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A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World (6 Volumes) by Vancouver, Captain George - 1801

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A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World (6 Volumes) by Vancouver, Captain George - 1801

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World (6 Volumes)

by Vancouver, Captain George

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London: John Stockdale, 1801. 'A New Edition, with corrections, illustrated with nineteen views and charts.'. Complete in 6 volumes (lacking chart in Volume I titled "Chart shewing Part of the Coast of N.W. America"). 8vo. 410; 418; 435; 417; 454; 412 pp. Large folding chart; 17 fold out engraved plates. three-quarter black leather over marbled boards; gilt decoration & lettering to spines. Faint residual from bookplate removal inside front board in each volume; minor wear to extremities; lacking 1 chart; else a uniformly near fine set. Captain George Vancouver (1757 - 1798) was a British officer of the Royal Navy best known for his 1791-95 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what are now the American states of Alaska, Washington, and Oregon, as well as the province of British Columbia in Canada. He also explored the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia. "Most of the 3 years occupied was spent on the California and Northwest Coasts which were first accurately charted. Of all the modern exploring voyages to the Pacific, Vancouver's was one of the most important." (Hill 1754; Howes V23).
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  • Edition 'A New Edition, with corrections, illustrated with nineteen view
  • Publisher John Stockdale
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1801
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London: For G. G. And J. Robinson, And J. Edwards, 1798. Book. Very Good. Full-Leather. 1st Edition. Three Volumes, 4To. Full Calf, Spine Lettered In Gilt On Black Labels. Exterior Edges Decorated In Gilt, Interior Edges In Blind. Half-Title Leaf Present In Volumes One And Three. Marbled End Papers. Eighteen Engraved Plates Present As Called For ( One Is A Map ). The Separate Folio Atlas Volume Is Not Present. Modest Wear To Edges And Joints, Rubbing To Calf On Spines, Upper Hinge Of Volume 2 Cracked But Still Holding. A Sound, Very Good Set. Small Oval Library Stamps ( From Hachette ) On Titles. Some Plates Have Onion Skins Present, Most Plates Show Some Foxing And Offsetting To Adjacent Pages. Bookplates In All Volumes (That In Vol. One Is On The Rear End Paper, Inverted. From The Library Of William C. Merston, Who Built And Lived In The Oak Bay Beach Hotel In Victoria, Bc. The Bookplates Depict A View Of Mount Baker, Through The Window Of His Study In The Hotel..
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A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World - 6 volume set

by Captain George Vancouver

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London: Stockdale, 1801. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Leather. All charts and plates present. 'A New Edition, with corrections, illustrated with nineteen views and charts.' Edges of boards and spine are rubbed. Boards of vols 2-5 are detached but contained. Front board of vol 6 is completely detached and back board is detached but contained. Previous owner's bookplate on front end leaf of each vol. Bottom edge of spine is chipped on vols 2 and 5. A few pages in each vol have mild foxing. Outer edges of pages are soiled and tanned.
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London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1801. Undetermined. very good. 1st Octavo edition. 410; 418; 435; 417; 454; 412; (2)pp. Octavo (14 X 21 cm.) 6 volumes. Bound in 19th century half calf and paper covered boards. All of the board edges have been reinforced with vellum when the binding was done. Volume one has been rebacked to match the rest of the set. Red leather labels. The contents are generally clean with some general soiling throughout. The plates have moderate foxing mainly to the edges. External joints a bit tender on the odd volume but not really a problem. A New edition, with Corrections. Seventeen folding plates and two folding maps with the large folding map housed in a custom slip case to match the rest of the set. The large folding maps has been backed with linen at an early date. The back of the linen has been heavily stained but the front image is good. very good Hill p.304. One of the most important voyages made in the interests of geographical knowledge. Vancouver who had… Read More
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London: G.G. and J. Robinson; and J. Edwards, 1798. First edition. 4to. 28.5 x 22.5 cm. Three volumes, with 17 engraved plates and a chart, plus folio atlas containing 16 large plates. (432 text pages and 7 plates in Volume 1; 504 text pages, 4 plates and a chart in Volume II, 508 text pages, 6 plates in Volume III,) Bound in period style calf, spines elaborately tooled. Mild browning and spotting, mostly confined to the beginning of Vol I, usual offsetting to text pages from facing plates. Forbes 298; Hill 1753.
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