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Auction #129 begins on 26 Feb 2026

Hamilton (Alexander)

A NEW ACCOUNT OF THE EAST INDIES

with numerous Maps & Illustrations, now edited with Introduction and Notes by Sir William Foster, C.I.E., President of the Hakluyt Society,

Published: Argonaut Press, London, (1727) 1930

Reserve: $250

Approximately:

Estimate: $300/350

Bidding opens: 26 Feb 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 5 Mar 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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2 volumes, xxxvii + 259 pages, vi + 225 pages, illustrations and folding maps, foxing to endpapers, deckkle edge, half white leather, decoratively embossed green cloth boards 

From the Colophon: 

"This Edition of A NEW ACCOUNT OF THE EAST INDIES, BY ALEXANDER HAMILTON, is the eighth publication of the Argonaut Press and is limited to 975 copies on Japon Vellum, numbered 1 to 975. The original woodcut appearing on the title page is by WILLIAM MONK, R.E. The Volume has been printed by WALTER LEWIS, M.A., at the University Press, Cambridge, in the year 1930. This copy is Number _________"

Unnumbered copy. 

Gift inscription on front free endpapers of each volume: 

"To Mrs Spilhaus, 

In memory of a very pleasant stay

W.W. Chapman

Nov 1942"

  • Size: 8vo., 265 x 200mm


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