London: Perpetua Books, 1960. Royal 8vo. First edition. Original black cloth, gilt. Illustrated in black and white throughout. Neat ink ownership on fly. Unclipped d/w is very slightly faded on the spine. Fine in near fine d/w.
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1974. Crown 8vo. First edition. Original navy buckram, gilt. Top edge stained blue. With 51 illustrations (4 in colour) and 5 maps. Presentation label on the flyleaf. D/w faded on the spine with some rubbing to the extremities and a couple of very short closed tears.....
London: Jonathan Cape, 1977. 8vo. First edition. Original navy hardcovers, gilt. Map endpapers and frontispiece. Black and white photographic plate sections. Just a little crumpling to the top of the unclipped d/w's spine and some slight foxing to the top edges of the flaps. Neat ink ownership opposite half-title, dated.....
Cambridge and London: Cambridge University Press (volumes 1-3) & A & C Black (volume 4) for the Hakluyt Society, 1955-74. 8vo. & portfolio. 6 volumes, set. Original navy buckram, with a gilt block of Cook on each front board. Five volumes in d/ws and a portfolio. Illustrated throughout in black.....
London: Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1907. Pott 8vo. First impression in this series. Original green cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Photographic plate of 'Fielding's Tomb at Lisbon' after the Chronology. Spine dulled and a little rubbed. Very good +. #142 in The World's Classics. Uncommon. Probably bound up later.....
Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1903-05. 8vo. 12 volumes, set. First editions thus. Original navy cloth, lettered on the spines and with gilt emblems to the front boards. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. Portrait frontispieces, except volume 12. 5 folding facsimile plates, 35 folding maps and plans, 55 plates etc......
Edinburgh: E. & G. Goldsmid, 1885-90. Tall 8vo. 16 volumes in 17, set. First edition thus. Fourth edition overall. This edition based upon the Second Edition (1598-1600). Original red cloth, gilt. Fore and bottom edges untrimmed. Numerous maps and illustrations, some folding. Most spines uniformly faded. A little wear to.....
London: John Murray, 1947. 4to. First trade edition. Original yellow cloth. Illustrated by the author. Spine ends darkened where the d/w is chipped. Tile page browned probably by some, now absent, newspaper clipping. D/w also rubbed, dust-soiled and with several short splits. Very good + in good d/w. There was.....
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1930. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1924. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Neat ink ownership on fly. Fine. #275 in The World's Classics.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1930. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in The World's Classics in 1924. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Front board a bit marked. Very good +. #275 in The World's Classics.
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1924. Pott 8vo. First impression in this series. Original green cloth, gilt. Silk marker ribbon. Covers dulled. Neat ink ownership on fly. Very good. #253 in The World's Classics.
London: The Hakluyt Society, 1904. 8vo. 2 volumes, set. Original blue cloth, blind-stamped and with gilt device of 'Victoria' to each front board. Map pocket at rear of volume 2. Three folding maps in pocket. Spines faded and tanned. Spine ends and corner tips slightly rubbed. Bookplate of Repton School.....
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1935. Pott 8vo. Reprint. First published in this series in 1907. Original blind-stamped navy cloth, gilt. Top edge stained blue. Faint marks to covers. Neat ink ownership on fly. Near fine. #90 in The World's Classics.