Pp. xii+234, frontispiece plus 8 plates, index; edges of boards a trifle bumped; dust wrapper, back panel slightly soiled, edges rubbed and slightly split; Cassell , London, 1964. First U.K. edition. *Memoirs of the Portuguese General. More
Pp. 160, 8 plates, notes, references; cr. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in silver; top edges brown; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly browned; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale on upper pastedown; Readers Union, London, 1963. Book Club edition. *Zoologist's account of an..... More
Pp. 414, frontispiece plus 15 plates, 2 full page maps, glossary; post 8vo; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in light green, lightly marked and canted; top edges light browned; bookseller's sticker and small number marking on upper pastedown, upper free endpaper with slight surface damage and some browning, leaves lightly..... More
The story of an involvement. Pp. 224; faint damp stain to lower board; dust wrapper, the front flap a trifle foxed; free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves slightly foxed; The Bodley Head, London, 1984. First edition. *Graham Greene's account, based on his diaries, of a five-year friendship with Omar..... More
Travels and Adventures in the Banda Oriental, South America. Cheaper edition, in one volume. Pp. [iv]+286+266(last colophon)+32(publisher's catalogue, dated October 1885); grey/green cloth, upper board lettered and decorated in brown, slightly worn, the corners lightly bruised, tiny scar to upper board affecting one letter of title, rebacked, with the original..... More
Pp. xxvi+500(last blank), text maps (some double page), references, index; light blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; demy 8vo; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, the back panel faintly soiled; The Hakluyt Society, London, 1989. Second series, Volume 171. *During the first half of the 17th century, English and..... More
Travels in Brazil. Folding map at end; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and rubbed; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Bodley Head, 1964. More
The story of the Cape Horn region from the days of the first discoverers through the glorious days of sail including the author's own experiences; wherein an important geographical discover is made. Pp. [viii]+240, 12 plates, title page decorations, one full page text map plus endpaper maps, appendix, index; narrow..... More