black text on front board and spine. xii, 298 pages, 16 plates. End paper maps. Fine Condition book with a Fine dust jacket. Beautiful apparently unread condition. Ex libris of the City of Leeds public library and two discared chops.It seems unread.

The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1948 Large 8vo. xii, 297pp. Map on end-papers, and 16 plates. Original cloth in dustwrapper, a very good copy. Ink signature at front, old price in pencil (£240). § First edition. "The book is not a history of Macao, but, as the subtitle implies, a study of key episodes and periods connected with the story of the colony, centered around typical personalities at the time. Readers unfamiliar with Portuguese may care to be reminded that Fidalgo is derived from the term filho d'algo 'son of a Somebody', originally applied to the so-called gentlemen of blood and coat-armour, but here used in the sense of men who were personalities in their own right, however doubtful or obscure their origin may have been." (Introductory). West 92.

Hague 1948, Nijhoff. Buff cloth, very bright, 297p., index illustrated, appendix, 16.5 x 25 cm., contents brilliantly clean & solid, 16 plates & maps. * * RARE FIRST EDITION * * . *** **** *** . . . AN IMPORTANT SCHOLARLY RESOURCE ON EARLY MACAO . . * Covers the bay of the Goddess Ama & the City of the Name of God, "Red Hairs," visits to Nagasaki, Manila, spice, voyages to Japan, Black ships in Japanese art, Portuguese pilots in China Seas, 16th century shipping in Far Eastern waters. Fidalgos & Samurai: friends of Francis Xavier, Camoes. . Taipans from China to Peru, pine grove in the Pearl River. Jan Pieterszoon Coen, masters & slaves, Macao under the new regime. First Captain Genera Dom Francisco Mascarehas, religious persecution in Japan, trouble with Manila & Nagasaki. . Last Japan voyages, Lopo Sarmento, Peter Mundy & Manila Galleon, Muitsai in Macao, Jesuits, expulsion of Jesuits &c. . Portuguese in Japan, Tanegashima & Nagasaki, with map of Nagasaki. . Tracing the actions and Jesuits in Macao, Philippines, Japan and those areas. With end paper area maps. . *** A major resource on the area & subject of Portuguese in Asia. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *.

Hague 1948, Nijhoff. Buff cloth, very bright, 297p., index illustrated, appendix, 16.5 x 25 cm., excellent dust jacket in Mylar protector, contents brilliantly clean & solid. * * RARE FIRST EDITION * * . *** **** *** . . . AN IMPORTANT SCHOLARLY RESOURCE ON EARLY MACAO . . * Covers the bay of the Goddess Ama & the City of the Name of God, "Red Hairs," visits to Nagasaki, Manila, spice, voyages to Japan, Black ships in Japanese art, Portuguese pilots in China Seas, 16th century shipping in Far Eastern waters. Fidalgos & Samurai: friends of Francis Xavier, Camoes. . Taipans from China to Peru, pine grove in the Pearl River. Jan Pieterszoon Coen, masters & slaves, Macao under the new regime. First Captain Genera Dom Francisco Mascarehas, religious persecution in Japan, trouble with Manila & Nagasaki. . Last Japan voyages, Lopo Sarmento, Peter Mundy & Manila Galleon, Muitsai in Macao, Jesuits, expulsion of Jesuits &c. . Portuguese in Japan, Tanegashima & Nagasaki, with map of Nagasaki. . Tracing the actions and Jesuits in Macao, Philippines, Japan and those areas. With end paper area maps. . *** A major resource on the area & subject of Portuguese in Asia. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *.

Condition: Used: Good. 1948 hardcover writing on title page dj has wear/tear pages show aging may have some light marks in book rare and out of print title 297 pages{{{ D-4.