The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy : with extracts from the journal of James Brooke, Esq. of Sarawak... with an additional chapter, comprising recent intelligence, by Walter K. Kelly. by KEPPEL, Captain the Hon. Henry - 1847

New York.: Harper & Brothers.. First American Edition.. 1846.. Folding black and white map paper uniformly browned, xii + 414pp, two publisher's catalogues of 8 and 4 pages each bound in at rear, appendix. Original blind stamped cloth with gilt device, backstrip chipped and torn with loss as usual. Text sound and clean and binding tight. After meeting James Brooke in Singapore, Captain Henry Keppel took the Rajah to the coast of Sarawak to engage in a campaign against piracy. Throughout the 1840s Captain Keppel was engaged in a number of campaigns against the pirates of Borneo. First American Edition (abridged, from the second London edition) of this first-hand account of the suppression of the Borneo pirate tribes in 1843-44 by Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, Keppel, and other commanders of the British ships of war. .

London: Chapman and Hall. VG. 1846. Hardcover. Hardbacks in Very Good condition without dust jackets. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Solid bindings; ownership signature; spines faded; foxing mostly to frontispiece and maps. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

186 Strand, London: Chapman and Hall, 1847. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. HAMERTON RJ. HAWKINS G. WALKER E. VG+, 3rd ed, 2 vols complete, 6 maps, 1 chart, 11 plates. In uniform, half brown calf, grey endpapers, some blind tooling, corners and edges very lightly bumped and worn. Spines, attractive decorative gilt tooling, raised bands, titles in gilt to red and brown leather labels, edges brushed. Internally, brown endpapers, text block edges sprinkled red, no inscriptions, lacking half titles, printed by Robson, Levey, and Franklyn, Great New Street, Fetter Lane, London. Vol 1, frontis, [7], (x-xiv), [1], 2-429 pp, 2 maps (folding), 5 plates. Vol 2, 1847, frontis, [3], (vi-viii), [1], 2-315 pp, 4 maps (folding), 6 plates 1 chart (folding). Some light spotting and offsetting, first published in 1846. A lovely copy! (Allibone 1025.Brunet 20743). Title continues: With extracts from The Journal of James Brooke, Esq. of Sarawak. With an… Read More

London, Chapman and Hall, MDCCCXLVII (1847). . Third Edition; 8vo; Vol. 1; xiv, 429; portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 5 b/w plates; Vol. 2. Viii, 315; 4 folding maps, 5 b/w plates, 1 folding chart; rebound in contemporary full leather binding, title lettered in gilt on spine, previous owner's bookplate on front endpapers, some foxing to first few pages of each volume, otherwise a very good set. 'As an officer of high social rank, great courage, and excellent seamanship, Keppel was too excitable and hasty to be a successful admiral in peacetime. While his diminutive stature only encouraged him to try harder, his social standing made him question those placed in authority over him, most notably Sir Charles Napier in 1854' 'The first volume deals with Brooke's exploits in Borneo from 1838-1842, prior to his meeting with Keppel, particularly Brooke's attempts to open Borneo for foreign trade and pacify the local tribes. The second volume contains an account of the action… Read More