Charles E Pierce Jr Preface (7 results)
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Seller: Turn-The-Page Books, Skyway, WA, U.S.A.Turn-The-Page Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. First edition cloth hard cover with dust jacket, NF/NF. Facsimile of 16th Century manuscript. Unmarked, crisp copy. 272pp., illustrated by full page color reproductions of paintings in the original manuscript. Known early on as The Drake Manuscript, it was given the titl…e Histoire Naturelle Des Indes when it was bound in the 18th Century. The illustrations give a picture of daily life, regional plant and animal life of the West Indies. Published at $59.95. Large book: NO international or priority orders. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.
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Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.Riverow Bookshop
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Hardcover w/DJ. Condition: Very Good/Good+. First Edition. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good/Good+. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover w/DJ. 4to., 272pp., dust jacket light shelf wear to edges and corners, light creasing, otherwise quite good; cover very light shelf wear to edges and corners, otherwise very good; penci…l note on front free-endpaper, half-title page and last page of text block are lightly stained, title page light rubbed(?) spot, top edge of text block lightly stained, otherwise pages clean and unmarked. . Color Illustrations (illustrator).
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Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.Dan Pope Books
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. W. W. Norton, 1996. 1st edition. First printing. Hardbound. A facsimile of the Drake Manuscript, an anonymous work describing and illustrating the plant, animal and human life of the Caribbean late in the sixteenth century. Preface by Charles Pierce; Foreword by Patri…ck O'Brien; and Introduction by Klinkenborg. Trans. from French. 150+ color plates. 7.5 x 12 in. New in a new d.j., a tight unread copy. Green cloth, gilt. Printed throughout in color. Preface by Charles E. Pierce, Jr. Foreward by Patrick O'Brian. The first full facsimile of the 16th century manuscript acquired by the Pierpont Morgan Library in 1983. It is a descriptive documentation of plant, animal and human life in the Caribbean at the time of Drake's many visits to the area. The association with Sir Francis Drake is uncertain, but possible, and, to that end, O'Brian gives a fascinating account of Drake the Voyager in the Foreword. A translation of the manuscript, by Ruth S. Kraemer, follows the facsimile. Natural history . FERRY.
More imagesPublished by Andre Deutsch (1996), London 1996
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- First Edition
Seller: Chanticleer Books, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.Chanticleer Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine in fine jacket. First edition. xxii, [1], 272 pp.; quarto, original green cloth with gilt spine title, pictorial jacket. Introductory text is followed by the complete facsimile with circa 200 full color reproductions of the extraordinary late-sixteeenth-century Drake manuscript.
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Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.Glands of Destiny First Edition Books
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hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. First THUS. Publisher: Andre Deutsch, London, 1996. FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Foreword by Patrick O'Brian. As new. Pristine.
Published by Andre Deutsch Limited, London 1996
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Seller: Librería Torres-Espinosa, CERCEDILLA, M, SpainLibrería Torres-Espinosa
Contact seller5-star seller1ª edición. 272 pp.31 cm. Tela editorial con sobrecubierta. Profusamente ilustrado en color. Buen papel satinado. Muy buen estado.IMPORTANTE. Lea Nuestras Condiciones de Venta y Gastos de Envío.
Published by New York & London: W.W. Norton & Company, [1996]. 1996
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Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, CanadaD & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB)
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 4to. pp. xxii, 272. profusely illus. in colour. cloth. dw. First Edition.
