taylor narratives (3 resultados)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. First Edition. 5.75 x 8.75in. lvii. 333pp. Publisher's cloth boards. Some gatherings uncut. FINE/AS NEW in Near Fine dust jacket. The book itself is flawless. The dust jacket shows a hint of toning, marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, else Fine/As New. As pictured.

Hardcover. Condición: vg. First edition. Quarto. LVII, [1], 333, [1]pp. Uncut and unopened copy. Original gilt-, and blind-stamped blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. Transcripts of several surviving records of the voyage for Cathay sponsored by the Privy Council and intended to establish the first English trading base in the Far East. Includes Fenton's own sea journal and extracts from the official narrative of Richard Madox, for which see also Second Series 147. This volume is complete with all its plates. Minor shelf wear. Binding and interior in overall very good condition.