Ley Charles David Editor (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st printing thus; dj w/moderate chipping, in mylar; green c w/gilt spine titles; 360 clean, unmarked pages+catalogue; owner's name.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Everyman edition 12mo, number 986. Dark green with gilt to spine, slight bowing to front board, small mark, sound binding, very good page condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. A 1960 reprint of the 1947 issuance. Editor Charles David Ley has assembled contemporary accounts of various important voyages of discovery by Portuguese mariners, such as Vasco da Gama. These explorations led to the colonization of Brazil, the introduction of Christianity into Abyssinia, and new oceanic routes to Africa and India. Entry 986 in Everyman's Library Poetry series. --- In Everyman's Library larger format binding style 4. Full green cloth-covered boards with spine titling and interlocked "EL" at tail of spine both stamped in copper-look foil; orange topstain. In green dust jacket with Adam Turyn drawing of Portuguese interacting with native peoples to front panel. --- A sound copy: bright and tightly-bound, though with 10 cm. strip of discoloration to back cover & shallow creases to corners of a few leaves. Unclipped, unpriced jacket in excellent condition but with chafing to spine ends, and wrapped in removable clear plastic protector.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; xxii, 360, 16 (ads) pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: n No Jacket. y First Thus. Geneva: Heron Books, 1970. Book. Very Good. Dark Blue Leatherette Boards. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Modern translations of contemporary accounts of Portuguese voyages of exploration including Vasco da Gama. Foreword by W A Chislett. 359pp, illustrated in black and white. Gilt decoration to front board and spine. Pale blue ribbon page marker. Title page printed in red and black, patterned endpapers. Minimal bumping to corners and gilt decoration slightly dulled, otherwise very good copy with no inscriptions. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Good tight copy, light marks particularly to rear board.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corner and mild age-toning to spine. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xxii, 360 pages.…

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. Hardback edition with a new introduction by W. A. Chislett, 1970, in blue and gilt imitation leather boards with no jacket as issued. In overall near-fine condition. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears almost unopened; no annotation or inscriptions; page-ends a touch dust-marked but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Retains the original blue page-marker. Not an old library book.…

Paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.