Eastward Ho! The First English Adventurers to the Orient: Richard Chancellor, Anthony Jenkinson, James Lancaster, William Adams, Sir Thomas Roe
by Dulles, Foster Rhea
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. F. First Edition. Octavo, blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles and spine titles. 199pp. including index and sources. Illustrated with 20 black and white reproductions including a 16th c. plan of Moscow and two maps (one map folding to two and one folding to 1 1/2 pages). A biography of the exporer/adventurer Will Adams. A very tight fresh, clean copy with fresh cloth and bright gilt. Very slight shadow of offsetting to front free endpaper, else a fine unmarked volume. Dust jacket shows light dusting overall and a short closed edge tear to rear panel with a couple of minor edge nicks. With the quite minor defects noted, a very near fine volume in a very good dust jacket. An unusually well preserved copy of this title. Uncommon..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 04562
- Title
- Eastward Ho! The First English Adventurers to the Orient: Richard Chancellor, Anthony Jenkinson, James Lancaster, William Adams, Sir Thomas Roe
- Author
- Dulles, Foster Rhea
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Edition
- F
- Publisher
- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1961.
- Keywords
- ORIENT, PURCHAS, DULLES, MAP, WEST INDIES, RUSSIA, JAPAN, INDIA, BIOGRAPHY, WILL ADAMS, CHINA, CATHAY, SHIP, SAILING, MERCHANT, TRADE, SPICE, PACIFIC, LANCASTER, CHANCELLOR, ROE, EXPLORER, ENGLISH, ENGLAND, TEA, JAPANESE, ISLANDS, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
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