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CANFIELD, Flavia Camp. Around the World at Eighty.Rutland, VT. : 1925
First edition, first printing, of this collection of letters recounting the author's voyage around the world on the Cunarder RMS Berengaria, this copy in a lovely example of the jacket. The party made landfall in Cuba, Panama, southern California, Hawaii, Japan, China, the Philippines, Java, Burma, India, Egypt, Palestine, and across Europe.
Canfield... Learn More£75.00Stock Code: 135804
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RICKMAN, John. Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery;London : 1781
First edition, the "London edition" of the first full account in English of Cook's third voyage, published anonymously to avoid legal action by the Admiralty (Forbes). An attractive copy, with the points outlined for Forbes's state B, "the exact priority not established".
John Rickman was a second lieutenant aboard the Discovery, being discharged... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 147062
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PERKINS, Edward T. Na Motu: or, Reef-Rovings in the South Seas. A Narrative of Adventures at the Hawaiian, Georgian and Society Islands.New York : 1854
First edition of a key book on Hawaii - "an important and lively narrative" (Forbes) - containing one of the earliest accounts of surfing and attractively illustrated from the author's own sketches.
"Surfriding and surfrider also hold the honour of being the terms in longest continual use to describe the act of riding waves and those who ride... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 121426
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COOK, James, & James King. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean.London : 1785
Second edition of Cook's fatal third voyage, an attempt to find a north-west passage, during which he "discovered" Oahu and Kauai at the western end of the Hawaiian Islands, and, more importantly, "depicted accurately for the first time the north-west coast of America, leaving no major discoveries for his successors. In addition the scientific discoveries... Learn More£12,500.00Stock Code: 75595
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COOK, James, & James King. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean.London : 1785
Second and preferred edition of Cook's fatal third voyage, this set one of a small number with the text volumes printed on fine paper, apparently hot-pressed to give a more silken finish, and presented in a particularly attractive contemporary morocco binding, in this regard highly uncommon: the last set in such a binding appearing at auction in 1992.... Learn More£37,500.00Stock Code: 139133
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COOK, James; HAWKESWORTH, John (ed.) An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of his Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere,London : 1773
First edition of the official account of Cook's first voyage, a handsome and appealing set in the preferred issue with the Straits of Magellan plate, together with previous exploratory expeditions under Byron, Carteret and Wallis, compiled by John Hawkesworth.
The primary purpose of Cook's voyage in Endeavour was the observation of the transit... Learn More£9,750.00Stock Code: 87127
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STEWART, C. S. A Visit to the South Seas,London : 1832
First English and first illustrated edition; the New York edition of the preceding year was unillustrated. A very pretty set of an important work on Hawaii: "Stewart's acute observations on native life and customs and his description of the changes at court and advances in business conditions and society in general make this a valuable account" (Forbes).
"The... Learn More£575.00Stock Code: 115104
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MARTIN, John. An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean.London : 1818
Originally published in the previous year, this the "Second Edition, with additions" which include the folding map, a new preface and an enlarged introduction.
"Considered the best report of Tongan life and culture before the arrival of Christianity the customs of the inhabitants and their inter-island wars, and also examples of Tongan songs... Learn More£600.00Stock Code: 80627
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COOK, James. [The three voyages:]London : 1773-84
Second and best edition of the first voyage, first edition of the second and third voyages. A highly desirable complete set of the official accounts of Cook's three Pacific voyages in the preferred editions and with an excellent provenance, the atlas folio volume containing an extra suite of "Admiralty" plates from the second voyage in superb early... Learn More£60,000.00Stock Code: 141440
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LABILLARDIÈRE, Jacques Julien Houton de. Voyage in Search of La Pérouse …London : 1800
First edition in English, same year as the French, this in the favoured, and less common, single-volume quarto edition. Labillardière was the botanist and doctor on the d'Entrecasteaux Pérouse search expedition, and was entrusted with the task of writing the official account following the death of the commander from scurvy. "Although unsuccessful... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 79886
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ELLIS, William. Polynesian Researches,London : 1829
First edition of Ellis's most important work, and "one of the most important books on the history and ethnology of the Society Islands, by one of the most perceptive of the missionary travelers in the Pacific" (Forbes). This copy is in the original boards, and distinctly uncommon thus.
William Ellis (1794-1872) joined the London Missionary Society... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 146691
