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17965000964Philadelphia: Dobelbower Key and Simpson 1796. Rather age-toned and spotted a few small tears and chips but a good sound set. Eight volumes octavo engraved title pages 49 plates a couple closely trimmed includes list of subscribers in the final volume; contemporary marbled sheep bindings spines ruled in gilt and with red leather lettering and blue oval numbering pieces. <p><p>A good complete set of this early collection of voyage accounts rare when complete and in reasonable condition as here. This is the first American edition of these collected voyages from the Great Age of Exploration extensively illustrated. "The Philadelphia edition generally follows the text of the London edition published by T. Carman and F. Newbery 1769-1790 20 vols. though much abridged in content" Forbes. Individual volumes appear for sale but complete runs of the work are the exception rather than the rule.</p> <p>The first volume is devoted to the early discovery of America from Columbus to Pizarro; the second English French and Dutch settlements in America and the circumnavigations of Schouten and Le Maire and Dampier's voyages. The third volume is almost entirely East Indian voyages while the fourth includes an account of the Rogeveen voyage in search of Terra Australis Thomas James' and the Ellis voyages in search of the North West passage and voyages to the Middle East including the Thevenot voyage to the Levant. Volumes five to seven include voyages to East Asia Africa the Middle East Europe and Scandinavia. </p> <p>The final volume is dedicated to Cook's Third and final voyage to the Pacific including A Chart of the Southern Hemisphere Shewing the Tract of Capt. Cooks Last Voyage a finely engraved map filled with comments describing important details such as the northernmost position of the expedition before their progress was blocked by ice and some amusing yet less important notations pointing out the location of floating tree trunks and seaweed clusters. </p> <p>This was just the second map of the Pacific Ocean printed in America the first having been the extremely rare map which accompanied a very few copies of John Ledyard's Journal 1793 and on which it may have been based though some details suggest that it was also made in consultation with the "General Chart" from the official voyage account. Despite its title it shows all of the Pacific Ocean from 70° south to 70° north and from China in the East to the coast of North America in the West. The South Pacific and its islands are represented in detail as are the Alaskan and Asian coasts with Cook's route traced. It includes an early notice of Hawaii with the note 'Owhyhee here Capt Cook was killed 1779'.</p> <p>An additional six nicely engraved views are also featured including The Death of Captain Cook and several portraits of native inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands. </p> <p>---</p> <p>An interesting point is that unlike a set described some years ago which had 26 pages of subscribers listed the present set has specific subscribers' lists for Baltimore and New York the pages of which are numbered from 27 to 38. </p> <p>Not in the catalogue of the Hill collection.</p> </p> . Provenance: New York merchant and subscriber Charles Watkins' copy with his signature; Daniel Sylvester Tuttle 1837-1923 Bishop of Montana with his manuscript inscription in the final volume "Daniel S. Tuttle 1886". Dobelbower, Key, and Simpson unknown
17723812970Paris: Saillant & Nyon 1772. Very slight rubbing to joints but a fine tall copy with good margin. Octavo blind-stamped ex-libris to half title; contemporary French marbled calf flat spine gilt in compartments red morocco label. <p><p>A fine copy of the first French account of Cook's Endeavour voyage and the first French book on the east coast of Australia. Fréville translates the text now considered to be by Magra which - published in English in 1771 - was the unauthorised and earliest account of the progress of the Endeavour voyage. This is one of two probably simultaneous issues this one having the "Supplément" title-page; in this form the publishers intended the book to complement the octavo edition of Bougainville's voyage. The work also includes some material that did not appear in the original London edition including a 'Lettre de M. de Commerson' the famed naturalist from Bougainville's circumnavigation who remained behind at Mauritius to continue his research. </p> <p>The second supplement is equally important: the 'Lettre de M. le B. de G.' is a learned treatise on the possibility of a northwest passage written at Königsberg modern Kaliningrad and quoting from experts on the region such as Gmelin Muller and Engel. Although the identity of this scholar remains hazy it is surprising that such an interesting - and relatively early - report on the northwest passage has been largely ignored. Continuing the parade of famous explorers included in this short work the Commerson letter is said to have been conveyed to France by none other than Kerguelen promoter of the "Terre Australe".</p> <p>Rolf du Rietz in the Kroepelien catalogue further notes that a letter from Sir Joseph Banks to the Académie des Sciences is also quoted in the introduction said to have first been published in the Journal des Savans. Despite his best efforts to distance himself from Magra's work including having the false dedication in the London edition removed it appears that his unwilling association with the work continued on the continent. Indeed one of the attractive aspects of this copy is not only the fine contemporary French binding but the spine label which reads 'Voyage de Solander': it was not unusual for Banks to be given top-billing in the excitement of the return of the Endeavour but there cannot be too many examples that plump for Solander.</p> </p> . Saillant & Nyon unknown
17973807772Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Guillaume 1797. A few leaves a little foxed; a very good copy. Two volumes octavo six folding engraved plates after Parkinson a handsome set in contemporary French mottled calf flat spines gilt double red and tan morocco labels. <p><p>First French edition first issue: the artist's account of Cook's first voyage and the discovery of eastern Australia. Translated by C. Henri from the 1784 English edition it also contains material from later voyagers updating the account including the experiences of the Forsters on the second voyage. This is the octavo issue noted by Kroepelien as preceding the otherwise identical quarto of the same year.</p> <p>Parkinson had been employed in 1767 by Sir Joseph Banks who thought so highly of his work that he arranged for the young man to join him on Cook's first voyage. When the expedition's draughtsman Alexander Buchan died at Tahiti Parkinson was called on to take over all of the topographical work completing some 1300 sketches quite apart from compiling vocabularies in Tahiti and New Holland. At the end of the voyage en route from Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope he died of a fever and after the return of the Endeavour ownership of his manuscripts and drawings was disputed: Banks considered that they were his while Parkinson's brother Stanfield claimed them under the provisions of his brother's will. When Hawkesworth learned of the impending English publication of this work he got an injunction to delay its appearance until some time after his official account and despite having used Parkinson's work extensively retaliated by deliberately omitting Parkinson's name from the narrative: even the botanical illustrations in the official account have no credit to the artist.</p> <p>Some of the bibliographical history of this work is quite complex. An extended note by Rolf du Rietz in the Kroepelien catalogue explains that this octavo issue although textually identical to a quarto issue published the same year by the same publisher is actually the genuine first issue du Rietz demonstrates from an error in the signatures that the quarto was re-imposed. Du Rietz knew the octavo only from the copy in the University of Oslo although no complete census of the two issues has been attempted. A note in O'Reilly-Reitman suggests - as if we needed more complexity - that the number of plates is uncertain as they examined copies with any number between five and eight; nonetheless six plates is the standard collation.</p> </p> . De l'Imprimerie de Guillaume unknown
1773388<p>J. Nourse Bookseller to His Majesty 1773. First Edition. Calf. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; viii 254 pages 3 folding engraved maps incl. frontispiece 12 folding engraved plates. numerous tables 11 folding leaf of directions to the binder. All edges gilt. Original full marbled calf spine gilt in compartments with red morocco title label lettered in gold gilt binding edges. Top of spine softening and small parts missing. Text block tight. Official account written by Captain Phipps later Lord Mulgrave. The expedition of the Racehorse and Carcass undertaken for the purpose of discovering a route to India through the northern polar regions was blocked by pack ice of Spitsbergen. The valuable appendix gives geographical and meteorological observations zoological and botanical records accounts of the distillation of fresh water from the sea and astronomical observations. The voyage is perhaps best remembered for the presence of young Horatio Nelson as midshipsman aboard the Carcass and his encounter with a polar bear' Hill 1351. Phipps's narrative of his voyage was of considerable scientific interest and was the beginning of modern efforts to reach the North Pole. It also made an important addition to the knowledge of the natural productions of Spitsbergen. - The first British attempt to reach the North Pole since 1615. Today the expedition is chiefly remembered because among the midshipmen was one Horatio Nelson and during the voyage he had his famous encounter with the bear the skin of which young Horatio wished to carry to his father. Nelson was fortunate that Captain Lutwidge saw the danger he was in and scared the animal off by firing one of his cannon. The midshipman received a severe reprimand and in later years when Nelson had become a celebrated admiral the story was re-told by his early biographers as an example of his courage displayed at such a tender age – although clearly the engravers of the day had never seen a polar bear for themselves. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 388. . This book is heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> J. Nourse, Bookseller to His Majesty
183819490London: Henry Colburn Publisher. Near Fine. 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in very attractive decorated leather. Gilt devices etc. Light rubbing to the edges and spine ends. Nice inscription on the fep dated 1851. The binding appears to be contemporary. All the gilt on the spine is nice bright and fresh. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 436443 pages . Henry Colburn, Publisher hardcover
97549London Murray 1821 & 1824 . First edition. 4to. viii xxx ii half-title 310 ii clxxx pp. errata slip at end 20 engraved or aquatint maps and plates; viii clxxxi- cccx pp. half-title 6 engraved plates contemporary diced calf gilt rebacked preserving spine rubbed large chart with tear repaired offsetting from plates to title and text light spotting etc. to plates a very good copy.<br /> The rarely found supplement makes good the omissions from Journal.<br /> Books on Ice 2.8; Hill 2004 1311; Sabin 58860 & 58861; Staton & Tremaine 1205. London, Murray, 1821 & 1824 unknown
17843611651London 1784. Engraving 253 x 533 mm. to plate mark paper size 290 x 540 mm.; a little light old creasing at right side; in fine condition. <p><p>Rare proof impression of one of the most atmospheric views made by Webber to illustrate Cook's third voyage: the St Peter and Paul ostrog as seen during the expedition's first visit to Avacha Bay.</p> <p>This wonderful panorama of St Peter and St Paul with Cook's ships at anchor in the bay would later appear as plate 74 in the atlas to the official account of the third voyage. Webber's image depicts the small Kamchatkan settlement with its inhabitants fishing in front of their distinctive dwellings all in an untouched landscape with wooded coastline and distant snow-covered mountains. It offers an arcadian vision of the place wildly at variance with what it would become: modern Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky now a major commercial port and the home of Russia's nuclear submarine fleet. It was at St Peter and St Paul that the battered vessels called in late April 1779 and here that Major Behm agreed to take the news of Cook's death overland to St. Petersburg.</p> <p>This is an early state of the print before letters. The temporary credits here scratched into the plate are differently worded to the final version that would appear in the publication: here there is no caption identifying the view and the image is identified as "Drawn from Nature by J. Webber" and "Engraved by B.T. Pouncy". In the finished version these would be differently expressed as "J. Webber del." and "B.T. Pouncy sc.". The proof engraving is printed on a noticeably different paper and its inking is distinctly finer than the examples of the finished version with which we have compared it. The result is a greater tonal quality.</p> <p>Joppien and Smith discuss the Kamchatkan visit at some length in both text and catalogue volumes of their study of the art of Cook's third voyage. In their description of the related watercolour view now in the Dixson Library in Sydney they note that the original version has probably been lost and that the Dixson watercolour is probably related to the engraving process. </p> <p>This is a desirable and rare version of one of Webber's most successful images from Cook's third voyage. `</p> </p> . unknown
17843712595London: Stockdale Scatcherd and Whitaker Fielding & Hardy 1784. A few spots and stains but a good set. Four volumes octavo with two folding maps and 49 plates in a smart modern binding of polished half calf with gilt labels edges rough-trimmed only with the often discarded half-titles present. <p><p>First octavo edition of the third voyage account with a large chart of the world as discovered by Captain Cook and a finely engraved folding map of the Hawaiian Islands. Intense public interest in the fabulous discoveries of the third voyage and widespread consternation over the death of England's beloved mariner resulted in copies of the quarto edition selling out quickly. The demand prompted two London octavo editions of 1784-1785 including this set printed for John Stockdale and a group of entrepreneurial publishers. The text was abridged omitting some technical and navigation details and as a result reads more like an adventure than the official quarto edition. The list of subscribers is considerable indicating the fervent public interest and a modest price considerably reduced from that of the expensive quarto edition.</p> <p>In addition to the two impressive maps the plates have been re-engraved for the smaller format. Aside from the large chart accompanying the first volume showing the progress of the expedition the two folding plates are noteworthy. The first depicts the death of Cook and was engraved after the original by Dodd. It ignominiously depicts the last moments of the great navigator here shown lying face down and clutching the shore whilst dragged by the calves by a Hawaiian warrior in a tapa cape. The second folding plate is a map of the Hawaiian Islands with a separate chart of Karakakooa Bay marked with soundings details of native villages and areas under cultivation - and the location 'Here Capt. Cook was killed' duly noted.</p> <p>This edition was originally issued in weekly parts with printed wrappers; half-titles for this edition seem to be usually absent though this set includes those for volumes 2 to 4 none is called for in volume 1. The title pages are dated 1784 although the span of publication passed into the following year.</p> </p> . Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, Fielding, & Hardy unknown
177419257Amsterdam Rotterdam E. van Harrevelt Henry Beman 1774. 4to. Bound in 4 cont. full mottled calf. 6 raised bands gilt titlelabels. Backs a little rubbed some cracking to leather along hinges but covers not detached. Corners bumped. Ocasionally somewhat brownspotted a few tears in plates no loss. A few corners dampstained. With all 4 halftitles. 8XXXII388 - 6536 - 6394 - VIII3673 pp. and 52 engraved plates mostly large and folded among these are 28 folded maps. all. <br/><br/><em> First French edition of Cooke's first travel a title-issue identical with the Paris-edition from the same year only with a different title-page and a printed Privilege in Dutch for the Dutch publisher. It is the 4to-edition not one of the 8vo -editions published the same year. - Sabin 30941. </em> hardcover
181816209London: J. J. Stockdale; Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown. Good. 1818 1822. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. In contemporary three-quarter leather. Worn at the corners. The spine is very chipped and worn. The exterior hinges have cracked and the book has been reinforced internally to keep it tight. All four plates are present in the first work. Trimmed which does not affect the text or plates but did trim part of the titles on the plates. A pair of very scarce travelogues. Priced as-is. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 228171 pages . J. J. Stockdale; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown hardcover
1813e6020London: James Cawthorn. G: in good condition. External joints cracked. Areas of wear to boards. Heraldic bookplate to front pastedown. Title page and first leaf of contents list frayed. Archival repairs to initial folding map. Inner hinges cracked. Contemporary marginalia to pp. 143. Scattered light foxing and offsetting. 1813. First Edition. Contemporary calf hardback leather cover. 280mm x 230mm 11" x 9". xix 1152pp. Engraved frontispiece 2 folding maps 3 engraved plates 17 hand-coloured aquatint plates 7 double-page 2 engraved leaves of music in-text illustrations. Heavy book extra shipping needed for overseas. Bound without advertisement to front. . James Cawthorn hardcover
19235280Various locations in the American Southwest and West 1923. About very good. Two oblong folio photograph albums bound in brown pebbled leather each titled in gilt on front cover "WANDERLUST" containing a total of 266 full-page vernacular and professional photographs. First albums: 146 leaves illustrated with 128 full-page landscape photographs each around 6 x 8 inches or slightly larger and occasional manuscript or hand-fashioned sectional title pages and maps. Second volume: 148 leaves illustrated with 138 photographs and occasional manuscript or hand-fashioned sectional title pages. All contents mounted one per page to recto of each leaf. Spines perished but holding strong boards worn scuffed and soiled. Contents noticeably curled with minor to moderate dust-soiling throughout. A studio photograph of a young man is laid-in to the first album likely the compiler of the albums but sadly unidentified. An elaborately-produced pair of vernacular photograph albums documenting an epic cross-country train excursion in 1923 by a well-to-do but anonymous traveler from New York comprised of over 260 full-page photographs. The photographs are a mixture of silver gelatin images printing out paper prints handcolored photographs and a handful of cyanotypes. Most of the images appear to be taken by the traveler en route but some images may have been bought along the way. The images largely picture the landscape or architecture seen along the way with a healthy number of images showing the railroad and the railcars themselves with many images taken at train depots. The occasional manuscript sectional title pages denote the regions of travel as the compiler moved west to California and then eventually back east towards home.<br /> <br /> The first album begins with a manuscript title leaf quoting the text of Gerald Gould's poem "Wanderlust" supplemented by two small drawings and two thumbnail photographs. A map on the second leaf traces the voyage from New York down through the American South and Southwest to California and back to New York through Arizona Colorado and the Midwest. Thereafter the album is comprised mostly of full-page photographs grouped together by location with anywhere from a few to several images per section. The first section in the first album shows the first major stop on the trip -- Washington D.C. and Mount Vernon; this section contains photographs of the Capitol the Lincoln Monument other D.C. buildings and several on the grounds of George Washington's home at Mount Vernon. The album then includes sections featuring New Orleans six photographs; the route between New Orleans and El Paso five images including the train depot at Langtry Texas; El Paso five shots featuring the city and street views; Juarez Mexico eight shots mostly either street scenes or a bullfight; "Thru New Mexico and Arizona" four images; The Apache Trail in Arizona nineteen shots mostly desert landscapes but with some buildings along the trail; and onward through the Carriso Gorge seven photos to California beginning at Coronado Beach eight photographs. The remainder of the first album features California locations namely San Diego sixteen images mostly missions; Pasadena ten photos mostly featuring gardens; Catalina Island eight shots of the island scenery or the bay; Los Angeles eight views in Santa Monica Venice and Ocean Park; and ending with fourteen images featuring missions and other notable structures in Santa Barbara.<br /> <br /> The second volume picks up the excursion in Del Monte California featuring fifteen scenes in Carmel by the Sea and Monterey. The photographic journey of California then continues to Santa Cruz and the Big Trees five shots; San Francisco eleven views around the city and in the Japanese gardens; Mt. Tamalpais a dozen shots of elevated vistas big trees and forests; Yosemite National Park twenty park views; Mariposa Big Trees seven shots; and ends with the Glenwood Mission Inn in Riverside twenty-two images of the hotel grounds and other local scenery and missions around Riverside. The remainder of the album features photographs from the Grand Canyon in Arizona twenty-six images mostly landscapes but with a few featuring Native American ceremonies and Colorado Springs twenty landscapes and other views of the city surrounding desert Pikes Peak and so forth. Concerned mostly with scenery of the American South Southwest and West Coast the compiler did not see fit to record photographs of the remainder of his trip back home to New York. In addition to the information contained in the photographs here the elaborate materiality custom matching albums with matching gilt titles to the front board handcrafted sectional title pages the hand-drawn and traced map and the nature of the organization of the albums arranged in the order of travel from east to west and back east again speaks volumes about the importance the compiler placed on the trip.<br /> <br /> Substantially documented western travel albums are growing rare in the market and the present example is one of the most carefully-assembled examples we have ever seen. unknown
1744007220London: T. Woodward 1744. Hardcover. Good. 2 volumes: vol. 1: 8 xvi 8 984 p. 16 leaves of plates; vol. 2: 10 1056 22 p. frontispiece and 21 leaves of plates: tables; 44 cm. Contemporary half calf with seven compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment of vol. 1: Harris's Voyages. Plain light grey paper over boards. Leaves are untrimmed. Title pages in red and black. Vol. 1 imprint: Printed for T. Woodward A. Ward S. Birt D. Browne T. Longman R. Hett C. Hitch H. Whitridge S. Austen J. Hodges J. Robinson B. Dod T. Harris J. Hinton and J. Rivington. Vol. 2 imprint the same except for omission of A. Ward. The dedication to George II with royal crest and signed by Carteret appears opposite the title page in vol. 1. A second dedication "To the merchants of Great-Britain" signed "The author" follows the title page. Index and "List of Charts Maps and Cutts in this Work" follow text in vol. 2. Woodcut head pieces tail-pieces and initial letters. Bookplate of the Museum Library of the University of Pennsylvania on each front fixed endpaper stamped " No longer the property of the University Museum Library." A heavy set; for international shipping they will have to be sent by priority international. Lacking maps except plans of Lima and Canton in v.1 and Peking in v.2 and some other leaves of plates 38 plates present of 61 called for; otherwise in Good Condition: front boards detached but present; lacking most of leather from vol. 2 spine; text blocks are solid; clean and bright. T. Woodward hardcover
1853BC3EG701U79OAdegeest manor house at Voorschoten between The Hague and Leiden 1853. Loose quires in cover: marbled boards joined together by a spine of red painted sheepskin green ties. Large 4to 27 x 21.5 cm. Extensive autograph poetical work in four Chants provided with elaborate notes containing a romantic imaginary voyage in French verses. The anonymous author - indicating himself with his initials "J.F. v. H. St." - has composed the poem at the manor house Adegeest at Voorschoten between The Hague and Leiden and has dated his work: Mars deleted and 1 April 1853. At the time the manor house was in the possession of the very rich family Dorrepad. G.L. Dorrepad 1816-1883 was an entrepreneur who had gathered his wealth in the Dutch East Indies he was involved f.e. in a notorious financial scandal denounced by the famous Sicco Roorda van Eysinga. To all probability our anonymous author was the private teacher for his children at Adegeest.In the introduction the author states that he had never visited the countries and regions he describes so passionately "N'ayant jamais visité les lieux que je decrits". Citing Cicero Lord Byron Alexandre Dumas and many others he concentrates on classical Greece and Italy and the Mediterranean.Contents: pp. I-V; Avertissement; 1-53: Chant premier; 55-81: Notes; 1-61: Chant second; 63-120: Notes; I-VI Avertissement; 1-68: Chant trousième; 69-132: Notes; 1-76: Chant quatrième; 77-136: Notes.Cover rubbed and spine damaged otherwise in good condition. hardcover
1785B7548Perth: R. Morison and Son. 1785. First Scottish Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Some old insect spots to fore edges. Light foxing to prelims; Attractive modern half brown calf marbled boards spine in 5 compartments. With 4 page obituary to Cook at rear of vol. 1. An additional engraved title to volume 1 26 engraved plates including a frontispiece portrait to volume 1 and one folding plate of Cook's death. With an additional large folding map small old repair. A 10 page list of subscribers at rear of final volume.; 8vo 154x95mm; iv3464;iv356;iv340;iv2444210 pages; The first Perth edition of Cook's final voyage. Beddie 1559 . R. Morison and Son hardcover
1884290<p>Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington 1884. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; Full Title: Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas and Round the World: Being Personal Narratives of Attempts to Reach the North and South Poles; and of an Open-boat Expedition up the Wellington Channel in Search of Sir John Franklin and Her Majesty's "Erebus" and "Terror" in Her Majesty's Boat "Forlorn Hope" under the command of the author. To which are added an autobiography appendix portraits Maps and numerous illustrations. 2 volumes; Vol I xx 432 pages Vol II xii 412 pages all illustrations panorama and maps as called for in the contents. Appendix Index. "Memorandum" and "Opinions" at back of Vol II. Original highly decorated covers. Covers worn bumped corners frayed with top of Volume 2 corner split spine ends worn softened front end paper and frontispiece loose Volume 1 rear hinge splitting text block shaken but fairly solid all complete. Volume 2 hinges splitting text block shaken again fairly solid. Closed repaired tear to folding map. Important first hand accounts of arctic expeditions under Parry 1827 and Belcher 1852-54 as well as the Antarctic expedition of James Clark Ross 1839-43. Rosove mentions that this work was published in an edition of 750 copies. McCormick was eighty-four when he published these memoirs but five years after publication less than 375 copies had sold. The binding was done in batches there are a variety of variants one may reasonably assume that many remaining copies were never bound. Had there been a "remainder" of perfect copies one would expect to see a high proportion of fine copies whereas the reverse is true. Rosove 221.A1. Second impression of the First Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 290. . This book is extra heavy and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.</p> Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington hardcover
1805biblio278<p><em>First edition. Printed for Richard Phillips. London 1805. 4to. xiv 487 1pp. 1 engraved map 20 hand coloured plates. Later half calf marbled boards raised bands to spine in six compartments with gilt motifs and lettering title label with gilt lettering. Some variable foxing and offsetting. Small spot between lines on p 61. </em></p><p><em>The beautiful hand coloured plates in slightly smaller format on heavier paper depict the costume of various segments of Peruvian society. </em></p><p> Signature "<strong>Westmorland</strong>" in pencil to ffep. </p><p><strong> Note: The Earl of Westmorland Fane family of Wormsley Park now owned by Sir Paul Getty.</strong></p><p><strong> Abbey Travel 723. Sabin 81615. Colas 2751.</strong></p> Printed for Richard Phillips hardcover
18174204892Paris: Puymaurin & Andrieu 1817. Somewhat aged but authentic issued condition. Bronze medal 41 mm. <p><p>A good example of the medal struck to commemorate the departure of the Uranie for Australia and the Pacific in 1817 under Louis de Freycinet.</p> <p>The Uranie landed at Shark Bay on the West Coast of Australia on 12 September 1818 where an observatory was set up. After visiting Timor and the Hawaiian Islands they reached Port Jackson in November 1818. They left on Boxing Day that year on a course for Cape Horn but on 13 February 1820 the ship was wrecked off the Falkland Islands. However all the crew and most of the records of the voyage and natural history specimens were saved and the voyage was completed on the Physicienne.</p> <p>The voyage was organised by the French government to make observations on geography magnetism and meteorology and became noteworthy for its natural history discoveries. This scientific bent is reflected in the detailed lettering on the obverse which has the main caption 'Hemisphere Austral. Physique Astronomie'. The design for this side of the medal is signed Puymaurin. The reverse of the medal shows the bust of Louis XVIII designed by F. Andrieu.</p> </p> . Puymaurin & Andrieu unknown
1934158433Peiping.: Peiyang Press. circa1934. Coloured folding plan of Peking with original envelope. 60 x 50cm. A few neat repairs at folds two panels evenly browned on reverse. A very good copy of a scarce pictorial plan with its envelope. This delightful and scarce pictorial map of Peking with landmarks and streets in romanised Chinese with occasional Chinese characters is surprisingly scarce. Although apparently issued in several editions in the 1920s and 30s it appears relatively infrequently on the market. The divisions of the Legation District are indicated by their flags - this edition shows the German Legation by use of the black white and red bands of the German flag. This flag which was no longer used after 1935 helps date this edition. Other landmarks and attractions shown included theatres foreign shopping area adjacent to the legations quarter Liu Li Chang Curio District the racecourse the many city gates etc. . Peiyang Press. unknown
178914342Perth Western Australia: R. Morrison. Very Good-. 1789. Hardcover. Bound in full leather. Rubbed on the edges hinges separating at the spine ends. Still tight & firm but age is taking a toll on the binding. Owner's name inside the front cover. Top 1/4" of the title page trimmed. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 228 pages . R. Morrison hardcover
1925100676<p>New York and London 1925-1926. 1925-1926. Very good. - 1 An autograph letter 1 & 1/4 pages signed "Rosita Forbes". Writing from 28 Wilton Place London on May 23 1924 Rosita Forbes is concerned with her tax liabilities in England as a result of her just completed first American lecture tour. She addresses a Miss Smith of the Pond Bureau asking that should "British Income Tax people" inquire about her tour and her contracts with the Pond Bureau "please give no information of any sort but refer the questioners to us. Next time I come to U.S.A. I shall have to have a financial secretary to keep accounts!". She suggests she could return in October "but I don't want to arrive in America more than one day before my first lecture. Your country is too expensive."</p><p>2 A cablegram from Forbes dated May 9 1925: "AVAILABLE AMERICAN LECTURES FROM NOVEMBER FIRST OR EARLIER TILL MARCH CABLE CONFIRMATION."</p><p>3 A 3-page autograph letter 7 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide "Rosita Forbes". Writing from 28 Wilton Place London on May 9 1925 Forbes addresses Pond stating that she has "always been ready to come out to U.S.A. by Oct. 30th. I cabled you to this effect yesterday.I sent you a quantity of press cuttings & a good Abyssinian dress picture a week ago. Now I send you some snapshots & a map with our complete route on it.I don't see how Weigall & I can clash because our subjects are so different.I hope this time you will save on railway fares!!!! Please try & arrange lectures in groups if possible! Macaulay is going to publish my Abyssinian book 'From Red Sea to Blue Nile' & also a novel 'Wings Aflame' in the autumn. Best of luck to us both!!!!" The title "Wings Aflame" may be a reference to her novel "If the Gods Laugh" published in 1925.</p><p>4 A retained carbon of Pond's cable dated May 13 1925: "NOVEMBER ONE TO MARCH SATISFACTORY CAN YOU REMAIN TO MARCH THIRTEEN HAVE ENGAGEMENT BOOK FOR NINTH"</p><p>5 A return cable from Forbes dated May 14 1925: "YES FORBES"</p><p>6 A retained carbon of Pond's letter dated June 11 1925 addressed to "My Dear Lady Rosita". In his letter Pond complains "I note that Macaulay has the books. I'm sorry one of the better publishers was not selected for they do publish rather sensational stuff". He goes on to comment about Abyssinian controversies. "Marian C. Cooper asks me to ask you not to judge his ideas of Abyssinia by his articles in ASIA which were edited without his consent nor the film The Golden Prince which was made up without his aid from some pictures he and Schoedsack made. .Powell in his book on Abyssinia criticized Cooper for things he had done and he does not wish you too to join in the hue and cry."</p><p>7 Retained carbon of Pond's June 16 1925 cable: "CAN I USE ABYSSINIAN PHOTOS FOR NEWSPAPER PUBLICITY ARTICLES.".</p><p>8 A cablegram from Forbes dated June 18 1925: "FORBES ANXIOUS SELL ARTICLES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION CONSULT KENNADAY 215 WEST 33RD STREET AND DO WHAT BOTH CONSIDER BEST.".</p><p>9 Retained carbon of Pond's reply to Forbes cablegram now addressing her as "My dear Mrs. McGrath". "Paul Kennaday tells me that he has not been able to place your articles about Abyssinia. I am awfully sorry that this has not been done for we need publicity in this country to secure business and so far no one knows that you have been in Abyssinia or made a new journey.Things so far have not been going as good as I like but this does not mean that there will be no tour and a fairly good one. If you find that English bookings are going exceedingly well I suggest that you give Mr. Christy more time in November."</p><p>10 A 2-page autograph letter 5-3/4 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide on "28 Wilton Place" letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". The letter dated September 15 1925 overlaps with Pond's later letter of September 18th. "I am so sorry you are having trouble over my American tour - what bad luck. I think under the circumstances it would probably be better if I arrived on January 1st & stayed till early April.Would you mind on receipt of this letter cabling me the date you consider most suitable for me to come over as I have to arrange the letting of my house which is a matter needing time. I don't mind what date I come but as living is very expensive in U.S.A. I don't want to come until there is contract business in view!!".</p><p>11 A retained carbon of Pond's September 18 1925 letter to Forbes suggesting that the tour be moved forward to January "to commence your tour with your booking in Haverhill Massachusetts on January 5th."</p><p>12 A retained carbon of Pond's letter responding to Forbes letter of September 15. Dated September 25 1925 Pond writes "I think we are both agreed that it is better for you to arrive in early January. I am not cabling you about this as I wrote you on September 18th and you know my point of view. Your first engagement at present is January 5th."</p><p>13 A cablegram from Forbes dated September 29 1925: "DELIGHTED ARRIVE JANUARY FIRST / ROSITA".</p><p>14 A retained carbon of a letter from Pond dated October 8 1925 concerning a booking. "The Chicago Geographic Society is very anxious to have you this year but they are unable to pay more than one hundred $100.00 dollars. Are you willing to allow me to book you with them I giving you the minimum rate of seventy-five $75.00 dollars which was in force last year and retaining twenty-five $25.00 dollars to cover my own expense"</p><p>15 A 2-page autograph letter 7 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide on "Broadlands Romsey Hampshire" letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". Forbes sends the first sheet of her contract not here present and pictures for her lectures. "I shall probably have to come over on the 'Paris' of the Compagnie Transatlantique leaving Plymouth on the 16th Dec. as I can probably get better accommodation on her as I have done a good deal of writing for the Company.I am so sorry you are having so much trouble over my tour for I've always told everyone that of all the business men all over the world I've come in contact with you are the best to work with.".</p><p>16 A retained carbon of a letter from Pond dated October 30 1925 encouraging Forbes to come later than the December date she suggested. "There will really be nothing doing here until your first lecture on January 5th."</p><p>17 A 2-page autograph letter 5-3/4 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide on "28 Wilton Place" letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". The letter dated October 30 ok's the arrangements with the Chicago Geographical Society but questions "Won't the National or American Geographical Socs. have me this time" She confirms her early arrival in New York and makes a request "Please secure an inexpensive room with bath somewhere in N.Y. Consult Miss Smith because you are not very good my friend at cheap hotels!!!!"</p><p>18 A 2-page autograph letter 5-3/4 inches high by 4-3/4 inches wide on "28 Wilton Place" letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". Addressing "Mr. Pond or Miss Smith" Forbes reaffirms her December arrival in New York. "Don't you think you cd. induce some of the newspapers to interview me on 'Curious Xmases' or 'My most extraordinary Xmas'. It wd. make publicity. I spent one Xmas in camp in the African desert on my way to Kafara. Another in an Arabian harem one in Persia & in Abyssinia they have a special ceremonial."</p><p>19 In a retained carbon of a Pond letter dated November 13 1925 he expresses his pleasure that Forbes has accepted the terms for the Chicago Geographical Society lecture. "The National Geographic which wanted you so eagerly before has now passed you by and so has the American. They are strange people."</p><p>20 A 2-page autograph letter 7 inches high by 4-3/8 inches wide on "The Nook Sunningdale" letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". In the letter dated November 21 Forbes reassures Pond that despite her early arrival he doesn't ".have to bother at all about me till you want me to lecture.Mr. Wingate of the Dorland Agency is going to communicate with you re publicity on arrival as I've just written the feature article for the February issue of the Monitor on 'Morocco'".</p><p>21 In a retained carbon of a letter dated November 30 1925 Pond regrets that it is too late to place an article on various Christmases with any of the syndicates or magazine sections of newspapers. However he has an idea: "Iola Plaxton spent some time in Fleet Street as the special correspondent for the Daily and Sunday Express is now back in New York and keen to meet you. .she concocted a scheme provided you approved of your giving her an exclusive interview on this particular theme the minute you arrive. Meantime she is going to get an editor lined up to take it."</p><p>22 Retained copy of a cablegram dated December 22 1925: "ROSITA FORBES STEAMER 'PARIS' NY. RESERVED ROOM AT WALDORF ASTORIA. POND."</p><p>23 An undated promotional letter from The Pond Bureau signed in blue ink by James B. Pond and titled "Rosita Forbes Returns". In the letter he solicits future lecture possibilities. "Although Rosita Forbes has been announced before you are again reminded of her return tour. If you can still find a place for her do so for you will like her and she will please you. Send for open dates and terms."</p><p>24 An autograph letter 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead. Dated January 7 1926 Forbes writes to the Pond office manager "Miss Smith" after her first lectures in Haverhill Mass. "I enclose two endorsed cheques value 200 $ & 230 $ - a long bill for steamer fare 2 lectures & expenses.Please send me here - I've left the Shelton too noisy - the 2 photos I gave to Mr. Pond the first day I saw him & ask him to send me a cheque soon as I have 10 dollars 1 cent a French franc & a half crown left in the world." Signed "Yrs. R.F."</p><p>25 On a "Hotel Webster New York" envelope Forbes notes her expenses: "They only gave me enclosed 150 dollars at Passaic last night instead of 200 as per contract". She then lists her expenses including a taxi fare totalling $2.52. Pond notes that he has paid the $2.50 and dates the envelope !/12/26 with the note "Remainder due tomorrow $50.00".</p><p>26 An autograph letter 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead. Dated Jan. 13 -1926 and addressed to "Miss Smith" Forbes sends further financial accounts regarding the Passaic NJ lecture. "If you get a cable for me tomorrow or Friday will you let me know at once as I'm expecting a very important business wire from England. Yrs. wearily - just how you feel too!" Signed "Rosita Forbes".</p><p>27 A January 18 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to George Byron Gordon of the Philadelphia Museum for payment of $150.00 for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked "PAID".</p><p>28 A January 19 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to Forbes detailing payments totaling $213.30 paid to her for expenses and lectures in Passaic NJ and Philadelphia.</p><p>29 A retained carbon of a letter from Pond dated January 19 1926: "When you arrive in Toledo on Thursday A Mrs. Rippon will meet you at th station and will take you to the Hotel Secour."</p><p>30 An autograph letter on 8-3/8 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide letterhead signed "Rosita Forbes". Writing from the "Fortnightly Club 120 Bellevue Rd Chicago" Forbes informes Pond "I shall not be in U.S.A. on April 7th. I sail on the 'France' on April 3rd. If the Philadelphia Geographical Society want me they'll have to change their lectures round a bit & let me have an earlier date. Yrs. dirtily - is it possible to keep clean in Chicago!" The letter is humorously dated "Jan. 24th. I have reason to believe".</p><p>31 A lengthy 2-page autograph memo on 8 inch high by 6 inch wide notepaper signed "R. F." "Due to Rosita Forbes" Forbes outlines $489.28 in expenses and fees due her for Steamer fare and and Haverhill/Brockton lecture fees & expenses during the early part of January 1926. "Note A. You forgot to tell me that Mrs. Fuller wrote you about Dec. 1 offering me hospitality at Brockton. They were all very angry about it !!!! I cd. only say I had never been told of such an offer." The memo is accompanied by a calculator receipt from Pond's office confirming Forbes' math.</p><p>32 An autograph letter 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead. Dated "Sunday Jan. 31". Addressing Miss Smith of the Pond Bureau Forbes writes: "I arrived here this morning by the 'Big Four' which only takes 1 night & 1 day instead of yr. nice -sweet - train which takes 2 nights & 1 day!! No letters!!! Please send me .the copy of Raisuli book i.e. "The Sultan of the Mountains: The Life Story of Raisuli" as I must look up some stories in it for an article.Please also let me know how many of Mr. Crane's lectures Vassar Smith Providence Bryn Maur. are arranged & what date" Signed in full "Rosita Forbes".</p><p>33 A 2-page financial memo dated Feb. 1st 1926 handwritten by Rosita Forbes on a folded 7 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide sheet of "The Fortnightly / Chicago" letterhead. On the first page Forbes notes the amounts due to the Pond Bureau for lectures in Toledo Chicago and St. Louis. On the 2nd page she lists her expenses. The memo is unsigned.</p><p>34 In an autograph letter on 3 sides of a folded sheet of 5 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide notepaper Forbes complains to Miss Smith of the Pond Bureau "When I asked the Buffalo Athletic Club for cheque they said by contract it was to be mailed to you but they presented me with 25 dollars as they hadn't time to look up the one way fare." She then outlines her expanses and asks that "Mr. Pond .send me a cheque for this before I go to Cambridge on Weds. & wd. you send a p.c. to Toledo & the March lectures asking them to pay me cheques at the end of lecture - otherwise I shall be in a recurrent state of bankruptcy!!" The letter is signed in full "Rosita Forbes" and is stamped "Ans'd Feb 16 1926".</p><p>35 A retained carbon of a letter from Pond to Forbes dated February 16 1926 in which Pond indicates his irritation with her. "I shall greatly appreciate it if when you have a contract calling for payment with me you do not request that a committee make payment with you.Apparently you asked Dr. Gordon in Philadelphia for your fee for he wrote me a rather long letter asking me why I had financial troubles with my lecturers. This give a very bad impression.I have not yet had any word from Brooklyn. The new chairman is apparently disgruntled.It certainly was most unfortunate that you missed Brooklyn and I do hope you will examine your contracts carefully in advance."</p><p>36 A February 13 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to F. A. Coupal of the Buffalo Athletic Club for payment of $250.00 and $19.57 expenses for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked "PAID".</p><p>37 A February 18 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to Charles R. Crane of the Radcliffe College for payment of $200.00 for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked "PAID".</p><p>38 A February 25 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to Isaiah Bowman of the American Geographical Society for payment of $75.00 for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked by Pond "Paid Mrs Forbes". Together with: a Typed Letter Signed dated February 5 1924 from Isaiah Bowman Director of the American Geographical Society praising Forbes lecture given during her first American tour. "She has a most entertaining story to tell and it could hardly be told with greater art."</p><p>39 A February 25 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to Marion Miller of the Toledo Club Toledo Ohio for payment of $200.00 for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked by Pond "did not fill date".</p><p>40 An autograph letter 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead dated Sat. Feb. 27. "Dear Lady / Here is my bill.I think perhaps you'd better send it me on Monday or I might be penniless!! but most of all I want that poster about my films - 'Red Sea to Blue Nile' which I gave Mr. Pond at the Waldorf.So awfully sorry to bother you." Signed in full on the verso "Rosita Forbes". The bottom edge of the letter has some damage resulting in the loss of a very few letters.</p><p>41 A March 1 1926 carbon of a memo addressed to Rosita Forbes for payments due her of $100.00 and $16.51 expenses for a lecture by Forbes in Cambridge Mass.</p><p>42 A March 3 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to Charles R. Crane of the Mary Wheeler School for payment of $200.00 for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked "PAID".</p><p>43 A 2-page autograph letter 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead dated March 4. "Dear Miss Smith / I had a letter from the man at Toledo insisting that Mr. Pond had agreed to let him know whether I was coming or not & that the Pond Bureau having failed to write he was justified in believing I was not coming. I think therefore that it is only fair to call Brooklyn & this quits as far as finance is concerned. I lost 100 dollars over Toledo owing to some slight forgetfulness!!!! & you lost 50 dollars over Brooklyn owing to some large forgetfulness!!!! .It was rather awful about Toledo because as i told you I was to be the guest at a big newspaper lunch. So much for this sad business!!".She goes on to outline her plans for lectures up until March 14. Chicago Minneapolis and Decatur Illinois. Signed "Yrs. R. F."</p><p>44 A March 25 1926 carbon of a receipt addressed to R.V. Nevins of the Algonquin Club Bridgeport Conn. e for payment of $200.00 plus $5.52 expenses for a lecture by Forbes. The receipt is marked "PAID".</p><p>45 A March 26 1926 retained carbon of a Pond letter. He expresses his disappointment as to the result of Forbes' tour. "I find that you only delivered nineteen professional talks receiving a gross amount for them of $1992.50. Considering your heavy expenses here in the way of living and moving about I am afraid you must have had a considerable loss."</p><p>46 A 2-page autograph memo 9-3/8 inches high by 6 inches wide on "Hotel Webster New York" letterhead dated March 27 1926. The memo outlines Forbes' expenses for her Bridgeport and Montclair lectures and the amounts owed her from the Pond Bureau. The memo is signed "R. Forbes".</p><p>47 An April 14 1926 retained carbon of a Pond letter. He hopes that she had "a pleasant and peaceful" journey home to England. He goes on to mention that she has a brief mention in Gilbert Frankau's newest book "Masterson".</p><p>48 A 2-page autograph letter signed "Rosita Forbes". The letter dated July 2 1931 on 9 inch high by 7 inch wide "Harefield House Harefield Middlesex" letterhead is a response to Pond concerning the lecture possibilities of the English explorer Bertram Thomas. ".before I got your letter I had warmly recommended you to him. I spent most of our lunch with him telling him to go to you but remember he'll be a serious speaker! I've told him he must make his book a bit light & he promised to try". She goes on to recommend the Turkish-Albanian soldier and statesman Izzet Pasha. "Use my name for all its worth with Bertram.</p><p>49 A July 10 1931 retained carbon of Pond's response to Forbes' letter of July 2. "I finally met Bertram Thomas. I found him a very disagreeable individual. I wrote him a letter telling him what I thought of him and he came and apologized to me. From what I know my call down was needed."</p><p>Though Rosita Forbes started travelling at an early age following her marriage to Major Ronald Forbes it wasn't until after a nervous breakdown following her husbands death in World War I that her travels started in earnest. At first she served as an ambulance driver in France during the war and subsequently traveled around the world "by way of American Hawaii Papua Sumatra Java Cochin China Siam." and again back to China where she was taken prisoner during the revolution and ended up doing Red Cross work for the Chinese army. In 1919 she resumed her travels through Africa and the middle-east and was in Jerusalem for the riots of 1920. "From here her journeys are chronicled in her lectures.After her return from Kufra she met and married Col. Arthur McGrath of the British War Office." Astonishingly all this had been accomplished by the time she was thirty years old.</p><p>Rosita Forbes described her journey around the world in her first book "Unconducted Wanderers" 1919. Disguised as a Moslem she travelled across the Libyan desert to the oasis of Kufara from 1920-21. This journey is described by her in "The Secrets of the Sahara: Kufara" 1924.</p> New York and London, 1925-1926.
51314Atlanta: Henderson Travel Service 1973. Resist-dyed images printed on rough Batik-type cloth. 22 by 15.5 inches 56 by 39 cm; 23 by 33 inches 58 by 83 cm. Two banners picturing stylized elephants zebras gazelle and a giraffe with the Henderson logo used in the early 1970s with the slogan 'Does it All' on the larger example. <br /> <br /> Fraying to edges fold lines from storage with a few small moisture stains and a small tear to the bottom right of the larger banner at the giraffe's legs else both are very good examples. An uncommon piece from a company that was flying African-American travelers overseas in an era where large parts of their own country were restricted from completely free travel.<br /> <br /> It's not clear whether these were used as in-house advertisements or given away as souvenirs to clients but they're the first we've seen. The Henderson Travel Service started in Atlanta in 1955 by Jake and Freyde Henderson is America's oldest full-service African-American owned travel agency. Henderson Travel Service began in 1955 and by 1957 they had booked their first trip for a client to travel to Ghana to celebrate the country's independence. Out of this grew a full-service agency booking trips for clients to travel abroad including Martin Luther King's trip to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Today Henderson continues to book travel to Africa for many prominent professional and charitable organizations. <br/><br/> Henderson Travel Service hardcover
182013009London: John Murray. Fine. 1820. Second Edition. Hardcover. Slight rubbing to the edges more to the upper corners of what appears to be the original ornate full-leather binding. Gilt title on the cover with lots of script/devices on the cover & spine. Owner's name has been crossed out on the back of the fep. Contents are wonderful with only a very few small spots of foxing no offseting or foxing to the plates. All the plates are present & perfect. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall . John Murray hardcover
18324106630Madrid: Imprenta de Don Tomás Jordan 1832. Six volumes duodecimo with six engraved plates one in each volume original blue printed wrappers preserved a charming set in period Spanish quarter calf gilt. <p><p>Very uncommon first Spanish edition of Cook's first voyage published in 1832 as part of a series described as the 'New Library of Modern Voyages useful and interesting for Spanish youth.' The work has a charming series of six plates which include a scene in Tahiti featuring the Chief Mourner and two New Zealand scenes a warrior in profile the war canoe and conclude with a dramatic scene on board the Endeavour. The presence of the original printed wrappers bound-in is of more than passing interest as the back wrappers give an interesting overview of how the set was marketed being sold for 6 reales per volume as they were issued whether in Madrid or in the provinces and stressing the value of the work for the instruction of youth. Each volume would subsequently be priced 8 reales per volume.</p> <p>The translator Alvarado y de la Pena based his work on the French edition of Cook's first voyage. He also prepared at least one other work of Australian interest an edition of George Barrington published in Madrid circa 1815. Beddie listed copies in the Mitchell and National Libraries.</p> </p> . Provenance: Early owner's name on title-pages; old stamps from a Barcelona library; José Gallart Folch bookplates. Imprenta de Don Tomás Jordan unknown
1767r3544London: J Knox. G: in good condition without dust jackets as issued. Covers rubbed with some partial hinge cracking. Inner hinge cracking. Previous owners inscriptions to feps. A few maps with mis-creasing and closed tears - no loss. Occasional minor foxing and marking. 1767. First Edition. Original brown leather cover. 220mm x 130mm 9" x 5". xiv 516pp; 496pp; 520pp; 464pp; 472pp; 543pp; 528pp. 16 b/w engraved maps - 15 fold-out. 24 b/w plates - 9 fold-out. Contents includes: The four Voyages of Christopher Columbus; Conquest of Mexico by Hernando Cortes; Conquest of Peru by Francis Pizarro; Voyage to South America by Dom George Juan and Don Antonio de Ulloa; Patagonia; John Niehoff's voyage to Brazil and the East Indies; Lionel Wafer's Journey over the Isthmus of Darien; A brief account of North America from Major Roger describing the several British Colonies; Colonel Bouqet's Expedition against the Ohio Indians; Reflections on the War with the savages of North America; the first voyage to the East Indies by Vasquez de Gama; Voyage to the Cape Verde Islands by George Roberts; Mr Peter Kolben's voyage to the Cape of Good Hope and the Hottentot Natives; The Voyage of Sir Francis Drake around the Globe; The Voyage round the World of William Dampier; The Voyages og Woodes Rogers and Stephen Courtney round the World including finding Alexander Selkirk on the Island of Juan Fernandez; The Voyage round the World of George Anson; Travels through the most Northern Parts of Europe; Travels of Monsieur Maupertius in the Polar Circle; Lorde Molesworth in Denmark and Sweden; Bernard Connor in Poland; Mr Beauplan and Others in the Ukrain; Travels through Europe; Keysler's Travels through Europe; Travels through France by Sacheveral Stephens; Rev. Clarke's Travels through Spain and Portugal; Mr Hanway's Account of Russia; John Thevenot's Voyage and Travels from Italy to Constantinople; Mr Wood's Journey to Palmyra; Maundrell and Shaw in the Holy Land and Barbary; Dr Pococke through Egypt; Journey to Mequines by Mr Windus; Travels to the Inland parts of Africa by Francis Moore; Travels of Sir John Chardin in Persia; An Account of Indostan by Thomas Roe and Mr Holwell; A Journey from St Petersburg to Pekin by John Bell; Accounts of England and Scotland and a 1762 List of the Royal Navy. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . J Knox hardcover
