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1920140947948Athol MA: W. Paul Cook 1920. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. 56-73 20-48 pp. Bound in publisher's slate blue side-stapled wraps lettered in black. Near Fine. A fantastic copy. This marks the first appearance of Lovecraft's most common recurring Dream Cycle character Randolph Carter featured on p. 41-48 in the short story The Statement of Randolph Carter. Loosely modeled after Lovecraft himself Carter is a melancholic author whose writings go unnoticed. OCLC locates only 3 institutional holdings; scarce. Joshi I-B-i-57.a. W. Paul Cook unknown
17739900042259London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1773. 1st edition. Hardcover. charts and engravings. 4to. Leatherbound. This is the first printing first state of the famous account of what is now described as 'Cook's First Voyage' although primary credit for the creation of this account is given to John Hawkesworth who had been commissioned by the Admiralty to edit Capt. Cook's papers. Volume I of our offering ends at page 676 and shows page 139 as numbered 139-360 as called for in Beddie 648. It contains 18 of the 21 charts and plates called for in this volume lacking two charts and one plate. Volume II has a tide mark across the top of the first thirdof the text block. Page 189 is misnumbered 191. Old worm hole to margins of pages 119-161. Contains 16 of 22 charts and plates five folding charts seven folding plates and four single page plates. The text is complete in 410 numbered pages. Volume III text commences at page 411 and concludes at page 795. All nine plates and charts are present including the very large folding chart of New Zealand Cook was the first to confirm that New Zealand was in fact an island. Lack of nine plates/ charts. The text shows foxing severe on a few pages but on the whole the text is perfectly readable and if professionally restored the plates and charts would be magnificent. The leather has deteriorated and the boards are loose. W. Strahan and T. Cadell hardcover
1882023211<p>Denver CO: Republican Publishing Co. 1882. Book. Good . Hardcover. First Edition. Original gilt pictorial green cloth spine title in gilt 285 pages frontis 30 full page illustrations cover stained and edge worn some staining to end-sheets inner hinges fairly solid the rare half title page is present 2 page edges have short tears one page has a very small hole inscribed by Cook on the front paste-down also signed by Cook under the photo of him with is the frontispiece. Overall a better than good copy of a rare title especially so being signed twice by Cook. Cook arrived in Colorado during the 1859 gold rush. He was a soldier city marshal of Denver sheriff of Arapahoe County U.S. Marshal Major General of Colorado Militia founder and chief of the Rocky Mountain Detective Association. This exceptionally rare first edition of this important outlaw book said to have been used as gun wadding during the Ute War. Many tales of murder robbery and mayhem all illustrated with wonderful primitive woodcuts. The numerous plates shows all manner of western violence including robberies murders arrests hangings and more. "The book was originally published in wrappers to be sold on trains by newsboys. It was reprinted the same year bound in cloth with the design made from a photograph of Wild Bill's hands and his scalping knife. The knife was said to have formerly belonged to Wild Bill Hickok and to have been given to Cook." A rare item with only the Graff copy listed with the original wraps. Six-Guns 483 exceedingly rare Howes C728 Graff 862 Rader 905 Adams One-Fifty 34 Eberstadt "An important and rare contemporary account of western outlaws and their crimes by the man who brought them to justice.".</p> Republican Publishing Co. hardcover
YTB-34Paris, Henri Tardieu, 1810. In-8 de 1 frontispice, X et 284 pp. ; 1 frontispice, IV, 284 pp., 5 pp. et 12 planches gravées. Exemplaire à toutes marges, conservé dans sa brochure rose de parution, étiquette sur le plat supérieur et au dos. 214 x 137 mm. RARE EDITION ORIGINALE FRANÇAISE DU SEUL OUVRAGE DE CUISINE ETRANGERE TRADUIT EN FRANÇAIS AU XIXE SIECLE. Vicaire, 189 ; Oberlé, 173 ; Cagle, 173 ; Bitting, 95. Elle est illustrée de 2 frontispices et 12 planches numérotées. L’ouvrage parut sous le titre The Universal à Londres en 1792. Le cuisinier Universel est l’œuvre de deux célèbres chefs Francis Collingwood et John Woollams ayant officié dans les établissements les plus réputés du Strand de Londres : la London Tavern et The Crown and Anchor, connus pour servir les parlementaires du Whig-club. Cet ouvrage compte parmi les rares exemples d'incursions de la cuisine britannique dans la culture gastronomique française qui exercera encore longtemps une hégémonie quasiment incontestée. Rare apparition de la cuisine anglaise dans la gastronomie française, durant une période d'intenses hostilités entre les deux pays sous l'Empire. SEDUISANT EXEMPLAIRE, A TOUTES MARGES, CONSERVE DANS SA BROCHURE ROSE DE PARUTION.
In-8 gr. (mm. 248x188), 4 volumi, elegante legatura in p. pelle bazana coeva (picc. spacchi alle cerniere), dorso a cordoni con ricche decorazioni e tit. oro su due tasselli, sottili cornici dorate ai piatti, tagli marmorizzati, pp. (4),IV,XVI,(2),XXXII,388; (8),536; (8),394,(2); (4),VIII,367; illustrati f.t., come da Indice, da 52 tavole inc. in rame di cui 30 carte geografiche, più volte ripieg., e 22 magnifiche tavole (anche a doppia pag.) che raffigurano usi e costumi degli indigeni, paesaggi, flora e fauna, scene storiche, tutte molto ben conservate. L’opera, tradotta dall’inglese, è così suddivisa: 1° vol. “Relation d’un voyage fait autour du monde, dans les années 1764, 1765 et 1766, par le Commodore Byron, Commandant le vaisseau du Roi le ‘Dauphin’ (segue) Voyage.. dans les années 1766, 1767, 1768 et 1769, par Philippe Carteret, Ecuyer, Commandant du ‘Swallow Sloup’ de Sa Majesté Britannique” - 2° vol. “Voyage.. dans les années 1766, 1767 et 1768, par Samuel Wallis, Commandant le vaisseau du Roi ‘le Dauphin’ (segue) Voyage.. dans les années 1769, 1770 et 1771, par le Lieutenant Jacques Cook, Commandant le vaisseau du Roi ‘l’Endeavour’” - 3° et 4° volumi “continuation et fin du ‘Voyage du Capitaine Cook”. "Prima edizione della versione francese". Cfr. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages (2004),782, per la prima ediz. inglese del 1773: “Important collection chronicling English maritime expeditions. John Byron visited the Tuamoto Islands and Nikunau in what would later be called the Gilbert Islands. Captain Wallis discovered the volcanic island of Tahiti and Morea.. Captain Carteret discovered Pitcairn Island and some remote atolls in the South Seas. The first voyage under the not-yet-famous Captain Cook’s command was primarly of a scientific nature. The expedition was to sail to Tahiti in order to observe the transit of Venus across the disk of the sun, to determine the earth’s distance from the sun, and also to carry on the geographical discovery that John Byron had started. Entering the Pacific around Cape Horn, Cook reached Tahiti in 1769 and carried out the necessary astronomical observations.. Leaving Tahiti in July, Cook discovered, named and charted the Society Islands, and then, heading southwest, explored New Zealand. Cook then headed towards Australia and discovered and charted the eastern coast for 2.000 miles, naming the area New South Wales. He nearly lost his ship on the Great Barrier Reef. Both Australia and New Zealand were annexed by Britain as a result of this voyage, which began in 1768 and ended in 1771. Cook’s discoveries won him prominence, promotion, and the opportunity to sail again. They also ensured J. Hawkesworth’s position in maritime literary history, as the official chronicler of Cook’s first voyage”. Pagine ingiallite per la qualità della carta, altrimenti esemplare ben conservato.
in-4, pp. (8), 426 (ma 436), (4, di cui ultimo foglio bianco), stemma dei Colantoni cui l'opera è dedicata, inciso in rame nel frontespizio, capilettera figurati, bella legatura coeva in pergamena floscia, titolo calligrafato in gotico lungo il dorso. Prima edizione del primo trattato dedicato interamente all'insalata. Nei 68 capitoli l'autore analizza l'argomento con una gamma impressionante di notizie sia storico-scientifiche sia pratiche, che rendono l'opera gustosa ed ancora attuale. Massonio suggerisce ricette classiche e di sua invenzione fornendo utili consigli sul miglior modo di servirle. Nell'utilizzo dei vari ingredienti e condimenti sono inclusi tra gli altri, olio d'oliva, aceto, sale, pepe, limone, aglio, cipolla, basilico, capperi, tartufo, finocchio, rucola, lattuga, valeriana, asparagi, fave, piselli, fagioli, frutta, fiori di rosmarino. Nella descrizione degli ingredienti l'autore riferisce scrupolosamente le fonti delle sue scoperte, includendo tra gli innumerevoli autori citati Plinio, Plutarco, Cicerone, Aristotele, Avicenna, Mercuriale, Ippocrate. Salvatore Massonio nasce a l'Aquila nel 1554, medico e letterato, morì a Napoli nel 1624, senza riuscire a vedere l'ultima delle sue opere pubblicata, fu autore di un'opera sulla sua città natale, 2 di carattere religioso e di un'importante monografia dedicata all'uso dei bagni nell'antichità. Il Lastri nella sua Biblioteca Georgica-Firenze, 1787-descrive Massonio come "indagatore di cose nuove, indicò gli usi di alcune erbe meno note, definì il loro sapore e rammentò alcune particolarità di esse". Interessante e rara opera interamente dedicata a questo insolito soggetto. Esemplare con alcuni scarabocchi alla sguardia anteriore con inchiostro acido che ha bruciato la carta, piccolo lavoro di tarlo al margine bianco tra pp. 79-112.. Maggs 120; Cagle 1160; Henssler 1362.; Simon, Bibliotheca gastronomica 1023;Westbury 146; Marciana 1003;Krivatsy 7547; Wellcome I, 4118; B.IN.G. 1266; Bitting p. 315; Vicaire 577..
1777316491London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1777. Second edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Captain Cook 48 engraved plates including 25 folding 14 engraved maps including 6 folding and 1 folding letterpress table after drawings made by W. Hodges during the voyage. xl 378; 8 396 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf rebacked to style. Front hinge of volume 1 starting minor wear to edges and corners margins of a few plates trimmed close as usual occasional foxing but a clean and attractive set overall. Second edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Captain Cook 48 engraved plates including 25 folding 14 engraved maps including 6 folding and 1 folding letterpress table after drawings made by W. Hodges during the voyage. xl 378; 8 396 pp. 2 vols. 4to. The account of Cook's first voyage was edited by John Hawkesworth and his third was entrusted to John King. As such this second voyage was the only work which Cook had total control over and is the only one to appear in Printing and the Mind of Man: "The world was given for the first time an essentially complete knowledge of the Pacific Ocean and Australia and Cook proved once and for all that there was no great southern continent as had always been believed. He also suggested the existence of Antarctic land in the southern ice ring a fact which was not proved until the explorations of the 19th century."<br /> <br /> Hill explains in greater detail: "The men of this expedition became the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. Further visits were made to New Zealand and on two great sweeps Cook made an astonishing series of discoveries and rediscoveries including Easter Island the Marquesas Tahiti and the Society Islands Niue the Tonga Islands the New Hebrides New Caledonia and Norfolk Island . This voyage produced a vast amount of information concerning the Pacific peoples and islands proved the value of the chronometer as an aid in finding longitude and improved techniques for preventing scurvy in addition to the aforementioned discoveries." Hill 358; Spence 314; Holmes 24; Mendelssohn I p. 377; PMM 223 W. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown
1785146565Florence: for Gaetano Cambiagi 1785. An uncommon and intriguing work First and only edition of "the first of the complete eulogies to Cook" Smith p. 228. A fascinating highly appealing example of Cook's rapid European apotheosis printed six years after his death and noted as a fine example of 18th-century Italian printing. An uncommon book with only a handful of copies traced in auction records. Gianetti was a dilettante poet and professor of anatomy at the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence. His rhapsodic account includes "what were fast becoming common features of tributes to Cook such as his humble beginnings and his introduction of the fruits of European civilisation - new plants breeds of cattle technology and commercial skills - to the peoples of the Pacific" Williams p. 71. Kippis Cook's biographer noted that "greater honour is paid to Cook's name abroad than at home. A remarkable proof of it occurs in the eulogy of our navigator by Michael Angelo Gianetti which was read at the Royal Florentine Academy on the ninth of June 1785 and published at Florence in the same year" Kippis p. 505. The dedication is to Sir Horace Mann British ambassador in Florence. The translation signed "R. M." is by English poet Robert Merry who arrived in Florence in 1784 and entered the city's circle of expatriate English writers and dissident Italians returning to England in 1787 following an affair with the mistress of the grand duke; it is Merry's extravagant style which William Gifford later characterised as "Truth sacrificed to letters sense to sound" ODNB which is responsible for some of the more high-flown elements in the English text most famously the claim that Cook who in fact never learnt to swim could swim so well as to "cleave the waves of the Ocean with the facility of its inhabitants". This copy has the ownership inscription of Auguste Ponsot 1846-1924 dated 1878 across the title pages. Ponsot was a French chemist responsible for the invention of papier d'Arménie a paper which when burnt releases a benzoin and vanilla smell. It was immensely popular in the 1880s and 1890s as a supposed air purifier. Quarto 304 x 220 mm. With title pages in Italian and English each with an engraved vignette of the Royal Society Cook Medal Italian and English text in parallel framed throughout. Contemporary marbled half calf recent red morocco spine label single flower in gilt to compartments between raised bands Turkish pattern marbled sides edges speckled blue. Housed in a custom grey cloth solander box. Contemporary ex libris inscription and various shelf marks to front endpapers library stamps of the Lega degli insegnanti Bolognese to first few leaves marginal pencil annotation to p. 55. Binding neatly refurbished leather built up at spine ends and tips evidence of prior label removed from lower compartment. Spots of wear to leather sides rubbed hint of worming to rear pastedown outer leaves faintly soiled a couple of marginal marks light dampstain to fore edge margin of pp. 49-56 contents largely bright; a wide-margined copy in very good condition. Beddie 1957; Forbes 99; not in Hill; Holmes 51; Kroepelien 486; Parks Cook 116; Sabin 27267; Spence 226. Andrew Kippis The Life of Captain James Cook 1788; Bernard Smith Imagining the Pacific: In the Wake of the Cook Voyage 1992; Glyndwr Williams The Death of Captain Cook: A Hero Made and Unmade 2008. hardcover
173011248, , [1730 ca]. In-folio de (4) ff. de table, 112 ff. mal paginés, veau granité, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge « Airs à boire », tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque).
4059"P., Sautelet, 1826. Deux volumes in 8, demi-basane, dos lisses, filets (reliure de l'époque) [Gardes nors refaites]. ; faux-titre, XIV pp., pp. 5 à 390-442 pp., tout compris."
17990046331799 Paris, Didot jeune, an septième [1799]. Sept volumes in-8 (140 X 220 mm) et un atlas in-folio (272 X 440 mm) maroquin bleu-vert à grain long, encadrement de large dentelle dorée et roulette à froid sur les plats, dos cinq nerfs plats ornés et sertis de filets dorés, fleurons à froid et dorés dans les compartiments, guirlandes en queue et tête, coupes et coiffes ornées, bordure intérieure à froid dans un encadrement de filets dorés, tranches dorées (Simier, relieur du roi). Tome I : VIII pages, portrait frontispice, CLII pages, 367 pages - Tome II : (1) f. blanc et (2) ff. de titre et table des chapitres, 517 pages - Tome III : (1) f. blanc et (2) ff. de titre et table des chapitres, 496 pages - Tome IV : VIII pages, 507 pages, (1) f. blanc - Tome V : VIII pages, 495 pages, (1) f. blanc - Tome VI : VIII pages, 454 pages, (1) f. blanc - Tome VII : VIII pages, 552 pages, (1) f. blanc - ATLAS : portrait, 56 pages, IV pages, (1) f. d'explication des médailles, 1 planche de médaille au format grand in-octavo (206 X 280 mm), 36 planches. Ex-libris non identifié : cachet héraldique encré sur les faux-titre des volumes de texte et de l'atlas. Décolorations et quelques frottements et défauts d'usage aux reliures, coiffes de l'atlas habilement restaurées et ses gardes renouvelées, les tomes II et III ont été reliés sans les faux-titre, le tome I sans le premier feuillet blanc.
H1009Wien Bey B. Ph. Bauer 1803 identisch: Wien Camesianische Buchhandlung 1803. Mit 3 Frontispizes davon 1 Portrait 3 Tafelnund 1 Faltkarte. Schöne Halblederbände der Zeit auf Bünden und mit goldgeprägtem Rückenschild gr. 8°. Von geringen Bereibungen abgesehen ein gutes dekoratives Set. Seltene Wiener Ausgabe mit Tafeln nach Hodges! Band 1 1. Reise: Des Kapitain Jakob Cooks erste Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1768-1771. Band 2 2. Reise: Des Kapitain Jacob Cooks zweyte Reise um die Welt in den Jahren 1772-1775. Band 3 3. Reise: Die dritte Reise in den Jahren 1776 bis 1780 Besonders seltene und wenig bekannte Ausgabe die durch die Hinzufügung von Tafeln nach Hodges herausragt die ansonsten in den deutschen Cook-Ausgaben nirgens zu finden sind. In Band 3 S. 627-636 als Zusatz biographische Details über Cook. Die Kupfer wurden von von J. Blaschke nach Hodges neu gestochen Portrait-Frontispiz nach Dance und entstammten ursprünglich der offiziellen Ausgabe der zweiten Reise "A Voyage towards the South Pole and round the World." unknown
Prima edizione, in gran parte originale. Esemplare con il frontespizio nello stato definitivo, completamente ricomposto e con data 1638; mancante della carta A1, la prima numerata, contenente l’occhiello dello ‘Scisma’; antica obliterazione di ex libris al frontespizio; sparso leggero foxing; i fascicoli T e V uniformemente bruniti; nel complesso in più che buone condizioni, con buoni margini (193 x 140 mm), in gradevole legatura posteriore. Rara prima edizione della collezione delle opere storico-economiche di Bernardo Davanzati (1529-1606), personaggio di primo piano della cultura del Cinquecento fiorentino. Delle opere maggiori qui raccolte, lo «Scisma» è in seconda edizione, mentre la «Notizia de’ Cambi» e la «Lezione della Moneta» sono in edizione originale. «A utilitarian ante litteram; the earliest known solution to the ‘paradox of value’ [...] Among the ‘altre operette’ the treatise includes the first editions of the very influential “Notizia de’ Cambi” and “Lezione della Moneta” [which] was considered by Joseph Schumpeter ‘the all-time high, also as regards literary elegance, of the metallist theory of the origin and nature of money’. [...] The collected works were edited posthumously by Amador Massi and Lorenzo Landi. The publication of the three volumes was conceived between 1636 and 1637 and during the printing the editors decided to add Davanzati’s woodcut portrait on the verso of the title-page [... which] was recomposed with the new and definitive imprint date ‘1638’» (Books That Made Europe, p. 90) -- Mercante e letterato, compose rime, lettere, orazioni e volgarizzamenti (tra questi la sua opera più importante, la traduzione degli ‘Annali’ di Tacito). Fece parte dell’Accademia fiorentina, dell’Accademia degli Alterati, divenendone reggente, e infine dell’Accademia della Crusca, collaborando alla stesura del primo celebre ‘Vocabolario’. L’ampiezza dei suoi interessi lo condusse a comporre contributi di varia natura, raccolti nella silloge qui presentata. Apre il volume l’opera di carattere storiografico ‘Scisma d’Inghilterra fino alla morte della reina Maria’, traduzione compendiata del ‘De origine ac progressu schismatis anglicani’ del gesuita Nicolò Sandero. Seguono due scritti eminentemente economici: la ‘Notizia de’ Cambi’ e la ‘Lezione della moneta’ (letta dal Davanzati, pubblicamente, all’Accademia fiorentina). Segue poi la sezione dedicata alle orazioni: la più celebre, l’‘Orazione in morte del Gran Duca Cosimo I’, e le due, notevoli, pronunciate all’Accademia degli Alterati, ‘Accusa data dal Silente al Travagliato nel suo sindacato della Reggenza degli Alterati’ e ‘Orazione in genere deliberativo sopra i Provveditori dell’Accademia degli Alterati’. Chiude il volume un altro scritto economico, la ‘Coltivazione toscana delle Viti e d’alcuni Arbori’. Books That Made Europe, p. 90; Govi, I classici che hanno fatto l’Italia, 187; Biblioteca Luigi Einaudi, n. 1434; Schumpeter, History of Economic Analysis, p. 292
1785B571<p>London E. Newbury 1785 Second and enlarged edition Contemporary calf gilt with a folding engraved map and 10 engraved plates one folding which is the first representation of Hawaii.</p><p>This work is attributed to Lieutenant John Rickman who served as second lieutenant on the 'Discovery' Charles Clerk Commander. This is the first full account in English of Cook's third voyage and has an important description of the death of Cook in Hawaii.It was first published in 1781 three years before the official account.</p><p> "This anonymous journal of Captain Cook's third voyage was once believed to have been written by John Ledyard who had actually made liberal use of Lieutenant Rickman's account; hence the confusion. This narrative anticipated the government's authorized account by two years. All the journals kept on board were claimed by the Admiralty thus the author remained strictly anonymous. The text especially as regards details of Cook's death differs considerably from other accounts." Hill</p><p>Hill p.253; Holmes 53; Howes R276; Streeter 3474.</p><p>Please go to www.marshallrarebooks.com for many more books on this subject.<br /></p><br /> E. Newbury
1784168453London: Alexander Hogg 1784-86. An important collection of English voyages First edition of this omnibus of Cook's voyages. Printed in double columns in "large new Types constructed on Purpose to comprise much Matter in a little Compass" and issued in 80 sixpenny parts with avowedly philanthropic intentions Hogg's popular edition helped disseminate knowledge of Cook's discoveries. "An important collection of English voyages. which sometimes gives the original accounts others are edited or abridged versions and frequently additional material from other sources are added to give scope and depth to the narratives" Hill. The splendidly verbose title page notes the addition of the expeditions of Byron Wallis Carteret Mulgrave Anson and Drake. The first three were included in Hawkesworth's edition of Cook's first voyage while the accounts of Phipps Anson and Drake are reprinted from David Henry's An Historical Account of All the Voyages Round the World Performed by English Navigators 1773-74. The book is often referred to as "Anderson's Cook" though George William Anderson is most likely a pseudonym calculated to evoke vague identification with William Anderson the surgeon and naturalist who accompanied Cook on his second and third voyages. The publisher Alexander Hogg a specialist in "Paternoster Row numbers" had a penchant for tripartite pseudonyms. Provenance: with the ownership inscription of Captain Thomas Jellis Northampton Fencibles on the head of the first page of text dated 1799. The Northampton Fencibles were raised in 1794. Jellis appears to have moved to America with his family in 1812 settling in Cartersville Virginia. His grandson Captain Thomas Jellis Kirkpatrick served in the Confederate Army and was appointed captain of the Amherst Artillery in July 1861 becoming a major in 1865 commanding the Nelson's Battalion. Folio 376 x 246 mm. Engraved portrait frontispiece and 156 other plates maps and charts including large folding map showing the track of Cook's voyages. Recent sprinkled half calf marbled boards to style red morocco label bands framed by reeded gilt rolls foliate lozenge gilt in the compartments. Two additional engraved plates laid in one of the Queen's Hotel London the other hand-coloured of a pair of shells. Prelims and endmatter professionally restored a number of short closed marginal tears some with archival tissue repairs "A General Chart" repaired and reinserted occasional marginal loss "Cook's Strait in New Zealand" with some loss of border and text some foxing. A good copy. Beddie 18; Hill 18; Howgego I C176; Spence p. 26; Parks Collection 104. hardcover
1785310841London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1785. Third edition. Large folding general chart of the expedition folding chart of the Island of Otaheite and 9 folding plates. lvi 362; 10 447; 8 416; 6 429 3 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Modern calf over marbled paper boards. Occasional foxing and minor offset a very clean copy. Third edition. Large folding general chart of the expedition folding chart of the Island of Otaheite and 9 folding plates. lvi 362; 10 447; 8 416; 6 429 3 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Third edition of this chronicle of important English south-seas expeditions including Cook's monumental first voyage which is covered in volumes 2-4. The aim of Cook's first voyage was to sail to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus; having done so Cook left Tahiti and discovered the Society Islands explored New Zealand at great length as well as the eastern coast of Australia which he charted for 2000 miles and named New South Wales. The expedition lasted from 1768-1771 and resulted in the annexation of both Australia and New Zealand by Britain won Cook fame and led to his two subsequent voyages. Beddie 665; ESTC T165111 W. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown
1781310852Dublin: Price Whitestone Chamberlain et al. 1781. First Dublin edition. Complete with 5 engraved plates including frontispiece plate of the Death of Cook and large folding map. 4 xlvii 1 396 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked to style marbled endpapers. Occasional spotting and dustsoiling better than very good. First Dublin edition. Complete with 5 engraved plates including frontispiece plate of the Death of Cook and large folding map. 4 xlvii 1 396 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first Dublin edition of the first full account in English of Cook's third and final voyage. Rickman was a second lieutenant aboard the Discovery. "It provides an important supplement to the official account of the Third Voyage published in 1784" Forbes. Howes R-276 "aa"; Forbes 36; Wickersham 6555a; Davidson p 64; Kroepelien 1078; Beddie 1608 Price, Whitestone, Chamberlain, et al. unknown
1785310841London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1785. Third edition. Large folding general chart of the expedition folding chart of the Island of Otaheite and 9 folding plates. lvi 362; 10 447; 8 416; 6 429 3 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Modern calf over marbled paper boards. Occasional foxing and minor offset a very clean copy. Third edition. Large folding general chart of the expedition folding chart of the Island of Otaheite and 9 folding plates. lvi 362; 10 447; 8 416; 6 429 3 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Cook's first voyage. Third edition of this chronicle of important English south-seas expeditions including Cook's monumental first voyage which is covered in volumes 2-4. The aim of Cook's first voyage was to sail to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus; having done so Cook left Tahiti and discovered the Society Islands explored New Zealand at great length as well as the eastern coast of Australia which he charted for 2000 miles and named New South Wales. The expedition lasted from 1768-1771 and resulted in the annexation of both Australia and New Zealand by Britain won Cook fame and led to his two subsequent voyages. Beddie 665; ESTC T165111 W. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown books
1777WRCAM54751London 1777. Two volumes. xviii26021; 4607pp. including errata leaf plus large folding map. Quarto. Contemporary speckled calf rebacked with original gilt leather labels preserved raised bands corners renewed. Minor shelf wear one contemporary and one modern bookplate on pastedowns institutional bookplates on verso of titlepages. Minor occasional foxing some penciled marginalia and underlining to text. Very good. Forster's important account of Cook's second voyage and an essential component of the record of that great expedition. Forster and his father John Reinhold served as official botanists during the expedition. When the Admiralty decided to prevent the elder Forster from contributing to the official report George produced his own publication preceding the official account by several weeks. <br> <br> The Admiralty commissioned Cook to undertake his second voyage in the wake of the great success of the first expedition. The purpose of the second voyage was to circumnavigate the globe as far to the south as possible searching for any southern land masses previously unknown. Cook proved that "Terra Australis" which was supposed to lie between South America and New Zealand was nonexistent; but the party became the first to traverse the Antarctic Circle and discovered and rediscovered islands in the Pacific. <br> <br> "For all the controversy A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD is an interesting and important account that complements the official one with facts and astute observations on the human side of the voyage" - Rosove. Davidson describes this account as "an important work and a necessary supplement to the official account." HILL 625. BEDDIE 1247. HOLMES 23. SABIN 25130. SPENCE 464. DAVIDSON pp.61-62. ROSOVE ANTARCTIC 132. hardcover books
188252684Denver: Republican Publishing Company 1882. 1882. First edition. First Edition. Original brown cloth. 285pp. Frontispiece Illustrations. "Reminiscences by General D. J. Cook Superintendent of the Rocky Mountain Detective Association. A Condensed Criminal History of the Far West." Cook was a soldier city marshal of Denver sheriff of Arapahoe County U. S. Marshal Major General of Colorado Militia and founder & chief of the Rocky Mountain Detective Association. "This book was written by Thomas F. Dawson Director of the Colorado Historical Society . Mr. Dawson told me also that the reason both this work and his "Ute Massacre" were so rare was because the copies were used to make paper wadding for cartridges during the Indian Campaign." . Edward Eberstadt. "A grisly and entertaining account of the experiences of General David J. Cook Superintendent of the Rocky Mountain Detective Association. This sensationalist narrative takes the reader through the true history of crime in the Colorado area during the 1860's and 70's. The times were hard and the men desperate and there was almost no law enforcement to speak of. The few brave souls who did try to battle crime saw such scenes of butchery as cannot be spoken of without a shudder." Some light rubbing with minor wear to edges and corners else a very good copy. A rare work! Republican Publishing Company, 1882. hardcover
in-8, pp. (2), XVI, elegante leg. cartonato e astuccio, bordura e fregi floreali oro ai piatti. Completo di 5 deliziose tavole f.t. incise in rame, di cui 2 grandi ripiegate, raffiguranti: la statua di Tommaso Vico, mitico fondatore del Gnoccolar, la processione con ampia veduta della Piazza del Podestà, il palco della manifestazione con sullo sfondo San Zeno, una figura femminile con stendardo con le iniziali "VV", a significare "viva il principe, Verona e l'abbondanza", portato da tutti i partecipanti alla manifestazione, una tavola imbandita di gnocchi con commensali. Testatine e iniziali raffinate. Precedono il testo alcuni versi dello stampatore. Secondo la tradizione il Bacanal del Gnoco, manifestazione principale del carnevale veronese, nacque nel 1531: nel suo testamento il medico del quartiere di San Zeno Tommaso da Vico fece un lascito a favore del comune affinché, il venerdì grasso, venissero distribuiti, ai poveri, grandi quantità di gnocchi e vino; nasceva così il "vènardi gnocolar" che nel ‘500 era denominato "casolar" (da caseo, formaggio). Prima edizione, sconosciuta ai principali repertori bibliografici specifici consultati, estremamente rara.Esemplare freschissimo, perfettamente conservato.. Manca a Bing, Paleari, Westbury, Vicaire, e alla raccolta di Feste del Ruggieri..
1921140947955Providence RI: United Amateur Press Assocation 1921. First Edition. Near Fine. Volume 1 Numbers 1-3; December 1918 June 1919 and April 1921. Three issues all published. Bound in publisher's side-stapled self wraps. Mailing folds to numbers 1 and 2 light toning otherwise Fine. <p>The amateur press journal was founded by H. P. Lovecraft W. Paul Cook Winifred Virginia Jackson and two more under the auspices of the United Amateur Press Association whose president Lovecraft had been in 1917. "Another idea Lovecraft put forward to encourage amateur activity was the issuing of cooperative papers--papers in which a number of individuals would pool their resources both financial and literary. He attempted to teach by example by participating in such a journal The United Co-operative" Joshi H. P. Lovecraft: A Life<p>A total of three issues were published all containing contributions from Lovecraft: 'The Simple Spelling Mania' and the poem 'Ambition' published under his pseudonym "Ward Phillips" in December 1918; 'The Case for Classicism' the poem 'John Oldham: A Defence' and the prose-poem 'Memory' published under his pen name "Lewis Theobald Jun." in June 1919; the collaborative story 'The Crawling Chaos' with Winifred Virginia Jackson as by "Elizabeth Berkeley and Lewis Theobald Jun." and 'Lucubrations Lovecraftian' in April 1921. United Amateur Press Assocation unknown
In-folio (400x265 mm), frontespizio figurato e 50 tavole a piena pagina incise in rame in bianco e nero. Legatura posteriore mezza pelle e angoli, titolo oro su tassello e filetti al dorso. Le tavole raccontano spaccati tipici di vita ottocentesca nel Regno di Napoli: Il Ballo Napoletano detto Tarantella; Venditore di Maccaroni in Napoli; Melonaro e Cocomeraro in Napoli;Venditore di Sorbetti; Venditore di Torroni; Venditore di Paste dette Zeppole; Uomo e Donna di Chieuti Albanese; Uomo e Donna di Lecce; Donna della Conca di Venafro etc . Pinelli (1781-1835), vivendo in mezzo al popolo, ne colse le espressioni caratteristiche, i tipi, i costumi, ritrasse nei suoi schizzi scene di feste, di lavoro, di baruffe, la vita stessa del Regno di Napoli. Bell'esemplare marginoso di una delle più rare e ricercate edizioni dei "Costumi" di Pinelli, leggero foxing sul foglio di titolo e su alcune tavole.. Colas 2375; Lipperheide 1262..
1903015081London: George Allen 1903. Complete set 39 volumes. Limited to 2062 copies. Bound in period burgundy half-morocco by W. J. Mansell with his stamp to front free endpapers verso marble boards raised bands gilt lines top gilt edges. Leather lightly rubbed some minor scuff or abrasion wear 7 volumes are age darkened on spine with gilt lettering faded. Generally bindings in very good clean firm condition. Internally monochrome and colour plates and text illustrations throughout. Pages and plates in very good clean condition. A very nice clean well bound set. Half Morocco . Very Good Plus. Large 8 Vo. George Allen Hardcover
1788166248London: printed for G. Nicol & G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1788. Pp. xvi528last advertisement engraved frontispiece portrait appendices; med. 4to; early calf boards with decorative gilt border neatly rebacked with later spine lettered and decorated in gilt & blind the boards slightly scuffed fore-corners lightly worn; all edges green; later endpapers a little light creasing just affecting a couple of words of text on page 407 two early paper repairs to a closed tear on page 522 not affecting text a couple of tiny edge chips or splits a few small marginal damp stains a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; printed for G. Nicol & G. G. J. and J. Robinson London 1788. First edition. Beddie 32; Hill 935. The first English biography of Cook. 'Intended to give a well-balanced account of his life from birth to death including his family and early years and the capacities in which he was engaged prior to the famous voyages. Cook discharged several important duties while aboard the Mercury on the St Lawrence River during the siege of Quebec. The Newfoundland and Labrador surveys are discussed and the three voyages are dealt with in great narrative depth. Kippis includes most of Samwell's narrative of Cook's death and gives accounts of various tributes to Cook' Hill page 331. printed for G. Nicol & G. G. J. and J. Robinson unknown
