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LANSON, Henry.

Life and Adventures of Henry Lanson. the only son of a wealthy planter in the West Indies; who, when on his voyage to England, was put on shore at an uninhabited island, where, on his perambulations up the country, he discovers the ruins of an ancient temple; and near it, the oracle of the sun, a large rude carved idol made of pure brilliant gold of a wonderful construction.

London: Printed in St. John's Lane, Clerkenwell, by S. Fisher, 1805. Full Description: [LANSON, Henry.] The Life and Adventures of Henry Lanson, the only son of a wealthy planter in the West Indies; who, when on his voyage to England, was put on shore at an uninhabited island, where, on.....

Price: $1,000.00

ABEL, Clarke.

Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China. And of a Voyage to and from that Country in the Years 1816 and 1817, Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Transactions of Lord Amherst's Embassy to the Court of Pekin, and Observations of the Countries which it Visited. Illustrated by Maps and other Engravings.

London: Printed for Longman. Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818. ABEL, Clarke. Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China. And of a Voyage to and from that Country in the Years 1816 and 1817, Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Transactions of Lord Amherst's Embassy to the.....

Price: $2,500.00

CATHERWOOD, Frederick.

Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan.

New York: Bartlett and Welford, 1844. First edition, one of three-hundred copies. Folio (21 x 14 1/4 inches; 533 x 361 mm.) [2], 24 pp. With the chromolithographed title by Owen Jones, lithographed map, twenty-six lithographs on twenty-five plates, and original paper guards. Contemporary half red morocco over red cloth.....

Price: $55,000.00

COOK, Captain James.

Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty’s ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. In three volumes. Vol. I. and II. written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. Vol. III. by Captain James King, LL.D. and F.R.S. Published by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. The Second Edition.

London: Printed by H. Hughs, for G. Nicol, 1785. An Exhibition Set of the Second and Best Edition of Cook's Third Voyage with Atlas [COOK, Captain James]. [KING, Captain James]. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.....

Price: $26,500.00

STEVENSON, Robert Louis.

Treasure Island.

London: Cassell & Company, 1883. First edition, first issue with "dead man’s chest" not capitalized on pp. 2 and 7; The first letter for "rain" or "vain" in the last line of p. 40 is broken so we can't tell which state it is; the "a" is not present in.....

Price: $15,000.00

MARKHAM, Clements R.

Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, And of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa. Edited, with Notes, an Introduction, and Lives of Mr. Bogle and Mr. Manning.

London: Trubner and Co., 1876. First edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches; 215 x 139 mm). clxi,, [1, blank], [2], 354, [2, blank] pp. With frontispiece portrait of Warren Hastings, and seven engraved plates, one of which is folding. And with four folding maps, two of which have.....

Price: $1,250.00

HEDIN, Sven.

Southern Tibet. Discoveries in Former Times Compared with My Own Researches in 1906-1908.

Stockholm: Lithographic Institute of the General Staff of the Swedish Army, 1922. First and only edition. Complete with thirteen volumes. Nine volumes of text, three volumes of Atlas and one Prospectus volume. Text volumes and prospectus are in quarto, the three Atlas volumes are in folio. Text volumes profusely illustrated.....

Price: $12,500.00

EXQUEMELIN, Alexandre Olivier.

Bucaniers of America.

London: Printed for William Crooke, 1684. or, A True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of Late Years upon the Coasts of the West-Indies, by the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, both English and French...London: Printed for William Crooke, 1684-1685. First edition in English of Volume I, first edition.....

Price: $22,500.00

MADDEN, Richard Robert.

Travels in Turkey, Egypt, Nubia and Palestine. in 1824, 1825, 1826 & 1827.

London: Henry Colburn, 1829. First edition. Two octavo volumes (8 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches; 215 x 130 mm). xvi, 401, [1, errata], [2, blank]; viii, 398, [2, ads], [2, blank] pp. With half-title for volume I, but not volume II as usual. (According to Sotheby’s, half-title called for in.....

Price: $1,500.00

FREMONT, John Charles.

Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains. in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44...Printed by order of the Senate of the United States.

Washington: Gales and Seaton, Printers, 1845. in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44... Printed by order of the Senate of the United States. Washington: Gales and Seaton, Printers, 1845. First edition, Senate issue with all the scientific data. Octavo (9 x 5 3/4.....

Price: $2,250.00

MARKHAM, Clements R.

Narratives of the Mission of George Bogle to Tibet, And of the Journey of Thomas Manning to Lhasa. Edited, with Notes, an Introduction, and Lives of Mr. Bogle and Mr. Manning. Second Edition.

London: Trubner and Co., 1879. Second edition. Octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm). clxv, [1, blank], [2], 362 pp. With frontispiece portrait of Warren Hastings, and seven engraved plates, one of which is folding. And with four folding maps, two of which have color. Publisher's.....

Price: $1,250.00

PAULDING, Hiram.

Journal of a Cruise of the United States Schooner Dolphin. Among the Islands of the Pacific Ocean; and a Visit to the Mulgrave Islands in Pursuit of the Mutineers of the Whale Ship Globe. With a map.

New York: G.& C.& H. Carvill, 1831. First edition. Twelvemo (6 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches; 160 x 100 mm). 258, [2, blank] pp. With frontispiece folding map. Original full pink cloth, with original printed paper spine label. Label is complete. All edges uncut. Previous owner's old ink signature on.....

Price: $2,500.00

LEDYARD, John. COOK, Captain James.

Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage. to the Pacific Ocean, and in Quest of a North-West Passage, between Asia & American; Performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779. Illustrated with a Chart, shewing the Tracts of the Ships employed in this Expedition. Faithfully narrated from the original MS. of Mr. John Ledyard.

Hartford: Printed and sold by Nathaniel Patten, 1783. to the Pacific Ocean, and in Quest of a North-West Passage, between Asia & America; Performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779. Illustrated with a Chart, shewing the Tracts of the Ships employed in this Expedition. Faithfully narrated from the.....

Price: $17,500.00