SIR FRANCIS DRAKE'S VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD. ITS AIMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
by Wagner, Henry R
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- Hardcover
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
San Francisc, 1926. [12],543pp. plus plates and frontis. Quarto. Cloth. Neat unobtrusive institutional bookplate. Call numbers on spine. Else free of markings and very good. The first trade edition of the standard work on the subject, featuring the first printing of many documents and first translations of many others. HOWES W9. PUBLISHED WRITINGS OF HENRY R. WAGNER, 35
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM23571
- Title
- SIR FRANCIS DRAKE'S VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD. ITS AIMS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
- Author
- Wagner, Henry R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- San Francisc
- Date Published
- 1926
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William Reese Company
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Quarto
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