Australien Taf. II
No Binding. 40 x 45 cm. Central engraving (Ein Wohnung auf Nukahiva) with 10 engraved sketches showing scenes in Hawaii, Pitcairn, Caroline Islands etc. c 1800. An attractive piece. More
Travel Pacific
Boats of the Friendly Islands
London: Alex Hogg. No Binding. Coloured lithograph of 3 outrigger canoes under sail in the Friendly Islands (Tahiti) c. 1790s. 37 x 23 cm. More
Chart of the Track of the Dolphin, Tamar, Swallow & Endeavour, through the South Seas, & of the Track of M. Bougainville round the World
1773. Unbound. c1773. Original engraved Pacific map showing the routes of Cook, Carteret, Wallis, Mouat, Byron, Bougainville and Map size 25.5 x 22.5 cm. Mounted. More
Emigrant ship, Australia
No Binding. Hand-coloured lithograph of an Australian emigrant ship in full sail, published by A Park, London, in the 1850s. Pasted on card 26.5 x 19.5 cm. More
The Life of Captain James Cook
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
New Guinea
No Binding. A collection of original photographs from New Guinea, 33 12 x 9 cm, and 6 duplicates 12 x 7.5 cm. They include scenes of local people, portraits, ceremonies, markets, bush and river, villages, dwellings with traditional thatching, storehouses, animals and birds. c 1930-40s. More
Histoire des Sevarambes, peuples qui habitent une partie du troisiéme continent communément appellé la Terre Australe: Contenant une relation du gouvernement, des moeurs, de la religion, & du langage de cette nation, inconnuë jusques à present aux peuples de l'Europe
Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1692. 12mo. Hardcover. Two volumes in one. pp [18] 412, Frontispiece. Book plate inside front board. Half calf, marbled boards. Internally very good. Published in Amsterdam where the author resided from around the mid1680s, from the first Paris edition of 1677-79. An early example of a Utopian..... More
A New Authentic and Complete Collection of Voyages Around the World. Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority containing a new, authentic, entertaining, instructive, full, and complete historical account of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages
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
Official history of the New Zealand Engineers During the Great War 1914-1919 : a Record of the Work Carried Out By the Field Companies, Field Troops, Signal Troop, And Wireless Troop, During the Operations in Samoa (1914-15); Egypt, Gallipoli, Sinai ...
Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe. 1927. 8vo. Original Pictorial Cloth. pp. 314. Plates, maps. Original Pictorial Cloth. Cover and spine have title: History of the New Zealand Engineers, N.Z.E.F., 1914-1919. A detailed history of the Engineers and the campaigns they were involved in. The seizure of Samoa in August 1914..... More
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A Voyage Round the World, In the Years [1740-44]....
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
Pitcairn - Children of the Bounty
London: Gollancz, 1974. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.xvi,380, Illustrations d/w. More
Pitcairn - Children of the Bounty
London: Gollancz, 1974. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.xvi,380, Illustrations d/w. More
Carte Reduite de La Mer du Sud Pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale Des Voyages.
1753. Unbound. A rare, original French map of the Pacific Ocean - one of the few showing New Zealand pre-Captain Cook. Water stain across the map. Map size 21 x 35.5 cm, with mounting 35cm x 49cm. More
The dangerous voyage performed by Captain Bligh, with a part of the crew of His Majesty's ship Bounty, in an open boat....in the year 1789.
Dublin: Napper, 1824. 12mo. Hardcover. pp175, original roan binding, re-cased. Woodcut frontispiece. A rare popular edition, the frontispiece showing a "dangerous situation', Bligh and his men in mountainous seas. More
Carte Generale de L'Oceanie ou Cinquieme Partie du Monde Map
Paris: Ch-Delagrave, 1830. LEVASSEUR, E. Unbound. c. 1830s. Orig, hand-coloured engraved French map of Oceania, depiciting Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Pacific Islands & South America. Plate No. 48 from 'Universal Atlas physical geography, politics, ancient & modern ...'. 60.5 x 36 cm, mounted 51 x 47.5 cm. Freefloating & protected..... More
Fiji, hub of the South Pacific
Unbound. Stunning original coloured tourism poster of Fiji. Shows a policemen directing traffic, in official uniform. Four tape stains two of which have marked the colour, one minor crease, and the edges, although not torn, are a little damaged in places. One of the Burns Philp shipping line posters. Overall..... More
New Zealand Photograph Album. Pink and white terraces
1884. 4to. Hardcover. A photograph album of mainly New Zealand scenes, particularly interesting because of the views of the pink and white terraces, Lake Whakatpu settlement, SS Te Tanau at Bluff with some 45 men of the passengers and crew, etc. + 10 images of India. c.1880. (Pre eruption of..... More
Government House - Suva - Fiji. Photograph
Dunedin: Burton Bros, 1884. Unbound. Orig sepia photograph depicting a group of Fijiians looking out from the steps of Government House. No. 2514. Taken from 'The Camera in the Coral Islands', A Series of Photographs illustrating the Scenery and the Mode of Life in THE FIJIS, THE NAVIGATOR ISLANDS (Samoa)..... More
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Natives on the Beach - [New Hebrides] Photograph
Burton Bros, 1890. Unbound. Original sepia photograph depicting a large group of indigenous people on a beach with outrigger canoes in New Hebrides (Vanuatu). c1900. A good clear image with no damage. Image size: 145 x 200mm. Mounted on card. More
Le Isole della Societa e di Noel. Delineate fulle ultime Offervazioni del Capitan Cook
Rome: 1798. No Binding. Original map of the Society Islands (Tahiti) with an inset of Isola di Noel, and decorative Italian style scene sowing 4 yachts, one in the foreground unloading with gentleman and 2 labourers. Some pale spotting. Based on Cook's observations during his voyages. 51 x 37.5 cm..... More
Plan Du Bassin Des Courants Detroit De Cook. Leve et Dresse Par M.Guilbert, Enseigne De Vaisseau. Expedition de La Corvette De S.M.l'Astrolabe, Commande par Le Cap.ne De Fregate DUMONT D'URVILLE. Janvier 1827 Map
1827. Unbound. Original engraved map of the Tasman Bay region of New Zealand's upper North Island. Includes an insert, "Vue de la Passe des Francais". Map size 430mm x 590mm. A rare and handsome map. More
An account of the English colony in New South Wales, from its first settlement, in January 1788 to August 1801.....to which are added some particulars of New Zealand...
London: Cadell, 1798. 1st Edition. 4to. Hardcover. 2 vols. 1798, 1802. Vol. 1,18 plates, 2 charts, one folding, 4 vignettes. Vol.2, frontispiece,4 of 5 plates plates, lacking emu, 3 vignettes. Contemporary half-calf, decorated spines, marbled boards, two hinges worn and two boards detached. The hand-coloured natural history plates are in..... More
Canal de Noel, sur la Cote S.O. de la Terre de Feu.
1794. No Binding. Map of Christmas Sound in Tierra del Fuego, from Cook's second voyage. Cook anchored here in late December,1774. From the 1794 French edition of Cook's voyages. Some staining across the centre of the page and damage to RH margins. 18.5 x 24.5 cm. More
Coffre Sculpte des Habitants de la Nouvelle Zelande
1785. No Binding. Copper engraving of finely carved whakahuia, or Maori feather boxes, from a French edition of Cook's voyages. A strong image of Maori craftsmanship. More
Gezicht van Huaheine
No Binding. Large copper engraving from the Dutch edition of Cook's voyages. This is a view of the bay of the island Huahine, in Tahiti, showing native people and canoes and Cook's ships at anchor. 50.5 x 27 cm. c. 1785. A very fine, detailed engraving of Cook's visit to..... More