The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, Being His Next Voyage to that to Nombre de Dios. Collated with an unpublished manuscript of Francis Fletcher, Chaplain to the Expeditionos
by Drake, Sir Francis; Francis Fletcher;
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Bert Franklin for the Hakluyt Society, New York, No date. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition. Introduction by W. S. W. Vaux. At the rear of the book there is a six page fold out map showing the route of the voyage of the Sir Francis Drake. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. This book is a reprint of the 1854 edition published by the Hakluyt Society from the original 1628 edition. As the title suggests Sir Francis Drake's recollections of the voyage around the world along with the memoirs of his chaplain. This book is part of the first series of the Hakluyt Society's first series of publications of 50 titles – this being number 16. Some minor rubbing and softening of the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners. Very minor age toning of the text block edges and pages. Remnants of a sticker to be seen to the top right hand corner of the free front end page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [9], II - XL, [5], 4 - 295, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Exploration; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Ships & the Sea. Inventory No: 0289090. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0289090
- Title
- The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, Being His Next Voyage to that to Nombre de Dios. Collated with an unpublished manuscript of Francis Fletcher, Chaplain to the Expeditionos
- Author
- Drake, Sir Francis; Francis Fletcher;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bert Franklin for the Hakluyt Society
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Exploration, maritime, biography, voyages around the world Exploration; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Ships & the Sea. Unbranded Drake, Sir Francis; Francis Fletcher; The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, Being His Next Voyage to that to N
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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