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The Great O'Neill: A Biography of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, 1550-1616
by O'Faolain, Sean
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- 1970
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SGD 16.41
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Cork, Ireland: The Mercier Press, 1970. Paperback. xii, 284p., wraps worn, spine creased, pages evenly toned, else very good condition. First published in 1942. Item Price
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Sir Walter Raleigh
by Waldman, Milton
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- 1928
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SGD 20.51
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London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, 1928. Hardcover. xi, 255p., letterpress on laid-lined paperstock throughout, illustrations and maps as called for. Hardbound in 9x5.5 inch dark blue cloth boards titled gilt and decorated in blind, doublespread endsheet maps (two different ones). Untrimmed fore- and bottom-edges, a mildly edgeworn volume with three faintly-turned corner-tips, crimped top and tail rims,… Read more about this item Item Price
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![The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1595 to 1606. Translated and Edited by Sir Clements Markham. In To Volumes. - Vol. I, Vol.II [complete in the pair, which are bound in a single casing]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/756/612/1464612756.0.m.jpg)
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The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1595 to 1606. Translated and Edited by Sir Clements Markham. In To Volumes. - Vol. I, Vol.II [complete in the pair, which are bound in a single casing]
by Fernandez de Quiros, author, with various others. Clements Markham, translator &c
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- 1967
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SGD 129.88
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Millwood NY / London: Kraus Reprint / Reproduced by permission of the Hakluyt Society, 1967. Hardcover. xlviii, 320, viii, to 555p., illustrations and maps as called for (several folded), hardbound in light blue cloth boards gilt. One map very slightly misfolded, which we have amended (it may revert), else as new: sound, clean, unmarked. Second series, nos. XIV, XV.… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Report of the Kingdom of Congo and of the Surrounding Countries, Drawn out of the Writings and Discourses of the Portuguese Duarte Lopez by Filippo Pigafetta. Translated from the Italian and edited, with explanatory notes, by Margarite Hutchinson. With facsimiles of the original maps, and a preface by Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton
by Pigafetta, Filippo. Duarte Lopez, compiler. Margarite Hutchinson, notes
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- 1970
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- 9780714618470
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SGD 61.52
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London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd, 1970. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1881 first issue in photo-facsimile. xxi, 174p., illustrated with two fold-out maps bound in at the rear (reasonably good reproductions), hardbound in 9x5.5 inch bright red cloth boards gilt with a printed black spine-label field. Enclosed in the dust jacket. Book itself has a small sprinkle of foxing… Read more about this item Item Price
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![The Publications of the Champlain Society, The Works of Samuel de Champlain [reprinted 1971] // [complete set of seven bindings in fine shape]. The Works of Samuel de Champlain in Six Volumes; Reprinted, translated and annotated by six Canadian scholars under the general editorship of H.P. Biggar. Volume I, 1599-1607, translated and edited by H.H. Langton and W.F. Ganong, the French texts collated by J. Home Cameron. With a portfolio of plates and maps. Toronto The Society 1922 [exemplary description; ditto for vols II, III, IV, V, VI, and mapcase]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/846/747/1461747846.0.m.jpg)
The Publications of the Champlain Society, The Works of Samuel de Champlain [reprinted 1971] // [complete set of seven bindings in fine shape]. The Works of Samuel de Champlain in Six Volumes; Reprinted, translated and annotated by six Canadian scholars under the general editorship of H.P. Biggar. Volume I, 1599-1607, translated and edited by H.H. Langton and W.F. Ganong, the French texts collated by J. Home Cameron. With a portfolio of plates and maps. Toronto The Society 1922 [exemplary description; ditto for vols II, III, IV, V, VI, and mapcase]
by Champlain, Samuel de
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- 1971
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- 9780802017604
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SGD 512.70
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Toronto: University of Toronto Press [the reprinting institution], 1971. Hardcover. Set complete in as-new condition. A labor of love showing very careful insertion of folded maps in amongst the texts of first two books. Red-orange buckram gilt, top edges also gilded. The mapcase was a lot of work, being a slipcase within a slipcase, the inner one provided with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mostra - L'Asia nella Cartografia degli Occidentali" - Catalogo descrittivo a cura di Tullia Gasparrini Leporace
by Gasparrini Leporace, Tullia, catalogo descrittivo; Roberto Almagia, introduzione
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- 1954
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SGD 34.18
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Venezia: Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, 1954. Paperback. Unpaginated preliminaries, 95p., plates (tavoli) number 1-31, these printed on glazed inserted stock in b&w, one plate per leaf ergo relatively small reproductions, clear enough without being superb, softbound in 11.5x8 inch printed buff wraps with overlapping (yapp) edges, all overlaps are crimped and bear short (quarter-inch) tears, particularly the bottom edge of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Maps and Prints of Paolo Forlani, A Descriptive Bibliography
by Woodward, David
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- 1990
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- 9780911028430
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SGD 20.51
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Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1990. Paperback. xi, 60p., numerous b&w plates clearly reproduced; softbound in plain printed 11x8.5 inch cinnamon-brown wraps. Nice clean sound copy. Laid in is an acknowledgement from Woodward to book's former owner, thanking for his help. Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for History Cartography, occasional publication no. 4. Item Price
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Piri Reis and His Charts. Editor Nesteren Refioglu
by Ozen, Mine Esiner
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- 1998
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- 9789759627829
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SGD 30.08
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Istanbul: N. Refioglu Publications, 1998. Paperback. 71p., all maps shown in color, all reproduced sensitively; softbound in 9x6.5 inch color cardstock wraps. Titlepage bears a little flaw in the paperstock, a bindery tolerance not wear, this is a very good copy: sound, clean and unmarked. Item Price
SGD 30.08
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The Happy Captive, by Francisco Nunez de Pineda y Bascunan, Translated from the Spanish by William C Atkinson. Vinyl-cuts by John Lawrence
by Nunez, Francisco de Pineda y Bascunan
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- 1977
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London: The Folio Society, 1977. Hardcover. First Folio Society issue, hot type on laid-lined paperstock, hardbound in decorated buckram boards under a pressed-Morocco backstrip ruled and lettered in gilt. A fine treatment but spoilt by severe abrasion of the leather spine, a particularly gross scuff having wiped out the author line. In all other respects a handsome presentation with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Francisco de Toledo fifth viceroy of Peru 1569-1581
by Zimmerman, Arthur Franklin
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- 1938
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SGD 27.34
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Caldwell IA: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1938. Hardcover. 307p., illustrated solely with the two (differing) endsheet maps and the dj portrait, hardbound first edition in red buckram boards lettered in metallic green (Caxton marches to its own drummer) and enclosed in publisher's dust jacket. The book itself is sound & square, nice and clean, while the dj is worn… Read more about this item Item Price
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Abraham Ortelius 1527-1598 Life . Works . Sources and friends
by van den Broecke
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- 2015
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- 9789090294865
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SGD 184.57
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Bilthoven, Netherlands: Cartographica Neerlandia, 2015. Hardcover. 379p., plates, plats, maps and tables as called for, b&w only, no color reproductions but the b&w work is quite clear. Presswork is on gorgeous alkaline paperstock throughout, hardbound in 12x9.5 inch openweave green cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the glossy dust jacket. Slight crimping to cloth and dj at head- and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mission to the Lord Sophy of Persia (1539-1542). Translated with Introduction and Notes by A.H.Morton, Former Senior Lecturer in Persian, University of London
by Membre, Michele, author. A.H.Morton, translation and notes
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- 1999
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London: The Trustees of the Gibb Memorial, 1999. Paperback. xxxii, 109p., supplied with a modern doublespread line map, a glossary and a biographical index. Softbound, 8.5x6 inch decorated glossy wraps, Faintest edgewear to covers, old price sticker on rear wrap, near-fine condition: totally sound, clean and unmarked. Item Price
SGD 27.34
Alte deutsche Landkarten
by Lehmann, Edgar
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- 1935
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Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1935. Hardcover. 54p., publisher's ads, small hardbound item in paper-over-boards titled in green, 7x5 inches. Illustrated with six fullpage map reproductions in colors, and perhaps ten in b&w. A very good copy with just a little toning to external spine panel, otherwise entirely sound, clean and unmarked. Item Price
SGD 20.51
Report Made in the Royal Council of the Indies. On the Pacification and Population of the Provinces of the Manche and Lacandon, which Don Diego de Vera Ordonez de Villaquiran, Cavalier of the Order of Calatrava, etc., Wishes to Undertake. Based on the translation and with notes by Doris Zemurray Stone with additional notes by Frank E. Comparato, editor
by [Pinelo] The Lawyer Antonio de Leon Pinelo, court reporter of His Highness
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- 1986
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- Staplebound
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- 9780911437058
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Culver City CA: Labyrinthos, 1986. Staplebound. x, 22p., illustrated with a portion of a nineteenth-century line map (London 1854), staplebound pamphlet, 11x8.5 inches in printed grey wraps. An immaculate copy. Item Price
SGD 20.51
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Atlas Mexicano de la Conquista. Historia Geografica en 40 Cartas por Jesus Amaya Topete
by Amaya Topete, Jesus, compiler; dibujos de Francisco J. Amaya
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- 1958
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SGD 68.36
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Mexico D.F.: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 1958. Hardcover. vii, 32p., plus 40 full-page modern line maps in colors printed rectos only, hardbound in oblong boards, 9.5x13.5 inch wraparound pictorials overprinted with titling, under cloth backstrip gilt-titled. A banged-up copy, quite edgeworn with a severe bump to upper left corner that affects covers and text-leaves with an annoying crimp, then… Read more about this item Item Price
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Atlante Nautico di Battista Agnese 1553. Presentazioni di Giandomenico Romanelli - Introduzioni e Commento di Marica Milanesi. Riproduzione in facsimili dell'esemplare Conservato nel Museo Correr di Venizia
by Agnese, Battista, map-maker; Giandomenico Romanelli, Marica Milanesi, critical apparatus
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9788831753920
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SGD 82.03
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Venice: Marsilio Editori, 1990. Hardcover. 24p., followed by XXXIII fullpage doublespread facsimiles in full color, a large atlas (plates 16.5x11.5 inches), the doublespreads separated by blanks. The handsome text-block is in fine shape, from the preliminary blanks through terminal plate and abbreviated colophon. The hard binding (blue-grey papered boards lettered white) has a badly split tail (one-inch gaps both… Read more about this item Item Price
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Architecture, Ceremonial, and Power: The Topkapi Palace in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
by Necipoglu, Gülru
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- 1991
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- 9780262140508
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SGD 88.87
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New York / Cambridge: The Architectural History Foundation / The MIT Press, 1991. Hardcover. xx, 336p., cloth-covered boards, 8x10.25 inches, profusely illus., front board lightly stained, else very good condition in like dj with an old price sticker on the front flap. Item Price
SGD 88.87
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The Survey of London
by Stow, John; introduction by Henry B. Wheatley
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- 1945
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SGD 16.41
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London / New York: J.M Dent & Sons / E.P. Dutton &Co, 1945. Hardcover. xxiv, 518p., cloth-covered boards, 4.5x7 inches, very good condition. No dj. Everyman's Library No. 589. Item Price
SGD 16.41
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Journal of a Younger Brother: The life of Thomas Platter as a medical student in Montpellier at the close of the Sixteenth Century
by Platter, Thomas; translated and introduced by Seán Jennett; foreword by Jack Lindsay
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- 1963
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London: Frederick Muller, 1963. Hardcover. 275p. + [12]p. of plates, cloth-covered boards, 5.5x8.75 inches, illus., title page and edges foxed else good condition. No dj. Item Price
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Izmir and the Levantine World, 1550-1650
by Goffman, Daniel
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- 1990
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- Hardcover
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- 9780295969329
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SGD 54.69
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Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1990. Hardcover. xv. 236p.,cloth-covered boards, 6x9.25 inches, illus., very good condition in an unclipped dj with light foxing to the verso of the front panel. Publications on the Near East, No. 5. Item Price
SGD 54.69
