this is a fairly large hardback book minus dustjacket titled " a selection of the principal voyages - traffiques and discoveries of the English nation " this is by Richard Hakluyt 1552 - 1616 and set out with the many embellishments and a preface by Laurence irving . the book is published by William Heinemann ltd and dated 1927 . the book has 293 pages and is well illustrated .the book is in used condition with some age browning mostly to the blank pages . pages are nice and tight and the boards are bright .I have many more books and items you can view in my ebay shop !