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Paris?: Anthoine Chuppin, 1578. 40 unnumbered leaves Small octavo. ( 18 X 10.8 cm.) Bound in mid 20th century full red morocco. Spine ruled in six compartments. Title in gilt. Marbled endpapers. Gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Vignette illustration on title page. Text block clean and crisp. Various chapter decorations. Wanting the very rare folding plate which seems to be missing in most copies. Sabin 79343 After the 1577 English language version this is the earliest edition of Frobisher's voyage one can own. We have had the 1580 Latin Edition twice but have never handled this earlier version or seen one for sale before. Although missing the small folding plate of natives, it seems many copies do not have it or never had it bound in. This is a translation of the English edition by Nicholas Pithou, sieur de Cham-Gobert of the 1577 English edition. The Narrative consists of 32 leaves. The woodcut illustration was entitled Le Portraict des trois Sauuages admenez en Angleterre, leurs… Leer más

NP, 1866- 1874. Oblong folio photo album. ( 46 X 36 cm.) Consists of deeply beveled morocco boards with blind and gilt decoration. Front board with the initials SEW stamped in the middle (crew members initials). Boards and spine are in wonderful condition considering the weight. The text block is complete and in very nice condition. There are 114 albumen views in total plus a page of 22 small oval portraits of the ships crew. Most images are 210 X 280 mm. with approximately 40 images 165 X 250 mm. There are also 8 very large images of 250 X 400 mm in size. The images for the most part are all in very nice clean clear unfaded condition. They are also mount 1 to 4 per page recto and verso. Other than the binding which could certainly be restored, in excellent condition. The HMS Zealous was one three ships which formed a group of wooden hulled battleships that were selected for conversion to ironclads in 1860. After the conversion the Zealous was sent to the West Coast of Canada where… Leer más

London: Printed for the Author by W. Bennett, 1798. Quarto (310 x 245mm). First edition. Original blue papered boards, rebacked at an early date to style. Untrimmed edges. Engraved frontispiece, six engraved folding maps, two coastal profiles and a plate of a sperm whale. Professional restoration to a tear on p. 83-4. Some minor wear along the edges of the boards and spotting to the front board and throughout. A very good to fine, unsophisticated copy in the original boards. Howes C-604; Hill 338; Spence 309; Sabin 14546; Streeter sale 3494; Wickersham 6549. Colnett, Captain of the 'Rattler', visited the Galapagos Islands twice, and also explored the coasts of Chile and Peru. As he had accompanied Cook on his last voyage, Colnett frequently discusses his old commander in the course of his narrative. Colnett also describes the voyage where, in an attempt to establish an English fur-trading post on Nootka, he was seized by Spaniards-- this nearly started a war and resulted in the… Leer más

London: The Author and Printed by Thomas Davison, Whitefriars, 1827 First Edition. vii,(1),35 pp. Quarto (238 X 303 mm.) Bound in full red morocco. Spine ruled in six compartments. Gilt title on spine and gilt decoration. Five raised bands. Gilt rolls on boards, edges. Marbled endpapers to match. Edges untrimmed. Half title. Vignette coloured illustration on title page. 10 full page illustrations all with delicate hand colouring, probably later. Engraved table. Lithographed reproduction of the certificate of the ascent. Text and plates are very clean and crisp. A very handsome copy. Neate F18. Meckly 71 Perret 1605. Fellows and Sir Benjamin Hawes made the 14th ascent of Mont Blanc in July of 1827. There route varied from the customary route via the Mur de Cote. Neate states there were only 50 copies for private circulation and only had found three copies that were hand coloured. Neate also thought that most copies were inscribed. More modern scholarship by first Meekly in… Leer más

Hartford: Nathaniel Patten, 1783 First Edition. [1-7],208 pp. Octavo (17.8 X 12.5 cm.) Original full contemporary calf with original deep red spine label. Corners are worn and bumped. Boards are a bit mottled. Label on spine with a very small chip. Original endpapers. High quality facsimile of the very rare folding map on old paper to match the text, tipped in as a frontispiece. Five initial leaves with old marginal repairs in the bottom of the gutter. A few letters in expert facsimile. Text is evenly toned and has areas of more staining and browning. The paper is still supple and flexible. Overall a superior copy of a book never found in nice condition. Streeter 3477; Howes L-181; Sabin 39691; Forbes 52; Beddie 1603: Hill 991 and Lada Mocarski 36. This is the Narrative of the only American to accompany Capt. Cook on his last voyage. It is one of the rarest titles related to Captain Cook's Voyage. It is the first American travel book and the first to be copyrighted in America.… Leer más

London: Orr and Smith, Paternoster Row, 1834-49. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. xii, 278; xii, 270, [6]; xii, 280 (volumes 3-14); xii, 314; xii, 376 pp. (+unpaginated plates). 16 volumes. Large octavo, hardcover. Contemporary half-binding green morocco covering spine and corners, marbled paper covered boards with a little general wear and some rubbing. Spine gilt lettered, blind-stamping and gilt decorated, semi-raised bands in five compartments, maroon morocco lettering pieces. Tight and attractive binding. All edges trimmed and stained, minor foxing to the edges and some leaves. Green/brown endpapers, Frederick DuCane Godman bookplates to front paste-down of each volume. Slight signs of shelf-wear. 719 hand-coloured plates drawn and engraved by F. W. Smith or drawn and lithographed by S. Holden, all guarded by tissue paper, a number folding or double-page, 6 plates of designs for gardens, numerous wood-engraved illustrations. Fine condition. Sir Joseph Paxton (d. 1865) was an English gardener,… Leer más

London: Printed for J. Robinson, at the Golden Lion in Ludgate-Street, 1744 First Edition. Quarto ( 27 X 21.2 cm.) Bound in full speckled calf. Rebacked with the original spine laid down. Red morocco label. Flat spine with 5 ruled lines. Corners bumped and boards with old rubbing. Original endpapers. 18th century bookplate on front pastedown. Edges dyed yellow. Folding map and decorative chapter heading and endings. Generally very clean with a bit of foxing on the preliminary and last leaves. Howes D-373, Lande 1144, Peel 8, TPL 193, NMM 796, Streeter 3637. Hill p.84- "This book was published in the midst of a controversy between Dobbs and Christopher Middleton; the latter had been sent out by the former to search for a Northwest Passage but had failed. Dobbs was convinced that there was such a passage and charged Middleton with collusion with the Hudson's Bay Company to prevent the successful exploration of two or three inlets in the western part of Hudson Bay..." This… Leer más

Stockholm: Anders J. Nordstrom; Carl Delή, 1783-1802. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. [vii], viii-xiii, [xiv mispaginated as xv], [1], 2-380; 381- 765, 10 folding plates; [frontis folding map], [xii], [11], 12-179, [1], 5 platespp. Octavo. Two volumes bound in three. Contemporary Scandinavian half speckled calf over yellow speckled paper-covered boards. Spine in 6 compartments ruled in gilt; leather spine label with gilt titling to second. Lightest of shelfwear to boards, corners lightly bumped. All edges speckled red. Bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. Some light foxing and age-toning, mainly to first and last few leaves of each volume. Small closed tear to margin of folding map of Southern Ocean, archivally repaired. Foredge of rhinoceros plate age-toned, else a tight, clean set. Small sample of Tapa cloth after page 178 of second part. very good A beautiful example of a true Cook rarity, including the first volume (bound in two parts) of Sparrman's account of South… Leer más

New York: Privately Printed, ca. 1916 First and only edition. [1],39 pp. Large Octavo. Original half brown Morocco and tan cloth boards. Five raised bands. Title on front board. leather corners to match. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers with original cloth joints. Original presentation bookplate signed by the author on front pastedown. Issued without a printed title page. Hand coloured frontispiece. 32 photographs by the author and others on leaves with printed captions and small vignette drawings in the corner of each illustration. 9 photographic reproductions of drawings by Ed Deming. One original watercolour as the last illustration by Deming. A fine clean attractive copy. Very rare limited edition 13/20 copies of a privately organized hunting/photography expedition organized by McAleenan. McAleenan was from New York, a diamond merchant and appraiser for Tiffany's and at one time owned the Hope Diamond! McAleenan employed Jimmy Simpson, the foremost hunting guide in the… Leer más

Göttingen: Vandenhoeck, 1751-1752. Hardcover. First Edition. [Vol I] xxviii, 467; [Vol II] xxxvi, 652; [Vol III] xxiv, 584; [Vol IV] iv, 692pp. Octavo (19.5 cm x 12.5 cm). Decorative half mottled calf. binding Leather corners, paste paper covered boards. Edges stained red. Gilt spine with five raised bands, 6 compartments with two containing labels in red and green morocco. Text has the occasional browning as usual. All maps and plates are engraved on copper and total number of plates is 23: [Volume I] 1 frontispiece map and 3 illustrations, [Volume II] 1 frontispiece map and 5 illustrations, [Volume III] 1 frontispiece map and 8 illustrations, [Volume IV] 1 frontispiece map and 3 illustrations. Volumes II and IV contain many tables of atmospheric conditions (Barometric, thermometric and winds). Maps and plate are crisp and very clean. Overall very clean, tight, beautiful volumes in very good to fine condition. The Second Kamchatka Expedition, also known as the Great Nordic… Leer más

Paris: Antoine Verard, 1510. 126 leaves Octavo. Bound in 19th century polished brown calf with blind decoration. Joints a bit tender. All edges trimmed and dyed red. Marbled endpapers. Printed on vellum with the edges trimmed a bit close especially the top edge. Heavily illustrated throughout with decorative borders and full page illustrations. With many decorative initials added. Overall a pretty copy in a later binding. Provenance Jesuits of Antwerp with their bookplate. Albert Ehrman (1890-1969); Broxbourne bookplate. His annotations on reverse of front endpaper and dated 1927. Sold by Laurence Witten 1980 and finally in the sale of Alexandre Rosenberg 2021 and with his Picasso designed bookplate. Complete with Rosenberg's hand written notes and collation. See separate long description. Obviously very rare. 1510

London: Printed for the Author and Sold by John Stockdale,... and George Goulding, 1790. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 37pp. + [1]pp. (ads for works published by John Stockdale) Quarto. Quarter 19th century calf and marbled boards. Small bookplate and shelf label of previous owner. Gilt stamp of "The Society of Writers to the Signet in the middle of the front and rear board. Very clean text with only the occasional spotting. A very nice clean crisp copy with the half title. Smith 2477; Strathern 148; T.P.L. 609. A caustic attack on Meares account of the Voyages of John Meares, which elicted a rebuttal from Meares, to which Dixon replied with "Further Remarks". A wonderful rare part of the Dixon/Meares pamphlet war of which all three items have become extremely rare in todays Market. 1790

Stockholm: Lithographisches Institute Des Generalstabs, 1905-1920. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. Quarto. 59 parts (Lieferung) across 6 volumes (Band). Complete as issued with 43 of the parts bound individually with printed wrappers and 16 parts (the botany section) bound in 2 volumes with original wrappers. Original cream-coloured wrappers (two parts in blue wrappers) with some occasional light chipping to edges and heads and tails of spines. All volumes with ink hand stamp of the Aquatic Research Institute to front wrapper, with the exception of the fish part (Vol 5, Part 6), which has ink hand stamp of previous owner to front wrapper and title page. The wrappers of the fish part with some larger chips to edges and lower right corner; spine reinforced with paper tape. Front wrapper with inscription from the author (Einer Lunberg) to Dr. E. Vauhoffen. Parts are unopened and tight and clean internally. An attractive set. very good Rosove 241, Spence 859, Taurus 36. The complete set of the… Leer más

Cleveland, Ohio: Otto Ege, 1930. Hardcover Box. Fine. First edition. 1+15 leaves. Folio. Leaf book in black and red portfolio with ties, white and red letters on spine and the front board. Two preliminary leaves (index) and fifteen original manuscript leaves in various sizes. Each hinged into a window-mounted folder with explanatory printed captions identifying contents. From the collection and notes prepared by Otto Ege. 14 leaves on paper and one (no. 7) on vellum. Leaf no. 10 has an illustration. Some of the leaves are heighted in gold or with other illuminations, and two including musical notations. Fine as new copy. The leaves written between 12th and 18th centuries, twelve of the Middle East, two of Russia, and one of Tibet. Texts mostly covering religious contents represented in Arabic, Syriac, Armenian, Ethiopic, Tibetian, Greek and Slavic and two pages of Persian poetry (no. 8 and 10). The leaves from Otto Ege's collection (d. 1951); he was the dean of the Cleveland Institute of Art,… Leer más

London: W.H. Dalton, 1853. (xii)202pp Octavo. Bound in original blind stamped blue/green cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Original coated pale yellow end papers. Spine and outer joints show some dust soiling. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Hydrographic Office rubber stamp on title page. Four tinted lithographic plates, one folding map. Text block edges untrimmed and have dust soiling. A very clean copy internally. Overall a very nice copy of this rarity. Arctic Bibl. 8539. The PRINCE ALBERT, outfitted by Lady Franklin and under Kennedy's command, explored in Prince Regent Inlet and wintered at Somerset Island, 1851-52. Bellot Strait was discovered, and named for Lt. J. R. Bellot of the French Navy, a member of the expedition. Very scarce and probably the rarest of primary Search for Franklin narratives with an interesting provenance. Very difficult to find in the original cloth. 1853

London: Printed by G. E. Eyre & W. Spottiswoode, 1859-1865. 4 parts folio ( 33 X 21.7 cm.) Each part bound in full grey paper boards and a light grey spine. New paper label on the front of each part. Part 4 with the original blue front wrapper bound in. Each part clean without any faults. 16 maps, plans, sections, etc. Part 1 with 8 maps, plans by John Arrowsmith (including 1 large folding map with routes indicated in colour and 4 hand coloured plans, sections) - Part 2 with 3 folding hand coloured maps, plans, and sections by John Arrowsmith and 5 folding hand coloured maps, plans sections, etc by Edward Stanford in Part 4. . Part 4 "Index and Maps to Captain Palliser's Reports" issued separately and containing the cornerstone map of western Canada being "A General Map of the Routes in British North America explored by the expedition under Captain Palliser during the years 1857, 1858, 1859, and 1860. A fine very clean example. Housed in a fine curved back, morocco… Leer más

London: George Philip & Son, 1891. fine. One of 50 signed copies on Japanese Vellum. [i-v], vii-xx, [1], 2-404pp. Quarto. Finely bound by Sangorski Sutcliffe & Zaehnsdorf in modern 3/4 brown morocco over brown cloth. Cloth edged in double gilt fillets on both boards. Spine in 6 compartments. Titles to second and third; remaining stamped in gilt. Raised bands tooled in gilt. Date stamped to foot of spine. Light shelfwear to bottom edge of boards. Corners lightly rubbed. Top edge gilt, remaining edges uncut. Engraved bookplate to front pastedown and small circular ink stamp to title page, else clean internally. Limited to 50 hand-numbered copies, this being #34. Signed by Meyer on limitation page. A handsome copy. Neate M92. Alpine Club Library Catalogue page 212. A finely bound example of the exceedingly scarce signed edition limited to 50 copies on Japanese Vellum of this classic of African Mountaineering. Meyer's expedition completed the first undisputed ascent of the Kibo Peak of… Leer más

Cleveland, Ohio: Otto Ege, 1930. Hardcover Box. Fine. First edition. 1+15 leaves. Folio. Leaf book in black and red portfolio with ties, white and red letters on spine and the front board. Two preliminary leaves (index) and fifteen original manuscript leaves in various sizes. Each hinged into a window-mounted folder with explanatory printed captions identifying contents. Complete as issued. From the collection and notes prepared by Otto Ege. 14 leaves on paper and one (no. 7) on vellum. Some of the leaves are heighted in gold or with other illuminations, and two including musical notations. Fine as new copy. The leaves written between 12th and 18th centuries, twelve of the Middle East, two of Russia, and one of Tibet. Texts mostly covering religious contents represented in Arabic, Syriac, Armenian, Ethiopic, Tibetian, Greek and Slavic and two pages of Persian poetry (no. 8 and 10). The leaves from Otto Ege's collection (d. 1951); he was the dean of the Cleveland Institute of Art, a lecturer on… Leer más

Cranbrook Academy of Fine Art: Charles Pachter, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., 1964. Large folio. (45 X 36.8 cm.) Handmade blue paper covers made by the artist. Front wrapper consists of the title and the rear wrapper contains the colophon. 8 large single leaves of Rives paper with a single fold in the middle. The Left hand side has a poem printed and the right hand side is a full page black and white lithographic illustration. Each one has the original tissue over the plate. The last plate is titled in pencil at the bottom. Overall a fine clean copy all housed in a fold over box. The box has warped over time but does not effect the contents. This is the very rare second book by Margaret Atwood, illustrated by Charles Pachter. Lecker and David A2. The edition was limted to 15 copies, hand signed by both on the colophon. This copy is not numbered but designated an Artist's proof. Atwood's first book, Double Persephone was a small chapbook and came out 3 years earlier. This… Leer más

London: Published by John Stockdale, 1789 First Edition. [7],viii-xii,384,xl. pp. Quarto. (26 X 33 cm.) Bound in recent blue paper covered boards with plain brown paper spine to match the original. Text block untrimmed. Original endpapers reused. Bookplate on front pastedown. Five folding maps of harbours. Large general chart. 5 hand coloured plates of birds. 9 plates plus a frontispiece for a total of 20 plates and maps. The frontis portrait has had the outer margin renewed and a few text pages have also been renewed. This is also a thick paper copy. Lada-Mocarski 42, SABIN 64389. STREETER SALE 3485. TPL 599. WAGNER NORTHWEST COAST 738-43. This early narrative details the early exploration on the Northwest Coast of Canada. Nathaniel Portlock, a member of Cook's third voyage, and George Dixon also a member of Cook's ill fated expedition were sent by the King George's Sound Company to the Northwest coast of North America to investigate the economic possibilities of the fur… Leer más