The Voyage of Nicholas Downton: To the East Indies 1614-15; as Recorded in Contemporary Narratives and Letters
by DOWTON, NICHOLAS & FOSTER, Sir WILLIAM (Ed)
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Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1939. FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif & blind decoration to boards, frontispiece, xxxvi + 224pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing & soiling to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy tanning, creasing & chipping to edges with moderate loss)
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- The Voyage of Nicholas Downton: To the East Indies 1614-15; as Recorded in Contemporary Narratives and Letters
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- DOWTON, NICHOLAS & FOSTER, Sir WILLIAM (Ed)
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Hardcover
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- Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1939
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- first editions Hakluyt society exploration voyages maritime nautical records East Indies history Nicholas Downton
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