Cook's First and Second Voyages
James Cundee. Hardcover. pp 403, frontispiece, 9 plates, 8vo, original calf boards, re-spined. Lacking title page and contents. c. 1820. Popular account of the first two voyages with engravings.
Exploration
A Memorial of Anson's Voyage. A Complete Circumnavigation of the Worth by George Anson, Esq; Commodore in the Good Ship Centurion in Which he Brought Fresh Triumphs & Honour to his Country in Spite of all Adversities from Press of Weather, the Resistance of the Spanish Enemy, and the Dreadful Mortalitie of that Heavy Tax upon the Sailor The Ravages of the Sea Scurvy
London: Roche Products Ltd, 1976. Wrappers. Facsimile copies of the map of Anson's route, his log entry and an account by Richard Walter on the ravages of scurvy. Presentation in a card folder.
THE NEW ZEALAND ALPINE JOURNAL; a Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure. Vol. XVII no. 44
Christchurch: New Zealand Alpine Club, 1957. Printed Wrappers. pp.239 illus. Issued annually. Includes unnumbered prelim pages of advertising.
THE NEW ZEALAND ALPINE JOURNAL; a Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure. Vol. XVII no. 44
Christchurch: New Zealand Alpine Club, 1957. Printed Wrappers. pp.240, illus. Issued annually. Includes unnumbered prelim pages of advertising.
THE NEW ZEALAND ALPINE JOURNAL; a Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure. Vol. XVII no. 45
Christchurch: New Zealand Alpine Club, 1958. Printed Wrappers. pp.510, [9], illus.. Includes unnumbered prelim pages of advertising. Includes index to nos. 44 and 45. Issued annually.
THE NEW ZEALAND ALPINE JOURNAL; a Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure. Vol. XVIII no. 46
Christchurch: New Zealand Alpine Club, 1959. Printed Wrappers. pp.249, illus. Issued annually. Includes unnumbered prelim pages of advertising. Tape marks to wrappers.
THE NEW ZEALAND ALPINE JOURNAL; a Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure. Vol. XVI no. 43
Christchurch: New Zealand Alpine Club, 1956. Printed Wrappers. pp.589, [12], illus. Issued annually. Includes unnumbered prelim pages of advertising.Includes index to nos. 42 and 43. Stamp to wrappers and tp.
THE NEW ZEALAND ALPINE JOURNAL; a Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure. Vol. 5 1932,1933,1934.
Christchurch: New Zealand Alpine Club, 1934. Orig. Cloth. 3 numbers bound together:vol.5, (nos.19, 20, 21)1932-1934. Illus, plates (some folded), maps, index. Editors S.A.Warren, J.A.Sim. Pale blue cloth binding, light edgewear to spine. Rare.
Travels, The Sea &c
Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers. Half Calf. Contains 'A Tour in Holland, the Countries on the Rhine, and Belgium in 1838' by William Chambers, 1842; 'Travels in the East Including a Journey in the Holy Land' by Alphonse de Lamartine, 1839; 'The Sea. Narratives of Adventure and Shipwreck, Tales and.....
William Parry and The North West Passage. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.vol. XXV April & July 1821
John Murray, 1821. Quarter Calf Spine. pp. 586. Includes the Voyage of Discovery of a North West Passage..1819-20..under the Orders of Wiliam Edward Parry.
The Shepherd of The Ocean. An Account of Sir Walter Ralegh and his Times
London: The Bodley Head, 1969. Cloth. pp 464. Frontis (portrait). Very good in good d/w.
The South Pole. An account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram", 1910 to 1912
London: Murray, 1912. Hardcover. vol 2 only. Original red cloth. Plates but not maps. This volume deals with the achievement of reaching the South Pole ahead of the other parties.
A Voyage Round The World In The Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV... Commander In Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships Sent Upon An Expedition To The South-Seas. Compiled From His Papers and Materials By Richard Walter
London: 1757. 9th Edition. Hardcover. Pp. [20], 416. Full original calf, joints showing wear. Complete without maps as noted in the preliminaries. Anson's task was to intercept Spanish ships and their cargo from the New World, he travelled in detail to Patagonia, Chile, the Philippines, around the Cape of Good.....
A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1740, 41, 42, 43, 44 / Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia and Poland By J.L. Stephens / Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, and the Holy Land By J.L. Stephens
Smith. Half Calf. pp vii, 128, vi, 138, iv, 132, xvi, 116. Also includes 'Narrative of a Residence in South Africa' by Thomas Pringle (Edward Moxom, London, 1840). Undated. Spine title reads 'Smith's Standard Library 10'. Half calf binding with embossed boards.
A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV By George Anson
London: T. Osborne et al, 1756. 8th Edition. Half Calf. pp 536. Includes 3 fine folding maps (Track of the Centurion round the world showing half of New Holland and Isle of Solomon only, 'South America' and 'Chart of Pacific Ocean'). Modern half calf binding with marbled boards. Gilt decoration.....
Handbook for the True Meridian by Observation of Circumpolar Stars at their Elongations
Sydney: Thomas Richards Government Printer, 1886. 3rd Edition. Full Crushed Morocco. [4], map, 8 pp. includes tables and map of stars used in finding the true meridian. Issued by the Australian Surveyor General. Some annotations. Tells how to find the true meridian using the South Pole and triangulated stars in.....
A Fight with Distances Estates of Hawaiian islands, Canada, British Columbia, Cuba, The Bahama
London: Keegan Paul, 1888. Half Morocco. pp. 352, with plates & maps, one folding. Nice, contemporary half morocco binding with minor rubbing on spine. Neat gilt crest stamp on spine and front board. A very good complete copy.
A New and Authentic System of Universal Geography, Antient and Modern: Including all the Late and Important Discoveries.... celebrated Columbus, the Firtst Discoverer of America, to The Death of Our No Less Celebrated Countryman Captain Cook....
London: C. Cooke. Full Calf. pp 992. No date. 14 (of 18) maps. 124 (of 129) plates. Full modern calf binding. It does contain "a new and accurate map of Asia" which includes New Holland and New Zealand.
Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage 1746-1747
London: Hakluyt Society, 1994. Cloth. 2 Volumes. Frontispieces, illustrations, maps. Published 1994-1995. Volume I: The voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742. Volume II: The voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1747-1747. Hakluyt Society, second series, vols 177, 181.
Cook's Voyages of Discovery
Edinburgh: Black, 1879. Hardcover. Pp. [2], viii, 417 [4]. Engraved frontis, title page vignette, folding facsimile letter & 4 engraved plates + maps & illustrations in text. Contemporary full calf Wellington College prize binding. A very nice copy.
The Journals of Captain James Cook on His Voyages of Discovery Vol. 1, The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771
Cambrdige, Eng. Cambridge University Press for the Hakluyt Society, 1968. 1st Edition. Cloth. pp. cclxxxiv, 684, frontis [colour plate].Maps, fold maps, drawings, plates. Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, Cambridge.First published 1955, reprinted with Addenda and Corrigenda 1968; 1st Voyage complete. Very good in original blue cloth.....
Frozen in Time. The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
London: Bloomsbury, 1987. Original Cloth. pp xi, 180. Maps, colour plates, illustrations. Very good in vg dustwrapper.
Voyage Autour Du Monde Par Le Comte De Beauvoir. Australie, Java-Siam-Canton, Pekin-Yeddo-San Francisco.
Paris: E. Plon, 1878. Half Morocco. pp 884. Pictorial title page, plates. Double-columned text. Half morocco and boards, marbled endpapers, gilt page edges (gilt wearing in parts). Some edge wear to boards. In French. An undated collected edition of the three voyages, probably published in 1878.
The Gate of the Pacific
London: Lovell Reeve, 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.
Tangweera Life and Adventures Among Gentle Savages
London: Arnold, 1899. Orig, Cloth. Frontis and plates. Original cloth. Gilt crest on front board and stamp to title page. A good complete copy.