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Mrml, 1997. Hardcover.

Mrml, 1997. Hardcover.

MRML, 1997. Hardcover. New. BRAND NEW, Well Packed, Usually ships in 1-2 business days, Buy with confidence Excellent Quality, Service 100% Customer satisfaction guaranteed!

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)

London, The Hakluyt Society, 1939, First edition. . original cloth, gilt vignette on cover, gilt spine title lettering, spine a little darkened, else a fine clean copy, cover gilt is bright. . 8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xxxvi, [i], 224 pp, complete with frontis, plates including one showing signature of Downton and others, 3 maps including in color, bibliog, index. . The extensive introduction by Foster provides a good historical perspective on this important voyage around Africa, to Madagascar and through the Indian Ocean to Sokotra, the west coast of India, Sumatra and Java, and includes copies of contemporary correspondence. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

Hardback. New. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1939.

Ashgate, 2010. Hardcover. New. 262 pages. 3.63x2.42x1.45 inches.