First Colonists by Rowse (105 results)

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A very good condition book. No slipcase.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A very good condition book including a slipcase. Second printing. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket (as issued). 1986. Nice Firm Clean copy ! 142 pages. 6356L.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. HARDCOVER, and with cardboard slipcase; this is NOT ex-library; owner's bookplate; cardboard slipcase w/ several light stains; light foxing of edges of book, o/w in very good condition. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. Folio Society edition. Cloth, no dj. Slipcase. Slight shelf-wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated. First edition thus. Moderate wear along the spine, else very good in a very good slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated. First edition thus. Near fine in a very good slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. hardback, 2nd printing, quarto, olive colour cloth lettered black to spine, dust wrapper not called for, a very good clean and tightly bound copy in a foxed and part faded slipcase, col'd & b&w plates, 142pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. hardback, 2nd printing, quarto, olive colour cloth lettered black to spine, dust wrapper not called for, a very good clean and tightly bound copy in a lightly soiled slipcase, col'd & b&w plates, 142pp.

Condition: Very Good. 1986. No edition remarks. 142 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Pictorial slipcase. Pictorial cloth covered boards. Colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clean. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Slipcase has light edge wear with minor marking to panels.…

Condition: Good. VG condition book with slipcase. Content is clean and bright throughout. Free from inscriptions or markings. Slipcase with wear, marks.

Large Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Thus. First thus (Ford-Smith Folio 76 #573). Near fine in good slipcase. Top edge of slipcase foxed, a couple other minor blemishes to slipcase, minor discoloration to top page edge along fore edge. Binding tight and square, text clean, bright, and unmarked. 1986 Large Hardcover. ix, [3], 142 pp. Color plates and black-and-white illustrations throughout. Introduction by A.L. Rowse. The plates reproduce 16 watercolours of maps, scenes, flora and fauna of North America, made by John White in 1585 and 1586. In addition there are 28 monochrome illustrations in the text, reproducing contemporary prints and drawings, including Theodor de Bry's etchings from the English edition of his America. (1590 - 1591), based on White's watercolours. Hakluyt was a staunch promoter of a petition to James I for letters patent to colonize Virginia, which were granted to the London Company and Plymouth Company (collectively, the Virginia Company) in 1606. He lends his name to the Hakluyt Society, which publishes scholarly editions of primary records of voyages and travels. English geographer noted for his political influence, his voluminous writings, and his persistent promotion of Elizabethan overseas expansion, especially the colonization of North America. His major publication, The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation (1589), provides almost everything known about the early English voyages to North America. Hakluyt's family was of some social standing in the Welsh Marches and held property at Eaton. His father died when Richard was five years old, leaving his family to the care of a cousin, another Richard Hakluyt, a lawyer who had many friends among prominent city merchants, geographers, and explorers of the day. Because of these connections, and his own expertise in overseas trade and economics, the man was well placed to assist young Richard in his life work. With the help of various scholarships, Hakluyt was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, entering in 1570 and taking his M.A. degree in 1577. His interest in geography and travel had been aroused on a visit to the Middle Temple, one of the four English legal societies, while in his early teens. As he writes in the "Epistle Dedicatorie" to The Principall Navigations, his cousin spoke to him of recent discoveries and of the new opportunities for trade and showed him "certeine bookes of Cosmographie, with an universall Mappe." His imagination thus stirred, the schoolboy had thereupon resolved to "prosecute that knowledge and kinde of literature" at the university. Some time before 1580 he took holy orders, and, though he never shirked his religious duties, he spent considerable time reading whatever accounts he could find about contemporary voyages and discoveries. - Britannica. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Illustrated. First edition thus. Fine in an about fine slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in VG slipcase. Second Printing. Period black and white and colour illustrations. Bound in full three point canvas. Book fine, slipcase unworn but marked 142 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Minor soiling to slipcase. Book itself in very good physical condition, with clear, bright pages throughout. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. None. First Edition. Same date on title and copyright pages. A clean, unmarked, fine copy in a like slipcase.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Slipcase Good. From the collection of Charles Edward Roberts, owner and founder of Wonder Book & Video. With his signature on his personalized bookplate on front endpage. (America, Discovery, Exploration, Voyages).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine tan cloth quarto with brown lettering & design. In a Near Fine slipcase gently rubbed. Bright, snug & unmarked first printing thus.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. WITH SLIPCASE, NICE CLEAN COPY.

Condition: Good. Slipcase is lightly worn, faded, marked & foxed. Hardcover is in good condition. Light tanning to textblock edge. Content is in very good, clean condition. Musty storage smell to book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. In very good box. ; 142 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. In box. ; 142 pages.

4to; original grey cloth; pp.xii + 142; 16 colour plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations. Book in fine condition; slipcase somewhat soiled.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Slipcase. Sunned edges to slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. In slipcase.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Spine ends rubbed, else fine. 142pp and illustrations in fine condition. Slipcase, some finger marks and spotting to cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase Very Good. Second Printing. 142 pages. Colour plates & B&W illustrations. Lightly marked pale mauve coloured slipcase. Unmarked hardback binding. Contents fine and unmarked.

Condition: Good. 1987. Hardcover. Good copy in original cloth covers in slipcase. Slipcase is heavely worn otherwise remains a good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.