A New Voyage Round the World
by Dampier, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(London: Adam and Charles Black, 1937). 8vo; original brown buckram, lettered in gilt on spine; pp. xxxvii + (iii) + 376, incl. index; several plates and maps, incl. folding. Spine very slightly sunned; edges and outermost leaves foxed; sporadic, moderate foxing. Good to very good condition. 'Dampier's New Voyage on its publication won immediate success, and has ever since maintained its place in the front rank among the most notable records of maritime adventure. ... In his Preface Dampier describes his book as "composed of a mixt relation of places and actions," a modest and inadequate indication which would hardly be approved by the advertising experts of the present day. The relation of places was, in fact, an extensive contribution to the geographical and ethnographical knowledge of his time. Nor does the description take count of the frequent excursions in the realm of natural history which diversify the main story with detailed accounts of tropical animals and plants, not highly scientific indeed, but accurate for the most part and novel to his readers.' .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7623
- Title
- A New Voyage Round the World
- Author
- Dampier, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1937)
- Keywords
- Voyages. Circumnavigation. Exploration. Maritime History. Buccaneers Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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- New
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...