Little America: Aerial Exploration in the Antarctic & the Flight to the South Pole
London: Putnams, 1931. First Edition. Original Cloth. With 4 maps. Contemporary binding. A good complete working copy, binding worn.
London: Putnams, 1931. First Edition. Original Cloth. With 4 maps. Contemporary binding. A good complete working copy, binding worn.
London: Arnold, 1899. Hardcover beige cloth. Frontis and plates. Original cloth. Gilt crest on front board and stamp to title page. A good complete copy.
London: Sampson, 1879. Half-Morocco. pp.vii,360. Early contemporary half morocco, neat gilt crests on spine and front board. Carnegie (1835 - 1919) the famously wealthy Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist made his money in steel. Noted for his philanthropy, and education and life philosophies, he wrote this account of a world trip.....
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1950. Reprint. Green cloth binding with gold gilt lettering. 276 pp. This volume is bound in green cloth, and is lettered in gold gilt. There is a gold symbol of Australia with a compass on the front cover. This volume has numerous photographs and maps of.....
London: Lovell Reeve & Co., 1863. Half Calf. Complete with 7 maps (2 folding coloured), 9 plates (8 coloured). Contemporary half calf binding. Neat gilt crest on spine. A good copy.
Cambridge: Hakluyt Society,University Press, 1955-1967, 1955. Cloth. 1955-1967. First editions. Edited by J.C. Beaglehole. Thick 8vo & 4to, 3 Vols in 4 parts, plus Atlas (Portfolio of Charts and Views). Overall a very good set with undamaged dust wrappers. Atlas with original wrappers with minor damage. Scarce.
Jaques and Wright: London, 1825. Full Calf. 2 vols in one. Pp. iv, 488, [2], 455, [4]. Frontis & 11 (of 12) engraved plates. Contemporary full mottled calf, neatly recased, minor wear to back joint, else a nice looking copy.
London: Richard Bentley, 1851. Orig. Cloth. pp 310. Blindstamped blue cloth binding with gilt palm tree to front board. Small split to top of spine. Inner hinge worn but binding still strong. Rare.
Paris: Furne, 1863. Nouvelle Edition, Revue et Corrigee. Quarter Morocco. 2 volumes. v.1 pp xi, 550, frontis., 21 plates, 1 folding map. v.2 pp 542, frontis., 21 plates, 1 folding map. Original red quarter morocco and marbled boards, decorated endpapers, gilt decoration to spine, raised bands. Some edgewear to boards.....
London: Elliot Stock, 1894. Hardcover. Pp. viii, 350. Frontis + photographic plates & illustrations in text. Original decorated cloth, gilt. All edges gilt. A handsome copy.
Paris: 1833. DE SAINSON. Unbound. Orig coloured lithograph from Dumont d'Urville Voyage Atlas, Paris, 1830-35 (Plate 131). From a painting by the d'Urville expedition's official artist on the Astrolabe showing burial sites, tombs & figures of New Guinea. Size of image 400mm x 305mm, with mat: 660mm x 555mm. A......
London: J. Jaques and W. Wright, 1827. Half Calf. pp 692. Frontis (portrait), tp vignette, plates. Half calf and marbled boards. Inscription to flyleaf. Rare.
London: Michael Joseph, 1991. Original Boards. pp. xxi, 807. Illus plates, index. Previous owner inscription inside cover, else very good, as new. Heavy volume may require additional postage for overseas delivery.
New Zealand: The Capper Press, 1980. Reprint 1980. Hardback. Paper bound. Gilt title on spine. Laminated pictorial dust jacket. Head and tail bands. Binding tight. Reprint by Capper Press, New Zealand. Originally published 1856 by Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts on Paternoster Row, London. Original printing by William Brendon.....
Tours: Maison Alfred Mame, 1913. Decorative Cloth. pp 389. Frontis, plates, printed photographs. Stunning decorative cloth in red, white and gilt. Gilt page edges. Bookplate to pastedown and inscription to flyleaf. Text in French. Heavy volume will require additional postage.
unknown, 1884. 1st Edition. Original Cloth. Comprises 7 articles from Revue des Deux Mondes between March 1878 and October 1884. Folding coloured map at back. Handwritten prelims. Original blue cloth boards. Covers discovery and early exploration, d'Urville, La Place, colonisation and emigration, Akaroa, de Thierry, Pompallier, etc. Hocken 310. Not.....
London: Marshall. Fifth Edition. Original Decorated Cloth. pp.ix,215. Frontispiece (portrait), plates. Minor damage top and bottom of spine, some foxing throughout.
London: Marshall. Fourth Edition. Original Decorated Cloth. pp.ix,215. Frontispiece (portrait), plates (complete with 32). Fly paper missing, some foxing on edges.. 0.
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1946. Buckland Wright, John. Original Cloth. Sm folio, pp.100, Illustrations Original buckram dulled and damp damaged making the original binding look mottled. text clean throughout, Edition of 750 numbered copies Finely printed and illustrated.
London: Time Life Books, 1982. Frank Marryat. Anniversary Reprint. Brown leather with gold gilt lettering and pages, with impressed ornaments, as well as marbled inlays. 443 pp. This work is in pristine condition, and is a facsimile printed in 1982 by Time Life Books. It is bound in leather with.....
London: Sampson Low, 1880. Half Morocco. Complete with frontis, plates & 4 folding maps on linen. In a handsome binding of contemporary half morocco, minor wear. Neat gilt crest stamp on spine and front board.
Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, 1973. Orig. Cloth. pp.x,272 , frontispiece. [portrait] Folding plate Illustrations. a very good copy, d/w unclipped, as new.
Edinburgh: Clark, 1904. Original Pictorial Cloth. pp.xii,355. Some pale foxing, Plates, plans, folding map, original pictorial cloth, gilt stamp on front board.
London: C Dilly & G G J & J Robinson, 1792. 5th Edition. Half Calf. Pp. ix, 1049 + index. Lacks maps. Contemporary half calf, (both joints cracked but holding) and original marbled boards (showing wear). A good copy of the text including 'New Discoveries in the Pacific'.
Wellington: H.F. von Haast, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover cloth. pp. 1142. Frontis (portrait), plates, folding maps. Very nice in original blue cloth. Newspaper clippings and part of original d/w slipped inside.