Telfer Commander J Buchan (3 results)

First edition. Volume 2 only (of 2). Frontispiece with tissue guard, plates, folding map. 8vo (9 3/4 x 6 inches), pages: xii:293:18 (adverts), original brown cloth blocked in gilt. Ex Mudie's Library with their yellow label on upper cover (no other library marking); binding tired, joints split, bumped and dusty. Folding map with short tear (no loss) and creased on one fold. Internally generally very good and unmarked. …

1st edition hardback in worn orig. cloth Very Good octavo xx + 297, xii + 293pp.,frontis.(2), illusts., maps, appends., index, Includes 2 large folding colour maps. Boards rather worn, front hinge broken, rear hinge weak & some bleeding of red colour from boards onto end papers o/w a complete & internally very good copy. Would re-bind very nicely. …

Translated From the Heidelberg Ms. Edited in 1859 by Professor Karl Friedrich Neuman by Buchan Telfer. With Notes by Professor P. Brunn and a Preface, Introduction and Notes by the Translator and Editor. Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society series No. LVIII. The Hakluyt Society was established in 1846 for the purpose of printing rare or unpublished voyages, travels and naval expeditions by those who first explored these unknown and distant regions. The majority of these illustrate the history of the great age of discovery which forms the foundation of modern history. Publications were distributed only to members of the Society. xxxii, 263 pp. Large folding map at rear (Map Illustrative of the Travels of Johann Schiltberger), 3 pp Report The Hakluyt Society for 1879, 15 pp ads The Hakluyt society.Foxing on eps, prelims and map. Intermittent foxing in text. Binding tight. Yellow eps. Bound in blue cloth boards of the Hakluyt Society with gilt lettering on spines. Gilt vignette of the sailing ship 'Victoria' on front board. Blindstamp decoration on boards. Boards bright. Spine a little darkened. Overall condition VG to VG+.…