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

Paris: La Palme, 1951. 54pp facsimile of the original manuscript, printed in color; 39pp of text by Huyghe in French. Tall slim 8vo, color pictorial boards, printed by Mourlot, printed mylar wrapper. Very small bookseller's plate on front attached endpaper. Paris: La Palme, 1951. A near fine copy of this uncommon book. Signature of Art historian Meyer Schapiro on front attached endpaper. More

Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, 1797. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Sheet measures 21 1/4" x 28" This chart depicts Easter Island, with a close-up of Cook's Bay. Relief is depicted by hachure, and elevation is shown from several vantage points. Points and peaks of the elevation views correspond to labels on the map. The Bay shows depths, and various structures are labeled. The map appeared as Plate 10 in "Atlas du Voyage de La Perouse." It is in very..... More

New York: Baker and Scribner, 1849. xvi, 453pp. 12mo, original green cloth, cloth lightly soiled, light foxing throughout. New York: Baker and Scribner, 1849. First Edition. Author was an officer in the United States Navy during the Mexican War. "The author went to California in 1846, making a considerable stay at Monterey, San Francisco, and San Jose." Eberstadt 114:189. Howes W-593. He also writes extensively on his adventures in Mexico during the war. After the war, he writes of his..... More