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$70.00
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The Journal of Jean-Francois de Galaup de la Perouse 1785-1788 (2 Vol Set)


DE LA PEROUSE, JEAN-FRANCOIS DE GALAUP & DUNMORE, JOHN (Trans & Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- ccxl + 232pp, vol 2- vi + pgs 233-613, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges of vol 1, light chafing & surface loss/soiling to jackets of both vols)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1994-95

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt exploration travel Jean-Francois de Galaup de la Perouse history maritime nautical

$175.00
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George Vancouver: A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795 (4 Vol Set)


VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W. KAYE (Ed)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontis to vol 1, pagination continued over 4 vols- 1752pp total, occasional illus/folding maps, folding map to rear pocket of vol 1, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (varying degrees of scuffing, chafing & creasing to spine & edges but mostly tidy)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1984

KEYWORDS: hakluyt exploration history voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean maritime nautical travel

$50.00
2a18p/13

The Jamestown Voyages Under the First Charter 1606-1609 (2 Vol Set)


BARBOUR, PHILIP L. (Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xxviii + 247pp, vol 2- viii + pgs 249-524, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising to board extrems & edges- vol 2 esp., light soiling to rear board of vol 2, vol 2 lightly discoloured, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to mdoerate creasing & chipping to edges- discreet archival tape repairs to vol 1, light to moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt exploration travel Jamestown documents history colonisation colonization colonies Captain John Smith maritime nautical voyages first charter

$100.00
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The Prester John of the Indies: A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John; Being the Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Ethiopia in 1520 (2 Vol Set)


ALVARES, FATHER FRANCISCO & BECKINGHAM, C. F. (Ed) & HUNTINGFORD, G. W. B. (Ed) & ALDERLEY, LORD STANLEY OF (Trans)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled/rough cut page edges, frontispieces, vol 1- xvi + 321pp, vol 2- vi + pgs 323-617, folding map to pocket at rear board of vol 2, illus/maps, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board extrems & edges, moderate soiling to rear board, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing & soiling to rear eps of vol 2) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spines & covers)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1961

KEYWORDS: hakluyt first edition exploration travel maritime nautical Portuguese missions Ethiopia Ethiopian Africa Lord Stanley of Alderley Prester John history

$40.00
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Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage 1741-1747: Vol 1: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742; Vol 2: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746-1747


BARR, WILLIAM & WILLIAMS, GLYNDWR (Eds)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xii + 333pp, vol 2- xv + 393pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1994-95

KEYWORDS: hakluyt exploration travel voyages Christopher Middleton William Moor Francis Smith history maritime nautical

$165.00
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Journal of the Travels and Labours of Father Samuel Frtiz in the River of the Amazons Between 1686 and 1723


FATHER SAMUEL FRITZ & EDMUNDSON, Rev. Dr. GEORGE (Trans & Ed)

FIRST EDITION, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind decoration to boards, viii + 164pp + xliii Hakluyt lists to rear, folding maps, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, minor closed tearing to folding maps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1922

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt Father Samuel Fritz exploration travel history Evora MS amazons

$90.00
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Civil Wars in Peru: The War of Las Salinas


DE LEON, PEDRO DE CIEZA & MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS (Trans & Intro)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif & blind decoration to boards, xxiv + 304pp, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, VG+ (light bruising & sl scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1923

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt civil war Peru Peruvian war conflict Las Salinas Spanish history

$40.00
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Carteret's Voyage Round the World 1766-1769 (2 Vol Set)


WALLIS, HELEN (Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xii + 273pp, vol 2- vi + pgs 275-564, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps, sl creasing to edges of some folding maps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate foxing to covers, light sunning to spines)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1965

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt exploration travel voyages Philip Carteret history round the world

$225.00
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A New Account of East India and Persia Being Nine Years' Travels 1672-1681: Vol II


FRYER, JOHN & CROOKE, WILLIAM (Ed, Notes & Intro)

THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, 371pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, light tanning to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1912

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history East India Persia explroation travel voyages John Fryer first edition

$225.00
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A New Account of East India and Persia Being Nine Years' Travels 1672-1681: Vol I


FRYER, JOHN & CROOKE, WILLIAM (Ed, Notes & Intro)

THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to front board, blind stamp decoration to rear board, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxxviii + 353pp + 35pp Hakluyt list to rear, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards & extrems, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, light tanning to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1909

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history East India Persia explroation travel voyages John Fryer first edition

$975.00
2a18p/27

The Travels of Peter Mundy, in Europe and Asia 1608-1667 (5 Vol Set in Six Books)


MUNDY, PETER & TEMPLE, Lt.-Col. Sir RICHARD CARNAC (Ed)

5 VOL SET IN SIX BOOKS, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards- no gilt motif to rear board of vol 1, deckled/rough cut page edges- some still uncut, mixed pagination, illus/folding maps, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems & spine/boards, moderate tanning to page edges, varying degrees of tanning & light foxing to vols, light cracking to gutters of vol 3, light staining to top page edges of some vols) d/w to vol 5 only, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, heavy tanning/discolouration to spine & edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1907-1936

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society travel exploration voyages history Europe Asia Peter Mundy

$175.00
2a18q/3

The Ground of the Ancestors: A History of Goroka: Part I: Foundations


MUNSTER, PETER M.

Lg quarto, light gray staple bound light card covers, black lettering to front cover, vii + 66pp, illus/photos, includes separate staple bound typed extract from The Land That Time Forgot: Adventures and Discoveries in New Guinea by Michael Leahy & Maurice Crair, VG (moderate creasing & discolouration to covers & page edges with moderate tanning & foxing, considerable foxing & discolouration to separate extract)

PUBLISHER: Peter M. Munster 1973

KEYWORDS: Goroka ethnology anthropology history culture customs Peter M. Munster

$45.00
2a18q/12

The Beginning of the Rainbow


JONES (HINGSTON), VERNA

DATED & SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, 70pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine, light foxing & soiling to covers & edges, light tanning & foxing to internal sides of covers)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated (c.1982?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand settlers pioneers family history genealogy Hingston

$120.00
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Modern Cookery, For Private Families, Reduced to a System of Easy Practice, in a Series of Carefully Tested Receipts, in Which Baron Liebig and Other Eminent Writers Have Been ass Much as Possible Applied and Explained


ACTON, ELIZA

Sm octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp rule & decoration to boards, xlvii + 643pp + 24pp to rear, illus, scruffy (spine flapping loose but still hanging on, heavy bruising & scuffing to extrems with some surface loss, heavy staining to spine & boards, v heavy tanning to page edges, some prelims potentially missing, moderate foxing throughout, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughhoutprev. owner's name in ink to dedication page)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts 1860

KEYWORDS: cookbooks cooking cookery food recipes culinary house keeping history

$60.00
2a18q/20

The Letters of F. W. Ludwig Leichhardt (3 Vol Set)


LEICHHARDT, F. W. LUDWIG & AUROUSSEAU, M. (Collected & Newly Trans)

3 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blue rule to front boards, frontispiece to vol 1 only, mixed pagination, folding map to vol 2, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to extrems & board edges, light fading to spine of vol 2, light tanning & occasional folding to page edges/corners) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spines & edges, varying degrees of loss to spine- archival tape repairs to vol 2 spine)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society first editions letters correspondence collection F W Ludwig Leichhardt history exploration Australia nautical maritime

$66.00
2a18q/21

Missions to the Niger (4 Vol Set)


BOVILL, E. W. (Ed)

4 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, foldin gmap to rear pocket of vol 4, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to board extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spines & edges with some minor foxing, light scuffing & loss to spines of vols 1 & 4)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1964-66

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history journals Friedrich Hornemann Alexander Gordon Laing letters literature collection the Bornu Mission exploration voyages first editions

$40.00
2a18r/1

Endless Sea: Stories Told Through the Taonga of the New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui te Ananui a Tangaroa


WALSH, FRANCES (Text) & USSHER, JANE (Photo)

Quarto, orange cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 263pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (spine v sl cocked, sl bruising to extrems) in 3/4 dust jacket/band, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, adhesive residue to rear)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical artefacts history marine museum anecdotes stories tales

$220.00
2a18r/17

Wise's Auckland Provincial Directory 1953-54


N/A [WISE'S]

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, place name tabs to page edges, printed eps, xx + 1216pp, illus/adverts, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate cracking to front hinge, moderate soiling & staining to boards, heavy tanning to page edges & eps with some minor foxing to eps also, occasional closed tearing to pages, moderate creasing & foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy creasing page tabs)

PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co 1953-54

KEYWORDS: New Zealand directories Auckland provincial history 50s fifties WISES

$100.00
2a18r/21

Cassell's Picturesque Australasia: Vol IV


MORRIS, E. E. (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY (PART OF 4 VOL SET), THIS VOL FEATURES N.Z., imperial octavo, half leather bound red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & rule/tooling to front board, aeg, frontispiece, viii + 308pp + unpaginated maps to rear, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to leatherwork to spine & board corners, light scuffing & soiling to boards, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals plus pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1889

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand Australasia maps history culture

$40.00
2a18r/23

Early Soviet Jet Fighters: The 1940s and Early 1950s


GORDON, YEFIM & KOMISSAROV, DMITRIY and SERGEY (Trans)

Quarto, white lettering to spine, illus glossy light card covers, 143pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Midland Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: aviation fighter jets military Soviet Russia Russian history engineering design war planes

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