The New Pacific.
Map. 738pp. Short 8vo, blue cloth (slightly rubbed and faded). N.Y., 1900. A very good copy. More
Map. 738pp. Short 8vo, blue cloth (slightly rubbed and faded). N.Y., 1900. A very good copy. More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1980. Edited by Gavin Kennedy. Many illustrations throughout. 208 pages. Tall 8vo, cloth, d.w. Boston: David Godine, (1980). Very good The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS Bounty; its Causes and Consequences. More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943. Illustrated in black and white. 367 pages. 8vo, maroon cloth with gold lettering. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1943). Some minor edgewear, internally clean. A very good copy. A First-person Narrative as Told to Cecil Carnes. More
Wellington: Department of Education, New Zealand, 1958. Many Illus. 8vo, gray cloth, d.w. lightly soiled and crudely taped. Wellington: Islands Education Division, Department of Education, N.Z., 1958. Ex libris Islands Education Division Library with their rubberstamp. More
Adelaide: Limited Editions Club, 1975. Illustrated with watercolours and drawings by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. 4 full-page color plates and many other in-text illus. 150pp. Folio, beige pictorial cloth with leather spine label, board slipcase. Adelaide, South Australia: The Limited Editions Club, 1975. A fine copy in a fine box One of 2000 numbered copies signed by the illustrator and by the designer of the edition. More
401pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Vanguard Press, (1968). A near fien copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. A novel of James Cook's first voyage to Australia. More
Paris: 1780. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 9" x 12 3/4" This map of the East Indies, published in Bonne's 1780 atlas, extends from the Malay Peninsula to the northern coast of Australia, the map shows the islands of Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Timor, Mindanao, Maluku, and many islets. Pictorial mountains depict the mountainous terrain of the volcanic islands. An inset in the lower left corner depicts the Maluku islands in greater detail. The map is in excellent..... More
Paris: Saillant & Nyon, 1771. Complete with 20 folding maps and 3 plates. [8], 417, [3]pp. 4to, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine with red leather spine label, spine rubbed with light wear on spine ends, edges of corners worn and bumped, maps and text slightly wavy throughout, light browning to margins of half-title page, last 3 leaves with some light dampstaining to some margins. Paris: Saillant & Nyon, 1771. First Edition Internally a clean, bright and tight copy. Narrative..... More
Illus. Square 4to, cloth-backed decorative boards, d.w. N.Y., (1974). First Edition. A very good(+) copy. More
New York: Random House, 1987. Photo illustrations in color and black & white. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Random House, (1987). First Edition, Presentation copy, with an indecipherable inscription in red ink to critic John Leonard. More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1962. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. 250 pages, 8vo, maroon cloth (top edge bumped), dust wrapper (small chips at top of spine). New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1962). A very good(-) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
illus. 574pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York, (1991). Murder on Palmyra Island. More
27 color plates. 48 b/w illus. 4to, cloth, d.w.; (d.w. lightly soiled and chipped, otherwise very good). Paris: Editions R. Sicard, (1964). Photographic survey of the coral reefs off of New Caledonia. Text in French. More
Paris: 1785. Engraving. 9 x 18 1/4 inches. Margin trimmed to neat line on left, folded as issued. Lively scene with groups of people at work in front of a village on the Hawaiian Village on the Island of Kauai. The island is the oldest of the Hawaiian Islands and the fourth largest of the archipelago. From the French edition of the Official Report of Cook's 3rd voyage. More
New York: Heritage. Edited by A. Grenfell Price. Color frontispiece, black & white illustrations. Short 4to, brown leather-backed patterned boards, slipcase. New York: Heritage Press, (no date, circa 1955). Fine. More
Venice: 1688. Map, diptych gore sheets. Uncolored copper plate engraving. Each page measures about 19 5/8" x 13 3/8". Beautiful pair of gore sheets from Coronelli's 110 cm diameter globe. Shows the southern part of the Pacific Ocean including the Tropic of Capricorn and the western coast of South America. Features a nicely engraved cartouche , architectural elements, cherubs, a mermaid and space for two other portraits or text, here left blank. Includes beautifully rendered ships and denotes the path..... More
Rutland: Tuttle, 1967. Illus. 8vo, green cloth, d.w., notations in ink on the last blank page. Rutland: Charles Tuttle, (1967). Very good. More
New York: Abrams, 1989. 170 color illus., map. 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Abrams, (1989). Fine. More
New York: Knopf, 1937. Many illustrations throughout, some in color, and with an album of photographs by Rose Covarrubias; one folding map (creased at edge). Thick 8vo, two-toned yellow cloth with decorative spine and covers (stains on front cover and bottom margins of first several pages; tear on dust wrapper flap, browning on front endpaper with and ownership name on fly-leaf.). New York: Knopf, 1937. A very good(-) copy. More
A Geography of Australia, New Zealand and their Pacific Island Neighbourhoods. Illus. Maps. London, 1956. A very good copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1990. Illustrated in black and white. Tall 8vo, grey cloth, d.w. (torn). Ames: Iowa State University Press, (1990). First Edition. Very good(+) in a very good dust wrapper. More
London: Argonaut Press, 1927. Edited by N.M. Penzler and with an introduction by Sir Albert Gray. 7 illustrations, including 4 maps, 3 of which are folding. xxxvii, 376 pages. Tall 8vo, bound in publisher's red cloth with vellum spine (light scuffing and small stain at foot of spine; internally crisp and clean with most pages un-opened and un-read. London: Argonaut Press, 1927. Limited edition -- number 825 of 975 copies on Japon vellum. Near fine. First published in 1697. "Dampier..... More
London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1965. Illustrated in color & b/w. 336pp. 8vo, cloth, dust wrapper; d.w. tattered . London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd., 1965. Very good with a poor d.w. More
New York: Basic Books, 2013. Illustrated. xx + 337 pages, 8vo, boards, d.w. New York: Basic Books, (2013). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Illus. 445pp. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1992). Book Club Edition. Very good. More
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