[N.p., but near present-day Prampram, Ghana. Between 1819 and 1836]. Three pencil sketches on wove paper, each approximately 7 x 10 inches. Central vertical crease to each drawing, the first two titled in a contemporary hand in pencil to verso, the third similarly titled below the image. Very good. An.....
New York: Showden & Prall, 1847. 94pp. Original half morocco and marbled boards, printed title label on front board. Spine perished, boards and front endleaves detached. Tanned, scattered foxing. Good. The earliest Mpongwe imprint for use among missionaries in Africa, compiled by those working at the Gabun Mission operated by.....
Edinburgh: William Blackwood and T. Cadell, London, 1830. Two volumes. vii,[1],iii,[1],339; [2],iii,[1],327pp. Frontispiece in first volume. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, black gilt morocco labels. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown of second volume, removed in first. Internally bright and clean. Near fine, in an attractive contemporary binding. An.....
Washington. 1816. 7pp. Dbd. Foxed, else good, unopened. Narrates the seizure of this U.S. vessel by the Dey of Algiers in 1812. Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.
![Item #WRCAM41212 CRUISE OF BROOKLYN 1870 TO 1873 LOG [manuscript title]. American Naval Log Book](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM41212.jpg?v=1677876726)
[Primarily at sea, especially in the Mediterranean]. 1870-1873. [68]pp., plus a 1½ x 3-inch contact-print and a few notes. Approximately 9500 words. Red pebbled cloth with decorative red paper boards. Boards rubbed, tears in paper. Binding loose, text block separating from boards. Text clean. Four leaves cut from back of.....
[On board the U.S.S. Trenton, European Station]. [ca. 1878-1881]. Two pamphlets. 12; 16pp. 12mo. Fastened with bronze tack. Slight staining, else good. A curious little pair of imprints, printed on a U.S. Navy shipboard press sometime not long after the Civil War. The first, the INSPECTION... pamphlet, describes what an.....
Amsterdam & Leipzig. 1749. [8],xvi,333,[1]pp. plus thirty-two plates (twenty-nine folding) and three folding maps. Half title. Quarto. Antique-style three- quarter calf and marbled boards. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on half title and titlepage. Light foxing and soiling. Several maps with old repaired tears, without loss, at connective gutter margin. Very good.....
Dublin. 1819. 180pp., including frontispiece and five plates. Engraved titlepage vignette. 12mo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Rubbed along spine, edgeworn. Very good. An early 19th-century printing of one of the most popular nautical narratives of the 18th- century. The mission of Anson's voyage was to harass.....
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.....
Boston: Thomas and Andrews, October 1, 1805. Title-leaf, index leaf, sixty-three maps (three folding). Quarto. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt. Boards scuffed, rubbed, and edgeworn. Hinges tender, first few leaves creased. Mostly minor foxing throughout. Overall, a very good copy. An early 19th-century American atlas.....
Dublin: Printed by Christopher Bentham, 1823. 174pp. plus illustrations. Frontis. Engraved titlepage vignette. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt. Hinges tender, spine ends worn. Internally clean and fresh. A very good copy. The further fictitious travels of William Walsh, an Irishman, and Capt. Blisset, of the Royal Navy. Another volume.....
Dublin: Printed by J. Jones, 1823. 180pp. including engravings. Frontis. Engraved titlepage vignette. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt. Front hinge cracked, held by one cord; chipped at spine ends, corners worn. Internally neat and clean, and very good. Recounts the fictitious travels of William Walsh, an Irishman, with Capt.....
London. 1795. 68pp. Dbd. Some soiling, else very good. Auckland, a close associate and friend of William Pitt, presents his views on the French Revolution and war, supposedly incorporating the ideals of Pitt as well.
London. 1795. 68pp. Dbd. Some soiling, else very good. Second edition. Auckland, a close associate and friend of William Pitt, presents his views on the French Revolution and war, supposedly incorporating the ideals of Pitt as well.
![Item #WRCAM7086 MINERAL MAP AND GENERAL STATISTICS OF NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA [wrapper title]....](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM7086.jpg?v=1628092607)
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.....
London. 1852. viii,248pp. plus advertisements. Folding frontispiece map. 12mo. Original printed paper boards. Bit chipped at head and toe of spine, hinges broken and textblock nearly detached. Text tanned but internally quite clean. Good. "Enlarged and Corrected Edition." Includes a history of Australian discovery, with sections on Australia; New South.....
New York. 1875. 542pp. plus numerous plates and two colored maps (one folding). Original gilt pictorial maroon cloth, spine gilt. Very minor shelf wear. Contemporary gift inscription on front free endpaper. A pristine, beautiful copy. First American edition, after the London edition of the previous year. In 1869 the Khedive.....
London. 1868. 596pp. Portrait frontispiece plus 22 plates and 2 partially colored maps of the author's routes (1 folding). Contemporary morocco, expertly rebacked with gilt spine in matching style. Insect damage to face of back cover. Internally clean and very good. Second edition of this account of travel and hunting.....
London. 1781. iv,viii,557,[1]pp. plus pp.*471-*477, plus two maps (one folding), five folding tables, and two plates. Quarto. Contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down. Good. A strange ensemble, but the two articles in the collection of the greatest interest are "The Possibility of approaching the North Pole.....
Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1796. xi,[1],150,[2]pp. Half title. 12mo. Contemporary calf, neatly rebacked in matching style, spine gilt, leather label. Bumping and wear to tips of boards. 19th-century bookplate of Lawrence D. Knowles on front pastedown, with his ownership signatures on front free endpaper. Text uniformly age-toned. Very good.....
London. 1777. vii,[1],151pp. Quarto. Half title. 19th-century three- quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt morocco label. Edges worn, minor tear to spine label. Very good. Barron draws an analogy between the Athenian overseas colonies and their conflict with the mother country, and the American Revolution.
London: Printed for J. Knox, 1765. Three volumes. [12],[2],271,[1]; [6],264; [4],280pp., plus four folding maps and five plates. Folding frontispiece maps in first and second volumes. Contemporary calf, raised bands, spines gilt, leather labels. Lightly worn at hinges and around edges. Bookplates on front pastedown and flyleaf of each volume.....
New York. 1832. 303pp. including advertisements. Two frontispiece plates. 16mo. Original printed cloth. Extremities worn, spine considerably chipped. Foxed. A good copy. From "Harper's Stereotype Edition" series, after the original British edition of 1831, entitled "The Eventful History of the Mutiny...." Barrow recounts the famous story of the mutiny against.....
London: John Murray, 1846. xiv,530pp. plus two maps (one folding) and sixteen pages of advertisements. Frontispiece portrait. Original decorated blue cloth, spine gilt. Slightly cocked, cloth rubbed, corners bumped and worn. Bookplate on front pastedown, light offsetting from frontispiece to titlepage. Text block cracked, one signature sprung. Good. First edition.....
Vienna: Im Selbstverlage des Verfassers, 1869. [8],202,[2]pp. plus seven woodcut plates and folding color map. Contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, paper library label. Slightly rubbed. Old institutional stamps on titlepage. Internally quite clean. Very good. Departing San Francisco in 1866, Bechtinger travelled to Hawaii and remained there for one.....
