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1818E0061323 pages with a portrait frontispiece and five colored aquatints. Octavo 8 3/4" x 5 1/2" bound in attractive half leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering to spine. Hill 1168 Second and best edition<br /><br />The <i>Alceste</i> brought Lord Amherst to China to serve as ambassador and specifically to negotiate the China trade at the time a matter of dispute between China and Great Britain. M'Leod who was surgeon on the ship describes the voyage out the various calls in the East Indies including touching at Batavia surveying off Korea the visit to Okinawa another to Manila and the shipwreck off the coast of Sumatra and subsequent rescue from Malay pirates. A brief but interesting interview with Napoleon at St. Helena is also included in the narrative. This was one of the most popular travel books of its time portraying the Far East to a much wider audience than had been reached by earlier accounts. The idyllic descriptions of Lewchew undoubtedly appealed to the romantic sensibilities of the era. Indeed buoyed by its success M'Leod published another work recounting his time as a slaver <i>A Voyage to Africa with some Account of the Manners and Customs of the Dahomian People</i>.<br /><br /><b>Condition:</b><br /><br />Attractive half rebind some foxing through out with no spotting to plates else a very good copy. John Murray hardcover
1954100066325Club français du livre 1954 in8. 1954. Cartonné.
177432872NY: James Rivington. Good with no dust jacket. 1774. Hardcover. 18th Century; Maritime; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 2 17 1 4 2 260p pages; A New Voyage Round The World In The Years 1768 1769 1770 And 1771; Undertaken by Order of his present Majesty performed by Captain James Cooke In the Ship Endeavour Drawn up from his own Journal and form the Papers of Joseph Banks Vol I of 2. Contemp leather. Covers scuffed edgeworn lacking eps and both plates though small part of folding map is present. Foxed some stains. Upper blank margin of 2nd leaf roughly removed list of subscribers losses to printed area of pp67-68 amounting to a dozen words the normal tears to printed area of a few dozen leaves pencil sketches to rear flyleaf and inside of rear cover. Various old ink markings to title page. JCB Annuel Report for 1931 pp. 12-15; Sabin 30936; Evans 13324 Mitchell Library Cook 656; Holmes 9. 2 . Withal a rare and important American edition of Cook's first voyage. Rivington pirated this American edition to undercut the price of the London First Edition in the American market. . James Rivington hardcover
16800Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie. Paris, 1864, petit in-4 demi-chagrin vert, dos à quatre nerfs, toutes tranches dorées. Reliure de l'éditeur. 2ff.-579pp. Frontispice représentant Speke et Grant. Cartes et dessins du capitaine J. A. Grant. Trois cartes hors-texte dont deux à double page en fin d'ouvrage. Très nombreuses gravures en noir dont une quarantaine de planches à pleine page comprises dans la pagination. Première édition française de cette relation de la seconde expédition de Speke à la recherche des sources du Nil blanc. Lors d'un premier voyage en 1858 Speke avait été le premier européen à situer le Lac Tanganyika ainsi qu'un second grand lac qu'il baptise Victoria (Nyanza). Il repart en Afrique en 1860 et il faudra attendre Juillet 1862 pour qu'il atteigne les chutes du Ripon, marquant le point de jonction entre le Nil blanc et le lac Victoria. Son récit est publié en Angleterre en 1863 et traduit en français dès l'année suivante dans cette traduction. Très bel exemplaire à la reliure en parfait état et au papier exempt de rousseur.
1954100087461Denoël 1954 in8. 1954. Broché. Maudheim : Deux Ans dans l'Antarctique. l'Expédition Scientifique Norvégienne Britannique et Suédoise dans l'Antarctique en 1949-1952
2003029429Edition Erdmann, K. Thienemanns Verlag, Stuttgart, Wien 2003. Unverletzter S.U Leinen Neuwertig
1785BOOKS0033095 volumes: 520 pages with frontispiece tables and six plates; 492 pages with tables 479 pages 587 pages 504 pages with nine plates. Octavo 8" x 5" bound in leather with raised spine bands and black labels with gilt lettering to spine. Complied by John Kent principally from Campbell's Lives of the Admirals Hill page 358 First Dublin edition.<br /><br />A London man of letters Campbell was quite successful with his numerous works of an historical and biographical nature. He collect a large and valuable library. He first published his Lives of the Admirals in four volumes in the years 1742 to 1744. There were several later editions. From 1744 to 1748 he compiled and published what became known as Campbell's enlarged edition of John Harris's Complete collection of voyages and travels originally published in 1702-1705. Campbell also made numerous important contributions to the Biographia Britannica under the signatures E and X including his own noble Scottish ancestors the Campbells. A memoir of him was inserted by Andrew Kippis in this same work. Campbell was an expert on the histories of Spain Portugal France and the British and the Dutch. In 1765he was appointed the royal agent for the province of Georgia and held that office until his death. There are many interesting references to him in James Boswell's Life of Johnson. John Kent published only tow editions of his compilation; this one and one published in London in 1776-1777.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br /> New spines with original leather boards. Volume one closed page edge tears with occasional page edges chipped only affecting margins. volume two damp stain to title gutter some occasional foxing. Some pages stained else a good to very good set Printed for J Williams hardcover
19598472Gütersloh Bertelsmann Lesering, 1959. 1. Aufl. Mit zahlreichen s/w. Bildtafeln und einigen Karten im Text von Paul Pott. 349 S. EA gr. 8° Ln. Kopfschnitt mit kleinen Flecken, sonst gut erhalten.
2002100059322Diabase 2002 197 pages 13x20x2cm. 2002. Broché. 197 pages.
1937100077860Chez l'Auteur 1937 in4. 1937. Cartonné. illustrations en noir et blanc
195817367BBBukarest, Jugendverlag, 1958. 8°, 216 S., farbig illustr. original Kartonage (Paperback), vordere Vorsätze: Musterpapiervorsätze im Mehrfarbendruck, hintere Vorsätze: Farbkarten, Erstausgabe Einband stellenweise minimal fleckig, Einbandkanten ein wenig berieben, sonst ein sehr gutes, sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen, ohne Vorbesitzvermerke, ohne Eckknicke etc.
185032940Auburn : James M Alden 1850 . . Good . 8VO . Together with Explorations and Discoveries Made by Admiral D'Urville Captain Ross and Other Navigators and Travellers' and an Account of the Expedition to the Dead Sea under Lieutenant Lynch. Full page black and white illustrations. Amateur rebacking with brown library tape with typed title information taped on. Boards worn some foxing. James M Alden hardcover
1991100086360Hachette 1991 in8. 1991. Cartonné.
1935100094552Montaigne 1935 in12. 1935. Broché. iconographie en noir et blanc
1963100095210Charpentier 1963 in12. 1963. Broché. iconographie en noir et blanc
1999100152273Editions de la Dyle 1999 in8. 1999. Broché.
1974100111680Hachette 1974 382 pages in8. 1974. cartonné avec jaquette. 382 pages.
1929100152026Albin Michel 1929 in12. 1929. Broché.
1991100089885France Loisirs 1991 148 pages 15x26x3cm. 1991. Cartonné jaquette. 148 pages.
1972100091892Flammarion 1972 in8. 1972. Broché.
9337In 8 broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs, faux-titre, frontispice, titre, 126 pages, texte sur 2 colonnes, illustrations hors texte de A PUYPLAT. Editions Jules Tallandier, 1927, collection du livre national-Voyages lointains, aventures étranges
9336In 8 broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs, faux-titre, frontispice, titre, 126 pages, texte sur 2 colonnes, illustrations hors texte de A PUYPLAT. Editions Jules Tallandier, 1928, collection du livre national-Voyages lointains, aventures étranges
1926100148533Bibliothèque du Bon Vivant - A. Quignon Editeur 1926 in12. 1926. Broché.
1951100121297Payot 1951 in8. 1951. Broché.
19902083002116406106KK Bestsellers 1990. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. KK Bestsellers paperback
