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Maritime.- Pigafetta (Antonio) Magellan's Voyage: A Narrative of the First Circumnavigation, 2 vol. including facsimile reprint, New Haven & London, 1969 § Drake (Sir Francis) The World Encompassed, facsimile reprint, original vellum, gilt, with ties, together with introductory booklet in original cloth drop-back box, Cleveland, 1966 § Fay (Charles Edey) Mary Celeste: The Odyssey of an Abandoned Ship, signed and inscribed by the author "To Alan Villiers...whose pen has captured the poetry and the pageantry of sailing-ships and the sea..." on front free endpaper, Salem, 1942 § Morison (Samuel Eliot) The European Discovery of America, 2 vol., vol.2 'Southern Voyages 1492-1616' signed and inscribed by the author "For Alan Villiers - the reader whom I am always most eager to please...", New York, 1971-74, maps, plates and illustrations, some folding, all but the second original cloth, the first with slip-case, the last with dust-jackets (slightly rubbed); and 5 others on early exploration, 4to & 8vo (11)