C R Boxer Editor (24 results)

Reprint. 8vo. xci + 388pp. B/w. illustrations, maps, including some folding. Ownership inscription to front f.e.p., otherwise a very good paperback copy in original pictorial black wrapps. lettered in gilt. ISBN 9745240435 US$11.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Bookplate. Cover have some light spots scattered -- not a major fault. Jacket has a slightly darkened spine and worn rear corner. ; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 170 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. x, 170 pages, 5, [2] leaves of plates (3 folded) : illustrations, facsimiles, maps ; 23 cm. Notes: Half-title: The tragic history of the sea "The three narratives are taken from the original editions of accounts which were subsequently included in the História trágico-marítima, or Tragic history of the sea, edited by Bernardo Gomes de Brito at Lisbon in 1735-6"--Preface Language Notes: Translated into English from original Portuguese.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 60 pages. Illustrated. Kenworth Moffett "Michael Steiner" / Joseph Love "Kyubei Kiyomizu, Sculptor Of Affinities" / William Dole "The Wu Wei to Collage" / Phyllis Derfner "Frances Kuehn" / Jeanne Diegel "Stanley Boxer" / R C Kenedy "Piotr Kowalski Or, Sculpture Without Style" / Corinne Robins "Man Is Anonymous: The Art Of Nancy Grossman" (BT#45).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 8vo 8"-9" tall; 170 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 528 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The Hukluyt Society 1968. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Summary:This book presents an English translation of the 1639 journal of Dutch naval commander Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp (15981653), who led the Dutch fleet in a decisive victory over the Spanish at the Battle of the Downs during that year. A highly detailed introduction, illustrative figures and a bibliography are included.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. frontis portrait, 4 plates, 8 figures in text, 2 folding maps, original blue cloth in lightly rubbed d/w, otherwise copy in mint condition, published for the Hakluyt Society, Second Series No: CXXXII.#34857.

1st edition. 8vo. x + 170pp. 5 b/w. plates, text illustrations, 2 maps, including 1 folding. Original light blue cloth. Pale blue d/w. lettered in navy, spine faded and tanned, slightly rubbed. Second series No.CXXXII. US$15.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First UK Edition. First English edition 8vo , translated from the Portuguese, , number 132, Second Series. Mild and sunning, closed tears to unclipped jacket, Good blue boards with gilt vignette, sound binding, good fold-outs, excellent interior.This book features the misadventures in Asian seas of Jorge d'Albuquerque Coelho and Nuno Velho Barreto.

In-8 (22 x 14 cm), IX-170 pp., toile bleue éditeur un peu fanée, jaquette imprimée défraîchie. Publisher's cloth a little faded, printed jacket a little soiled, good copy otherwise. Illustrations hors-texte et dans le texte, et cartes dépliantes. Très bon état intérieur.

Condition: Good. Original blue cloth, frontispiece portrait, (full page) illustrations in b/w, (foldable) maps, large 8vo.; Spine discoloured; some foxing inside.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 408 pages. 8.50x5.43x0.94 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Ex library hardback no DJ; usual stamps/markings. Published in 1930 by George Routledge & Sons Ltd. Some wear/fading to original boards with a few handling marks otherwise a clean, sound copy. 14 illustrations all intact & free from markings. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. BS-3B*.

170 pp including index, b&w plates, maps (2 fold-out), d/j spine sunned, small clean tears to top edge of d/j, else near fine copy in very good d/j. . With John Calaby bookplate.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Lower corners lightly bumped. Jacket has minor edgewear and a slightlly darkened spine. ; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 297 pages.

8vo, pp. x, 170; 2 folding map, 5 plates and 8 text illustrations; spine a bit sunned else a very good, sound, and clean copy.

Hard Cover. First U.K. Edition, First printings. Vol. 1: Pages xiv, 297 + 9 maps, 7 illustration. Vol. 2: Pages x, 170 + 4 maps, 11 illustrations. VOL1: FINE IN FINE DUST JACKET WITH U.S. PRICE CLIPPED. BOOKPLATE. VOL. 2: AS NEW IN DUST JACKET. Translated and Editied from the original Portuguese by C.R. Boxer.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A smart copy of this illustrated account of the exploits of Ruy Freyre de Andrada, a Portuguese soldier. The Argonaut Series. Illustrated with a frontispiece and thirteen plates, two of which are folding. Collated complete. The exploits of Ruy Freyre de Andrada, a Portuguese soldier, in the year 1619 when he left Portugal as General of the Sea of Ormuz and set off for the Persian Gulf region. Edited by Sir Charles Ralph Boxer, a British historian of Dutch and Portuguese maritime and colonial history, especially in relation to South Asia and the Far East. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Robert M McBride & Co, NY, 1930. 1st Ed . hardcover. Good. 8vo, brown cloth binding with paper spine label, spine and cover edges sun-faded, lettering worn off spine label, edges and interior pages foxed, an account of the capture of the Portugese city and island of Ormuz in the Persian Gulf by an Anglo-Persian force, originally published in Portugal in 1647, illustrated, with two fold-out plates, with appendices and indices, 328 pages" .

Narratives of the shipwrecks of the Portuguese East Indiamen Aguia and Garça (1559), São Paulo (1561) and the misadventures of the Brazil-ship Santo António (1565). Hakluyt Society, Second Series. No. 132. Frontispiece portrait and several plates and maps, some of which are folding. 8vo. Original gilt blue cloth with dust-jacket (slight wear). Cambridge, Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. A good to fair first edition hardcover copy of this scarce title in a poor dustcover which is now in a protective plastic sleeve. The dustcover is tatty and marked, there are marks on the book cover also. There is page end spotting which transfers to the pages but only at the edges. The spine is straight (with some light spine end rubbing), the binding is good and the text is mostly clean and bright. The fold-out maps are in very good order. Please see photos.

1st Ed. Second series, No. CVI. XCII, 388 PP with 5 maps & plans, and 7 illustrations, plus 3 b/w plates, 2 folded maps and 1 large folded map (Asia about 1550) at back. Fp: Title-page of the first European book on China (1569). Cloth cover, gilt device ("Victoria") on front cover, gilt title on spine. Faint foxing around edges. Near fine. 22.5 x 14.5. Three narratives describing South China as it appeared to Portuguese and Spanish visitors in the years 1550-1575.