Search Results: History-South America from Adelaide Booksellers

London: Hutchinson of London. 1971. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs and illustrations. Maps to endpapers. 336 pages. From Magellan to the current day. - a tale of some of the worst journeys in the world. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: The Folio Society. 1972. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. No Slipcase. Bound in quarter blue leather, wood-veneer boards with a design in black by John Westwood. Leather spine is rubbed at edges. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps. Endpaper maps. Translated by Alexis Brown. Introduction by Jack Beeching. 194 pages. The author 'of nexessity, was present at all these acts of plunder'. Originally published in 1678 in Amsterdam. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.

London: Bounty Books. 2008. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Near fine condition in pictorial laminated boards in a near fine dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 160 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.

London: MQ Publications. 2006. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 429 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Macgibbon & Kee. 1962. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ has monor stain to base of spine & is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to front free endpaper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 189 pages. In October 1865, an uprising of local peasantry took place on the island colony of Jamaica. The uprising was speedily suppressed by troops under the direction of colonial governor, Edward Eyre. The uprising generated a three year long controversy as to whether Governor Eyre ought to be treated as a hero or as stupid, cruel and incompetent. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: The Folio Society. 1977. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in a Good Slipcase. Leather spine with gilt decoration and titles. Slipcase worn at rear with some cracking to paper. Translated from the Spanish by William C. Atkinson. Illustrated with black & white vinyl-cuts by John Lawrence. Maps to endpapers. 155 pages. Spanish Bascunan sepnt 6 months in captivity in Arauco, Chile in 1629. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.

London: Virago Press. 1998. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 212 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.

London: Pall Mall Press. 1972. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 394 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Washington: Government Printing Office. 1942. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Stamp to front cover. Spine age-toned. Illustrated with black and white plates and fold-out map. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 182 pages + Plates. . 1st thus. Softcover.

London: Jonathan Cape. 1989. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 427 pages. A series of personal journeys interwoven with scenes from the past. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

New York: Atheneum. 1974. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Sticky-tape marks to inside of covers. Corners very lightly rubbed. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. [xv] 314pages.. . 2nd Printing. Softcover.

London: The Gawthorn Press. No Date Circa 1950s. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Colour frontispiece. 52 pages.. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.