Through New Guinea and the Cannibal Countries
London: T Fisher, 1898. Royal 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.xvii,387. Frontispiece portrait. Original decorated cloth. Largely unopened. Profusely illustrated. More
London: T Fisher, 1898. Royal 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.xvii,387. Frontispiece portrait. Original decorated cloth. Largely unopened. Profusely illustrated. More
London: Gurney, 1893. 8vo. Hardcover. Pp. x, 472. Plates and illustrations. Early half oasis morocco. A handsome and complete copy of this rare work. More
London: Hodder & Stoughton. 8vo. Original Cloth/gilt. pp viii, 315. Folding frontis, complete with all plates. Undated, c1911. English version by Philip Walsh. In French the ship was the 'Pourquoi Pas?' pale blue cloth with gilt pictorial and gilt titles. Rare. More
London: Sampson Low, 1889. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp.xii, 532, 32 pp adverts. Complete with Frontis, plus portrait of Collinson, and 6 folding maps. Original blue cloth, with gilt emblem on front board. Damage to both fixed endpapers, and minor mark on front board. Otherwise a very good clean copy..... More
London: Samson Low, 1883. 1st Edition. 8vo. Half Morroco. 2 vols. Plates (some folding on linen), illustrations, maps (two folding on linen). Contemporary fine half morocco. 8vo. Neat gilt stamp on spine and front board. A notable well illustrated account of a journey through Southern China into Burma in the..... More
Bickers & Son, 1878. 8vo. Hardcover. pp 404. Illustrated with Woobury-type photographic plates. Original full calf binding with gilt ship and anchor emblems on spine. Marbled edges. Prize copy excellent condition. More
Dublin: Whitestone, 1777. 8vo. Hardcover. COOK, James: A Voyage Towards The South Pole, And Round The World Performed In His Majesty's Ships The Resolution And Adventure In The Years 1772, 1773, 1774 And 1775. Dublin, W Whitestone. 1772. 2 vols. 8vo. Pp. xxx, 372; iv, 392. 1 large folding chart..... More
1835. Unbound. Original French engraved map of New Zealand based on the exploration of D'Urville. Interesting for the slightly incorrect shape of each island. The islands are given their Maori names, Ile Tawai-Pounamou and Ile Ika-Na-Mawi. Rare. Map size 330mm x 220mm. Mounted. Water stained across half the map, though..... More
London: Smith, Elder, 1891. 3rd Edition. 8vo. Half Morocco. Pp. 648. 2 folding maps & 5 folding plates. Contemporary half morocco. A very good copy. More
London: Murray, 1887. 8vo. Half Morocco. 3 vols. Frontispiece portraits. Contemporary half morocco. Neat gilt stamp on spine and frontboard. A very good set. More
Melbourne: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1970. 4to. Orignal Cloth. pp.138, Illus plates. Very good dustwrapper. More
Paris: Libraire Havhette et Cie, 1886. Hardcover. 2 vols. 8vo. 1 folding map. Contemporary half morocco. Author's signed inscription on half fly. Much Australian & New Zealand content. A fine copy. More
London: Murray, 1838. 2nd Edition. 8vo. Original Cloth. Original cloth, spine creased, else in very good condition. Complete unusually clean copy with 30 full page plates, + illustrations. More
Paris: Charles Gosselin, 1835. Small 8vo. Hardcover. Pp. 271, [2], 329; 310, 299. Illustrated frontis pieces, 2 folding maps & 1 folding table. Title to spine ' Voyage en Orient Lamartine Tome I. II & Voyage en Orient Lamartine Tome III. IV'. 4 vols in 2. A very good complete..... More
London: Heinemann, 1897. 8vo. Original Pictorial Cloth. pp. xii, 377. Complete with many illustrations, maps & plans. Contemporary original pictorial cloth, minor rubbing, small nick at top of spine. A very clean, complete copy. More
Paris: Furne, 1839. 4to. Hardcover. 2 vols. 6 folding maps & 142 plates (showing several images) by de Sainson. Original brown calf & marbled boards. A very good complete set including two large maps of the voyage showing the track of the ship, a fine map of New Zealand, and..... More
London: Blackie, 1904. 8vo. Cloth. Folding map. Contemporary original cloth. Some foxing. Neat gilt stamp on front board. A good complete copy in original cloth. More
London: Murray, 1859. 8vo. Decorated Cloth. pp.xix,476,32 ( Book List) Folding frontispiece,6 plates, illustrations & map. Contemporary original decorated cloth, minor staining. A very good complete copy in original cloth. More
London: Hamilton, 1855. 8vo. Hardcover. 8vo. pp. vii, 427. Frontispiece and plates. Original blind-stamped cloth. Early ink inscription on back of fly leaf. A very good, complete copy. More
London. G. And W. Nicol. 1814. 4to. Quarter buckram and Boards. volumes 1 and 2 text only. Complete with 9 plates. Fine uncut copy in early boards, and buckram spines circa 1930s. Page size 12 1/2" x 9 3/4". Handsome leather spine label. Rare original first edition. More
London: G. Scott, 1780. 4to. Hardcover. 4to. 2nd edition. Pp. xxiii, 412. Frontispiece portrait & 31 plans and maps (some roughly folded with browning and offsetting). Margins trimmed. 19th century half roan. A good complete working copy previously owned by Sir H. L. Smith- Dorrien governor and patron of the..... More
London: John Murray, 1823. 1st Edition. 4to. Hardcover. pp. xvi, 768. 29 of 30 plates,11 hand-coloured, lacks "Preparing an Encampment on Barren Ground". Plates engraved by Finden & Curtis. 4 folding engraved maps. 1 text illustration. Plate quality extremely good, good wide margins, bound in contemporary half calf. Franklin (1786-1847)..... More
London and New York: Edward Arnold, 1896. 4to. Hardcover. 2 vols. Large paper edition, No. 53 of 100 copies. Complete with 4 folding maps, panoramas and 74 photogravure plates by Vittorio Sella. Quarter vellum and buckram.Vellum a little darkened, two small cracks at base of spine on Vol 1 below..... More
London: Ward, Lock. 1856. 8vo. Original Cloth. 8vo, 2 Volumes. Plates. Maps Illustrations Original green blind stamped cloth in very good condition, gilt decoration to front boards. Newspaper cuttings pasted in throughout the book related to the previous owner, Henry White, the noted collector of books on ornithology and philately..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1871. Hardcover. iii, 398 pp. Complete with 12 lithographs and numerous woodcuts. Half contemporary roan, marbled boards. Slight foxing to prelims, elsewhere very clean. Nicely bound copy of an extremely interesting work. Illustrations shows weather gauges, different voyages and experiments. More