London. 1823. iv,[2],xxvii,[5],285,[2],297,[3]pp. plus folding map and twenty-five lithographic plates. Quarto. Contemporary calf, ruled in gilt and blind, spine elaborately gilt, a.e.g. Expertly rebacked with original backstrip laid down. Minor shelf wear, modern bookplate on front pastedown. Light foxing on map and plates, with some offsetting to facing pages, but.....

Sydney. 1876. Color map, 15 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches. Folded into original printed wrappers. Ink signature and ownership stamp on front wrapper, wrappers separated at seam. The map is very nice, with some foxing but no tears at folds. The map, engraved by G.W. Sharp, is shaded with seven.....

Sydney: W.A. Duncan, Australasian Chronicle Office, 1840. 52pp. Dbd. Small close tear to titlepage (no text affected), minor toning, some loose leaves. Good. A rare trial account of a peculiar, though perhaps an oddly-justified assault in Australia in 1840. "James Mudie had in his book THE FELONRY OF NEW SOUTH.....

London: Henry Colburn, 1843. Two volumes. xxii [i.e. xxxviii],[2],387,16 [advertisements dated February 1843] pp. plus eight plates (including frontispiece); vi,[2],474pp. plus eleven plates (including frontispiece). Three folding maps in front pocket of first volume. Original blue embossed cloth, spines gilt. Spines sunned, minor edge wear, corners bumped. Bookplate on front.....

Edinburgh: Printed by A. Donaldson, 1766-1768. Three volumes. vi,2,viii,516; [4],692; [2],iv,745pp. Folding frontispiece map in each volume. Contemporary calf, ruled in gilt, sympathetically rebacked in matching calf, spines tooled in gilt, gilt leather labels. General chart of the southern hemisphere with a closed split along one fold. Scattered light foxing.....

Sydney: Reading and Wellbank, 1860. [8],305pp. plus folding map and corrigenda tipped in at rear. Modern tan cloth, gilt leather label. Very small tear at gutter margin of map, repaired with tissue. Internally clean. Very good. William Branwhite Clarke (1798-1878) was an English clergyman and geologist who emigrated to Australia.....

Dublin: Printed by Richard Grace, 1820. 179pp. including four plates (including frontispiece). Titlepage vignette. 16mo. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and marbled boards. Covers worn, backstrip largely perished, else very good. First printing of this Dublin edition of THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, abridged for young readers from the biography by.....

Paris. 1774. Four volumes. iv,xvi,[2],xxxii,388pp. plus sixteen folding maps and plates; [2],536pp. plus sixteen maps and plates (mostly folding); [2],394pp. plus seventeen maps and plates (mostly folding); viii,367pp. plus three maps and plates (two folding). Quarto. Modern half mottled calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. Some scattered foxing.....

Paris: Pierre Rocolet, 1644. [6],1414pp. plus engraved titlepage. Large folio. Contemporary calf, gilt. Hinges partially cracked, head and foot of spine chipped, corners bumped. Minor scattered foxing and soiling. About very good, handsome withal. Extensive geographical and historical compendium written by Pierre D'Avity (1573- 1635), first published in Paris in.....

St. Petersburg. 1865. viii,540,[1]; [3],viii,466pp. plus frontispiece. 12mo. Half titles. Modern half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt with raised bands. Light dampstaining at top edge of a few leaves, light tanning and foxing throughout. Very good. The very rare first edition in Russian of Darwin's classic scientific journal and.....

Boston: Printed by E.G. House, for the Author, 1817. 598,[1]pp. plus two engraved plates including frontispiece portrait, and engraved folding map. Contemporary calf, rebacked in modern calf in matching style, spine gilt. Boards scuffed and worn, especially at extremities. Light foxing throughout, faint dampstain in lower gutter throughout the text.....

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.....

Upsala: Johan Edman, 1776. Two volumes bound in one. [28],308,[2]; [2],326,[6]pp. plus folding engraved map. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine stamped in blind and gilt. Edges, corners, and spine lightly worn, upper portion of spine repaired. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Minor small stains in corners of titlepage.....