London: Daily Mail, 1953. No Binding. Copy of the Daily Mail for Tuesday June 2, 1953, with Front Page headlines "The Crowning Glory - Everest Conquered", announcing the success of Hilary and Sherpa Tensing of the Everest expedition, with a photograph of Hillary. This is one of the most momentous..... More
Amersterdam: GOEREE, W. / J., 1720. Unbound. c. 1720. Original engraved Dutch map pre- dating Cook. A double hemisphere map showing California as an island, a rudimentary form of Australia and a single coastline of New Zealand. Surrounding the hemispheres are classical illustrations representing the world's continents. Some wrinkling to..... More
London: C F Cock, 1835. 12mo. Hardcover. pp. 170. Woodcut frontispiece after Parkinson and woodcuts of Otaheitean War Canoe, Death of Cook, etc. Original roan binding, blind stamped Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. A rare miniature children's work. More
No Binding. Signature "With pleasure Henry Stanley". Mounted with separate portrait photograph. Full size 39cm x 27cm. Stanley (1841-1904) was the explorer who discovered David Livingstone in Africa. More
Dordrecht: de Vos & Co, 1829. No Binding. Original hand-coloured Dutch map of the South Pacific showing the Marquesas and Tahiti, showing the routes of Schouten (1616) and Roggeveen (1722). Includes a large inset map of New Zealand ( Nieuw Zeeland ontekt door Tasman 1642, showing Tasman's discovery and route..... 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: Murray, 1912. 1st Edition. Quarto. Cloth, Orig. 2 vols. Maps, plates. Original maroon cloth with flag design. A fine complete copy of the rare first edition, with clear lettering on spine. A nice association copy with Augustus Hamilton's book plates, his brother was on the expedition... More
London: Hogg, 1784. Folio. Hardcover. Lacks title pages and some preliminaries, pages only up to 368. Contains 66 plates covering Cook's first and second voyages (Antarctic), and those of Byron, Wallis, Carterat, Phipps and Anson. Early cloth, a worn, incomplete copy, but suitable for making another one up. 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
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Edinburgh: Alston, 1776. Hardcover. 2 vols.12mo with large folding map. full original calf, with rebacked spines, gilt titles and leather labels. plus 4to Atlas, complete with all 42 copper engraved plates and charts (38 double, 3 large folding) Atlas (square 4to) in later half calf and marbled boards, red leather..... More
London: Longman, Brown, Green, 1855. 1st Edition. 8vo. Contemporary Half Calf. pp xii, 423. Complete with frontispiece & 5 lithographed plates, foxed. Contemporary half calf, rubbed. Interesting early account of Ceylon in the hey day of the British empire. Much on plants and crops, scenery, hunting etc. The frontispiece curious..... 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
Cambrdige, Eng. Cambridge University Press for the Hakluyt Society, 1955. 1st Edition. 8vo. Cloth. The Three Voyages. Vol. 1 (1955) The Voyage of the Endeavour, 1768-1771; Vol. 2 (1961), The Voyage of the Resolution and the Adventure, 1772-1775; Vol.3 (1967) ,Part 1, Part 11, The Voyage of the Resolution and..... More
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1974. 1st Edition. 8vo. Cloth. pp.xi,(1),760. Frontispiece (coloured plate), plates (some in colour), maps, index. Fine biography by the Cook authority i original dust wrapper. More
Sydney: Library of New South Wales, 1970. 2nd Edition. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.xvi, 894. Index. Revised edition of 1928 1st edition. More
London: Lovell, 1855. 1st Edition. 4to. Hardcover. 2 vols. Original cloth. Complete with all plates, coloured lithographs and folding maps. Early repair at top of spine, but not affecting the look of the book. A handsome complete copy. 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
No Binding. Hand-coloured map of the Pacific containing routes of the voyages of Byron (1765), Wallis (1767) and Cook (first voyage1769). c 1780. Includes detailed maps of New Zealand, Australia, New Guinea,The Philippines, Borneo, the Paciic islands and the west coast of Central and South America. 69 x 41 cm..... More
1779. Unbound. Original French engraved map of New Caledonia and the New Hebrides, showing Cook's route from his second voyage, 1774. 53 x 43 free on board. Slight spotting on margins, slight creasing on folds, otherwise in excellent condition. More
Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1642. Unbound. Hand-coloured engraved map of India, South east Asia and the archipelagos of Indonesia and the Philippines, coast of China and southern coast of Japan. Map by the famous 17th C mapmaker Willem Blaeu, notable for being the first to show the north coast of Australia. Includes..... 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
