CAPTAINS COOKS VOYAGES 1768-1779
London: The Folio Society, 1997. First Folio Ediiton. A very fine copy in a very fine slipcase. First Folio Edition. A very nice copy. No bumped corners to book or slipcase. No signatuers. More
London: The Folio Society, 1997. First Folio Ediiton. A very fine copy in a very fine slipcase. First Folio Edition. A very nice copy. No bumped corners to book or slipcase. No signatuers. More
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1836. A fine, clean and tight copy rebound in 3/4 leather, with marbled boards and all edges are marbled. First Edition, Listed in Sabin 19961; Huntress 135; Abbey 726 and Hill 1493. Four plates in excellent condition; folding map; large folding panoramic view..... More
London: Hurst and blackett, 1857. First Edition. A fine copy bound in 3/4 leather/19th century half red calf, marbled boards, marbled edges and end papers. Provenance: Earl of Inniskillen (Armorial Bookplate). Provence: Steve Fossett, Explorer; Sailor; and aeronautical explorer, (Bookplate). Fossett was the first person to navigate the earth in..... More
California: The Book Club of California, 1997. Limited Edition. A very fine, clean and tight copy. One of 350 copies published by The Book Club of California in plain white wrapper with prospectus laid in. A very nice copy in like new condition. Small closed tear to wrapper. Prospectus in..... More
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. First Edition. FIRST EDITION, Large-Paper "Admiralty Issue" of Beechey's most famous voyage. Precedes The Octavo Edition published the same year. Two parts in one volume. 23 engraved or aquatint plates, three maps (two folding); errata. Lacking half-titles, some spotting and browning to plates..... More
London: F. V. White & Co., 1900. First Edition. One of Mitford's scarcer titles. First Edition. A very good plus copy. Has a good feel when handling it. Top right corner lightly bruised. Hinges are tight. Frontispiece with tissue guard. No signatures. Gold gilt lettering to spine, remains bright. Some..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1896. First Editon. A better than good copy. Binding is tight. Hinges are weak but holding strong. First Edition. Rubbing to cloth corners. Spine tips are soft. Frontispiece with tissue guard. 343pp. Some soiling from handling. Some light foxing due to the impurities in the..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1897. First Edition. A very good and tight copy. First Edition. No loose pages. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Small embossed stamp on front free endpaper. Very small mark on half title page. Foxing and spotting to the first few pages, very common due to the..... More
London: Trishler & Co., 1892. First Edition. A very good and tight copy of this scarce title by Mitford. First Edition. No bumped corners to book. Small chip to to of spine. No signatures, no bookplates. Some mild foxing to the first few pages. A very decent copy. Author wrote..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1893. First Edition. A very good and tight copy. First Edition. No loose pages. Owner's signature. Frontispiece with tissue guard. The usual foxing to edges due to the impurities in the paper. A very decent copy of one of the author's scarcer books. He wrote over..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1894. First Edition. A very good and tight copy. No loose pages, no cracked hinges. First Edition, 1894 on title page with tissue guard. 307pp with 32 pages of Ads. No bookplates or signatures. Spine is toned, boards show handling use. Rubbing to cloth at top..... More
London: F. V. White & Co., 1899. First Edition. A very good+ hardcover copy. First Edition. No bumped corners to book. Spine tips are fairly smooth and round. No signatures or bookplates. A very decent copy. Author wrote over 40 books which took place in Africa. He was a contemporary..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1912. First Edition. A very good and tight copy. First Edition. A much nicer copy than usual with the usual foxing to edges and end papers due to the impurities in the paper. No bumped corners. No signatures or bookplate. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Spine..... More
London: F. V. White & Co., 1904. First Edition. A good+ hardcover copy of this very scarce First Edition. Copy is tight, no loose pages. Rubbing to cloth: corners, top and bottom of spine with shelf rubbing to bottom edges of boards. Small puncture hole back board along fold. No..... More
London: Jacob Robinson, 1743. FIRST EDITION, without the author's real names included in the title. 220pp. Full calf antique, gilt binding. The authors were respectively gunner and carpenter of the Wager, a ship of George Anson's fleet which rounded Cape Horn and ran aground on 14 May 1741 in the..... More
London: The Folio Society, 2009. First Edition. A fine copy in a fine slipcase. Published by The Folio Society. First Folio Printing. A very nice, clean and tight copy in box. No bumped corners to book or case. More
Edinburgh: Cadell and Co., 1830. A nearly fine, three volumes complete. 2nd Edition, reprinted from the first edition with nine additional pages. Bound in full leather/period binding and marbled end papers. Large fold out map 14 x 30. Map has a two inch tear, mended with filmoplast, a paper mending..... More
London: J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1780. First Edition. First Edition. William Coxe's important compilation of contemporary accounts which was supplemented by details of Krenitzin and Levashev's "Secret" Expedition. Part one of the work is a translation of Johann Ludwig Schult's Neue Nachrichten (Hamburg and Leipziz 1776) and other parts..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. Second Edition. A very good and tight copy in original binding. Second Edition. A much nicer copy than usual. No cracked hinges. Corners are sharp and straight. Spine tips are a little soft, but smooth and round. Provenance of Gerald F. Fitzgerald..... More
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1928. A fine, clean and tight copy published by The Lakeside Press. Map in perfect condition. A very decent copy. No bumped corners to book. No ownership signatures. More
Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1925. A fine, clean and tight hardcover copy published by The Lakeside Press. A very nice copy. Spine tips are smooth and round. No bumped corners to book. Gold gilt to spine and top edge is bright and clean. No ownership..... More
California: The Book Club of California, 1969. Limited Edition. A very fine, clean and tight copy in like new and unread condition. One of 450 copies. A very nice copy. Issued without a jacket. No bumped corners to book. No signatures. More
N.Y. Collins and Hannay, 1833. A fine and tight copy in original blue boards, original printed paper label, uncut (re-backed in tan paper preserving label), housed in a marbled slipcase. Lithographed frontispiece, four lithographed plates (two folding). Some light foxing with a few pale stains. FIRST EDITION. In 1792, Capt..... More
N.Y. D. Appleton and Co., 1931. First Edition. First Edition. A very good+ hardcover copy. First Edition. Copy is very tight. No bumped corners to book. No cracked hinges. Light rubbing to top and bottom of spine. Large folding map in rear pocked is in perfect condition. Provenance: Gerald F...... More
California: The Book Club of California, 1973. Limited Edition. A fine, clean and tight copy. Publication number 143 by The Book Club of California. A very nice copy. No bumped corners to book. Spine tips are smooth and round. No signatures. More