Travel

ARGUABLY ONE OF THE RAREST PUBLICATIONS ON COOK’S FIRST VOYAGE. Small folio (285 x 235 mm.), in nineteenth century half calf, marbled paper boards, spine with ornate gilt bands, with ornate gilded green leather title label, small area of professional restoration to upper and lower portions of spine, yellow edged. With typographic title, Contents, Errata, Introduction, pp. (4), xii, *4, 146, with two large folding engraved maps, unrecorded early issue printers' error of pp. 94-95 omitted, some foxing on pp. ix-xii, tear without loss to p. 59, otherwise in very good condition.

A CLASSIC PORTRAIT OF SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. 400 x 310 mm., cut close as usual with no loss of engraved surface, laid on later paper, otherwise in good condition.

THE RARE 31 PLATE ISSUE. Folio (595 x 430 mm.), contemporary half straight-grained blue morocco by Zaehnsdorf, uncut, blue cloth boards, gilt ruled, spine with ornate gilt raised bands, compartments with ornate central gilt feature and gilt titles, gilt top, marbled endpapers. With title page, Contents and 31 hand coloured lithographic plates (25 numbered and 6 unnumbered), each with blank interleaf, a few margins lightly stained, lower corner of title page chipped, 5 plates with waterstain in the margins effecting the image of only one - 'Attacking the Grizzly Bear', otherwise in good condition.

A TALL EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ENGLISH TRAVEL BOOKS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Folio (290 x 190 mm.), 4 parts in 1, old full calf, five line gilt panelled boards, spine with raised bands, each compartment with similar gilt panels, gilt titles. With engraved title, 3 letterpress divisional titles with engraved cartographic vignettes, 8 folding copperplate engraved maps and 3 folding views of St. Helena and Ascension, 4 woodcut maps in the text, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 29 plates by the van Deutecum brothers from the Dutch edition, some minor reinforcement at some of the folds, otherwise a fine crisp example.

FIRST EDITION. MIXED ISSUE. Folio, three volumes (490 x 355 mm. each), bound to style in half red morocco over red moire cloth covered boards, gilt ruled, spines with gilt ruled raised bands in six compartments, each gilt panelled, gilt lettered in the second and fourth, gilt volume dates to base of each spine, marbled endpapers. With typographic title page to each volume, pp. [2], 4, 206; [2], 237; [4], 196, [2], with 120 hand-coloured lithographic plates after Karl Bodmer, Charles Bird King, James Otto Lewis, P. Rhindesbacher and R. M. Sully, drawn on stone by A. Newsam, A. Hoffy, Ralph Trembley, Henry Dacre and others, printed and coloured by J. T. Bowen and others, comprising 117 portraits and 3 scenic frontispieces after Rindisbacher, 1 leaf containing 2 lithographic maps and a table and 17 pages of facsimile signatures of subscribers. Light foxing to volume 1 as usual, offsetting to plates as usual, with some waterstaining to beginning of volume 2 affecting the first plate and volume 3 affecting first 5 plates, otherwise in good condition.

A FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF LOUISIANA. Octavo, nineteenth century quarter calf, panelled cloth boards, gilt spine, with marbled endpapers. XX, 318, 5, (4) pp. Slight loss of paper to the title page. With two folding maps in full contemporary wash colour in excellent condition.

Quarto (240 x 175 mm.), full contemporary calf, blind panelled, with extremely ornate ribbed spine, each compartment with gilt decorative panels and central floral feature, red calf gilt title label affixed, marbled endpapers. With typographic title page, pp. (16), 262, 35, (1), 23, (7), 49, (2), 81, with 5 folding maps, 9 plates of which 3 are folding, with light waterstain to lower gutter near the beginning, otherwise in good condition.

Octavo (200 x 120 mm.), full contemporary tree calf, gilt ruled ribbed spine with ornate gilt red calf title label. With typographic title page, pp. xii, 534, (4), with two large folding maps, the second map with some early closed tears to fold, some general toning as is usual, otherwise in good condition.

Octavo (220 x 145 mm.), full modern calf, gilt ruled ribbed spine with calf gilt title label. With two large folding maps and a folding table, in good condition. xvi, 536 pp.

Oblong folio, two volumes (375 x 500 mm.), full early red calf, ornate gilt panelling, with ornate gilt raised bands, each compartment with ornate gilt decoration, gilt titles to spine. Some light wear, upper binding of second volume detached from block. With 2 aquatint vignettes to titles and 56 aquatint plates, 5 of which bear two images, with interspersed descriptive text; with aquatint vignette to title and 36 aquatint plates, with interspersed descriptive text.

CONTAINING THE FIRST ILLUSTRATION OF NIAGARA FALLS. Duodecimo, full contemporary calf, gilt boards bearing arms, raised bands to spine with gilt red calf title label. With 2 engraved folding maps and 2 engraved folding plates in excellent condition. With engraved frontispiece; (70), 313, (8 num 313*), pp. 315-506.