London. 1853. vi,[2],488pp. plus seven lithographic plates (four in color) including frontispiece, and folding map. Numerous woodcuts. Tipped-in errata slip. Modern three quarter gilt morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Very good. "Captain Erskine, in 1849, sailed from Russell, New Zealand, and reached Niue or Savage Island. He.....

Cleveland: The Williams Publishing Company, 1888. xviii,[9]-507pp., including illustrations. Frontispiece and two portraits. Original cloth, front board and spine gilt. Cloth worn at spine ends. Overall very good. The overland journey to the gold fields by the Ohio native Ferguson is recounted in the first ten chapters, followed by three.....

London. 1821. [iii]-xi,320pp. plus two maps (one folding), with in-text illustrations. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, gilt leather label. Minor rubbing to boards, light wear to edges and spine ends. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage, 20th-century bookplate on front pastedown. Light scattered foxing, slightly heavier to maps.....

Honolulu & Sydney. 2003. xiv,[2],791pp. including illustrations. Quarto. Green cloth. As new. The fourth and concluding volume of Forbes' monumental and indispensable bibliography of Hawaii. Contains more than 1700 annotated entries discussing works covering the political, economic, and social history of the islands, including much on the annexation of the.....

Honolulu &Sydney. 1999. xxi,527pp. Illus. Frontis. Quarto. Green cloth. As new. The long-awaited bibliography of the Hawaiian Islands. This volume covers up to 1830 and includes excellent annotated entries for 768 items. Includes new material on Cook, La Pérouse, Vancouver, and all the pre-1830 voyages in the Pacific.

Honolulu: Manoa Heritage Center, 2016. liv,198pp. Quarto. Black pictorial cloth, front board gilt. Profusely illustrated in color. Signed by Mary Cooke. New, in dust jacket. A superb and extensively illustrated catalog of depictions of Hawaii from the collection of Sam and Mary Cooke selected and discussed by David W. Forbes.....

[Santa Barbara. 1925]. 285pp. Portraits. Publisher's fabrikoid boards. Spine slightly soiled and worn, corners lightly worn. Small private library stamps on front pastedown and titlepage verso. Lights foxing to endpapers and titlepage, as well as to edges of text block. Very good. Second and best edition of this privately printed.....

London. [1881]. Eighteen stiff cards, four with two mounted watercolors, fourteen with one watercolor each, for a total of twenty-two illustrations. Average image size approximately 9 x 5 1/2 inches. Large folio portfolio. Three-quarter red morocco, green tie straps. Bookplate of the Easton Neston Library on front pastedown. Moderate edge.....

London: W. Botham, for James Knapton, 1707. [24],300 [i.e., 302],[18]pp. plus ten engraved plates and five folding engraved maps and charts. Contemporary paneled calf, rebacked, with original gilt leather label. Minor edge wear, corners worn. Two bookplates on front endpapers. Single small wormhole running through text, plates and maps, most.....

Portland, Or. Oregon Historical Society, 1950. 173pp. Folding chart. Cloth. Cloth sunned, else very good. An account of the shipwrecks along the Columbia River, covering the period between the early 19th to the early 20th centuries.

Philadelphia. [ 1855]. 232pp. plus plates. Frontis. Original gilt pictorial cloth. Head of spine a bit chipped. A bit tanned. Else very good. "In spite of the title, this work is concerned with description and travel, and relates the history of the Christian missions in Melanesia..." - Hill. The frontispiece.....

Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1860. 136pp. including numerous wood engravings in the text. Contemporary blindstamped cloth. Covers moderately soiled and worn. Pen and pencil inscriptions on front and rear pastedowns. Front and rear free endpapers excised. Title page slightly soiled, scattered foxing and occasional staining. A good copy. Apparently scarce later.....

[Various places. August 19, 1903 - February 14, 1905; February 21, 1905 - December 1, 1905]. Two volumes. [96]; [192]pp., approximately 45,000 words. Contemporary calf notebooks. Worn, rubbed, some soiling and contemporary ink inscriptions on front board of each volume, ink stamp on rear board of second volume. Family ink.....