THE ANNUAL REGISTER, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature , for the Year 1803
London: W. Otridge and Son et al, 1805. Full Leather. pp 956. Full leather. Marbled page edges. Contents clean and complete.
Voyages
A Catalogue of Select Books from the Ingelton Collection. Part 2
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1972. Soft cover. pp 168-340, Part 2 of the catalogue, covering Australian Architecture, Art and Literature (with books on the theatre), Australian History (including local and church histories), convicts, crime, the law and social history, the pacific in general (excluding New Zealand) addenda to part one.....
A Catalogue of Select Books from the Ingelton Collection. Part 3
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1973. Soft cover. pp 342-502, Part 3 of the catalogue, covering New Zealand, Antarctic and Arctic, whaling and sealing, voyages and travels, shipwrecks, and natural history. Illustrated soft covers, slight wear.
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.
The Little Prince
New York: mariner books, 2000. paperback. Few stories are as widely read and as universally cherished by children and adults alike as 'The Little Prince'. Richard Howard's new translation of the beloved classic-published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's birth-beautifully reflects Saint-Exupery's unique and gifted style. Howard.....
Ramayana
China: Juggernaut Books, 2018. hard cover.
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.
From London to Dunedin in 1863. From His Journal of The Voyage.
Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1952. Limited Edition. Printed Wrapper. pp 36. No. 4 of limited edition of 150. Typewritten, staple bound. Printed wrappers. Signed by A.H. Reed on tp. Rare.
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.
Sir Walter Raleigh
London: Thomas Nelson, 1916. Full Calf. pp. 236 [1]. c.1916. Frontis [portrait], fine colour illustrations. Fine prize binding, Hamilton High School gilt crest on front boards, gilt spine titles and decorations. Marbled endpapers. Prize certificate on front pastedown. Minor discolouring to front boards. A handsome copy in a fine binding.....
Kindness
Skinner house books. paperback. A treasury of Buddhist wisdom for children and parents.
Debarquement a Middelburgh, l'Une Des Isles Friendly, (Des Amis.) Engraving
1785. Unbound. The arrival of Captain Cook at Middleburg or Euva (Tonga). Size of image 206mm x 455mm, with mat, 390mm x 607mm. Vertical creases. A very fine engraving from the French edition of Cook's Voyages of a romantic Europeanised view of Cook landing.
The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery 3 volumes..Vol 1 Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771 Vol II Voyage of the Resolution and the Adventure 1772-1775 Vol III(two parts) Voyage of the Resolution and the Discovery 1776-1780
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.
The Voyages Of Captain James Cook Round The World; Comprehending A History Of The South Sea Islands &C. &C.
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.
A Voyage To The Pacific Ocean; Undertaken By Command Of His Majesty; For Making Discoveries In The Northern Hemisphere: Performed Under The Direction Of Captains Cook, Clerke, And Gore, In The Years 1776, 1777, 1778, And 1780. Being a Copious, Comprehensive, and Satisfactory Abridgement Of The Voyage
London: Stockdale, Scatcherd, Whitaker etc, 1784. Hardcover. 4 vols. 38 copper engravings. Contemporary full calf, some joints worn. Minor wear on spines. Ink marks and rubbings creating small holes to 3 vols, affecting 6 leaves & in prelims incl. 1 frontispiece, but else a very nice set.
Voyage Autour Du Monde Publie Sous La Direction Du Contre-Amiral Dumont D'Urville. 2 Vols
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.....
Voyage Pittoresque Autour Du Monde Resume General des voyages De Decouvertes... 2 Vols
Paris: Furne, 1843. Quarter Morocco. 2 Volumes. Complete. Frontis., numerous plates, folded maps. Original green quarter leather binding, decorative endpapers. Some edgewear and rubbing to boards, else very good. Occasional spotting. Contains rare, early map of New Zealand.
Voyage Pittoresque Autour Du Monde Resume General des voyages De Decouvertes... Vol 2 Only
Paris: Furne, 1835. Cloth. Vol 2 only. pp 584. Frontis (double page portraits of early explorers), numerous plates, folded map. This is the best volume containing NZ, Pacific and Australian content and rare New Zealand maps and prints. Green cloth binding. Marbled endpapers. Split to front hinge. Very rare. Plates.....
Robinson Crusoe
Considered as one of the first English novel, the book was presented as a true autobiography of a castaway marooned for 28 years on an uninhabited Island.
The Dalai Lama
St Martin's Press, 2018. Demi. Hard cover. When the thirteenth Dalai Lama died in 1933, the highest holy men in Tibet searched throughout the land for his successor. They were spiritually guided to the humble dwelling of a loving family high in the Himalayas. When the search party greeted the.....
The Empty Pot
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1990. paperback. The Empty Pot is Demi's beloved picture book about an honest schoolboy A long time ago in China there was a boy named Ping who loved flowers. Anything he planted burst into bloom. The Emperor loved flowers too. When it.....
Gifts of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Bloomington, Indiana: Wisdom Tales, 2018. Demi. Hard cover. Just before dawn on Saturday the 9th of December, 1531, Juan Diego was on his way to Mass near Mexico City. He came to a hill known as Tepeyac just as day broke. He could hear the singing of many beautiful birds.....
The Greatest Power
Simon and Schuster. Demi. hardcover. K-Gr. 3. This companion to The Empty Pot (1990) continues the story of the life of Ping, the young emperor who wants to bring harmony to his kingdom. Ping sends all the children in the kingdom on a year-long quest to find the greatest power.....
The Greatest Voyages of Zheng He
China: SHENS BOOKS, 2012. Demi. Hard cover. Over 600 hundred years ago, Emperor Zhu Di of China decided to build the greatest naval fleet the world had ever seen to befriend and trade with countries throughout Asia and Africa. The admiral of this diplomatic and treasure-gathering fleet was a brilliant.....