Sea Venturers by H. Taprell Dorling "Taffrail

London: W Collins, 1925. Hardcover. Good +. With 20 illustrations & maps by Cecil King. A cloth bound 1st edition hardback copy Light markings to boards, bumping to spine.

Collins' Clear-Type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 317 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Binding remains firm. Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have heavy edge-wear with substantial bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over.

Collins Clear-Type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. No Edition Stated. 317 pages. Red slipcase over red leather with gilt titles to spine. Upper text block edge gilt. With illustrated frontispiece. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Text block edges slightly foxed. Very slight cracking to front hinge. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Spine is slightly sunned. Boards are slightly bowed. Gilt is bright. Slipcase has heavy marks, very bumped corners, and heavy cracking and splitting to joins. Patchy sunning.

London: Collins, 1925. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 316 pages, b/w illustrations and colour fold out map. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little general wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

London, Collins' Clear-Type Press, (ca. 1930). Original pictorial cloth. With maps. XV,317 pp. On John Hawkins, Martin Frobisher, Drake, William Dampier, Anson, Cook, Franklin and Scott.