London: Religious Tract Society, 1854. 12mo. Hardcover. pp 192. Original blind stamped cloth housed in bespoke box. Book label and book plate on inside front cover. Sometimes bound as a second part of Australia: its Scenery, Natural History and Resources, and Settlements. Valuable early account of Australia, rare as a...... More
London: Ackermann, 1814. Folio. Half Morocco. 2 vols. Pp, xxiv (incl list of subscribers), [2] 275, (i), vi, index; [ii], 260, [vi: index]. 17 plates of Founders & 82 coloured aquatints (some plates have title labels attached underneath). Contemporary half morocco & marbled boards. Some marginal staining & wrinkling to..... More
London: Fisher, 1824. Small 8vo. Hardcover. 4 vols. Complete with hand-coloured frontispieces & vignettes on titles, 42 hand-coloured plates, 3 folding maps & engraved plates. Later half calf and contemporary marbled boards. Brightly hand-coloured plates of indigenous people, particularly of Ashanti in Africa, Boers, Hottentot huts etc, first nation people..... More
London: Osborne, 1748. 4to. Hardcover. Complete with map and 42 copper plates (most folding). Original boards, untrimmed, spine worn. Minor damage to some margins and one plate stained. Important pre-Cook work, particularly of the Pacific. More
London: Knapton, 1749. Fifth Edition. 4to. Hardcover. Pp. [20], 417, [2 - Directions for Bookbinder]. Complete with 42 large folding maps & plates. Contemporary full calf boards, respined. Generous margins A good, clean, complete and handsome copy. More
London: Knapton, 1748. Third Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. 3rd edition. Pp. xii, 536. Title page damaged at foot. 3 folding maps, ('Track of the Centurion round the world showing half of New Holland' (water-damaged & repaired), South America' and 'Chart of Pacific Ocean'). Original full calf, neatly re-cased with original spine..... More
London: J Cooke, 1787. Folio. Hardcover. pp. 990, including index. Complete with 92 plates, 2 damaged on inner margin, 20 maps. Robustly recased sympathetically in matching brown calf with the original spine and label. Handsomely bound in one volume. Over 100 pages deal with the new discoveries in 'New Holland'..... More
London: J Perser, 1735. Folio. Hardcover. pp.[x],795,[16] index. Contemporary speckled calf. A compilation of early voyages such as those of Drake and Cavendish, East India Co voyages, Dutch trade, Persia, Siam, etc. with much on the Americas. Pre the great Pacific voyages later in the century. Very good in original..... More
London: J Knox, 1765. Virgil Finlay. Sm 8vo. Hardcover. 2 vols of 3. Original full calf showing wear on joints but holding. Whited out library stamps. vol 1, 4 plates of Columbus. vol 2, folding map of Louisberg, Havana, etc. Early collection of great voyages of discovery... More
London: Virtue, 1836. Bartlett, W H. 4to. Half Calf. Pp. 188, 152. Complete with engraved plates & folding map. Contemporary half calf. Minor wear. A handsome set. More
London: Virtue, 1836. 4to. Cloth, Orig. 2 vols. Pp. 188, 152. Complete with Vol 1: 57 plates, Vol. II 49 plates + 1 map. engraved plates & one double page map. Original red cloth binding. Minor wear, but else a very nice set. Probably 2836. More
Brussel und Leipzig: Muquardt, 1847. 1st Edition. Royal 8vo. Hardcover. 1st edition. 2 vols.. Complete with 150 hand-coloured costume plates. Original green printed boards, with tape repairs. Externally a little worn. Plates unfoxed, and in extraordinary condition with good clear colour. A very good copy with all original hand coloured..... More
London: Nicol, 1792. 1st Edition. 4to. Cloth. pp.264. Early cloth. Folding frontispiece plan of the Bounty, has very minor marginal damage. plus 6 other folding maps and plans, but lacks portrait of Lieutenant Bligh. Some early hand-written pencilannotations regarding the ship's crew and their destinies. Fine, clear interior, without foxing..... More
London: Newnes, 1901. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.xv,333. Frontispiece portrait. Plates & photographs throughout text. Original dark blue pictorial cloth with gilt title to front board and spine. A very good, rare copy. More
London: Bentley, 1834. 2nd Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp xii, 420. Complete with 2 plates, text illustrations. Early half calf and marbled boards. Original gilt on spine and labels. Minor wear on joints. Bookplate of Mr Justice Rooth. A very good original copy of the better revised edition. More
Delft: Henrik van Krooneveld, 1698. No Binding. A large folding copper engraving of Alexandria. The engraving shows travellers in front of ruins and the city in a wide landscape. This detailed and evocative engraving, is from the publication of Cornelius van Bruyn, the 17th C painter who travelled through the..... More
Delft: Henrik van Krooneveld, 1698. No Binding. A large folding copper engraving of three images of the Nile. The two upper engravings show boats on the river with villages on the far shore. The lower image shows the river with the city of Mansoura on the shore. These detailed and..... More
London: Payne, 1750. 1st Edition. Small 8vo. Hardcover. pp xxiv, 310. Red and black title page. Original full calf with raised bands, gilt panelling and leather title label to spine. Bookplate to pastedown. Some staining to edges of prelim pages only. A very good copy of Burnet's Travels. More
London: Longman, 1860. 1st Edition. 8vo. Half Calf. 2 Vols. Plates, illustrations and folding map. Contemporary half calf. Neat gilt crest to spine. End papers foxed, but internally very clean. Burton's classic work on East Africa, the journey from Pemba to Zanzibar. A very good, complete, handsome set of this..... More
Christchurch: Canterbury Progress League, 1921. 24 x 18 Cm. Original Pictorial Wrappers. pp.[20] folded to 24x18cm, illus., maps. Cover title. Rare. NZNB C183. More
London: Peter Jackson, Late Fisher & co, 1842. 4to. Half Morocco. (c.1842.) 3 vols (in 1).116 of 121 plates, 2 maps. Fine full page steel engravings. In contemporary half morocco. First eight pages of Vol. I. not bound in including the first 5 plates. (c.1842.) A handsome copy in fine..... More
Amsterdam: Wolgang, 1686. 2nd Edition. 12mo. Hardcover. Pp. xxiv, 496, index [8]. Complete with engraved title page, frontispiece portrait & 17 folding panoramas & maps (fore edge of folding plates trimmed). Map 'Ponti Exini' joint worn but holding. Original vellum. Previous owner's name on free front fly. Book plate. A...... More
Edinburgh: William Oliphant & co, 1878. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp.vi,531. Folding map. Contemporary red half morocco, 2 neat gilt crests on spine and front board. A comprehensive account of the history of Turkey, including Byzantium, Modern Greeks and Albanians, Slovonians, Wallachians and the gypsies. A handsome complete copy... More
London: C Cooke, 1802. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hardcover. (c. 1802). Without the Directions for placing the Engravings, 25 folding engraved maps with hand-colouring, 83 engraved plates. This set contains 7 (of 8) of the Additional Engravings listed for the Fine Edition. Book I (to p.364) covers..... More
Paris: Saillant et Nyon, 1774. 8vo. Hardcover. Pp. xvi, 502, [2]. Complete with 3 folding maps (early repairs). Original quarter roan & marbled boards, title on spine, Freville's Voyages. Includes such voyages prior to Cook as those of Magellan, Mendana, Juan Fernandes, Quiros, Le Maire and Shouten, Tasman, Roggewein, Dalrymple's..... More
