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New York, New York: William B. Gilley, 1818. Leather-bound. Good Plus. 3/4 leather with marbled paper sides. Recent rebacking with fresh butterscotch calf spine. Five raised bands (plus top and bottom of spine) each hub with gilt to above and below. Moderate foxing and browning throughout, heavier toward the beginning and end, but text still easily readable. Vocabulary appendix. James Hingston Tuckey (1776-1816) was an Irish-born explorer and a captain in the Royal Navy...At the age oif 17 he joined the navy and went to sea, was engaged in expeditions to the Red Sea, and in 1802 helped expand the British colony of New South Wales in Australia. As first lieutenant of the ship The CALCUTTA, Tuckey was captured by the French and was imprisoned for 9 years. While a prisoner, he married Miss Margaret Stuart, a fellow prisoner. After his release, Tuckey was promoted to the rank of commander and in February 1816 sailed to explore the River Congo in the schooner CONGO, accompany by the stores ship… Read More

New York: William B. Gilley / William A. Mercein, 1818. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. [9], ii-lxxxi, [4], 86-410, [6] pp. Recent half textured green silk cloth over marbled paper boards with a black morocco label lettered in gilt on the spine. Later endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a folding map and with several in-text charts and figures. Completing the title page: To which is added, the journal of Professor Smith; and some general observations on the country and its inhabitants. Published by permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Not in Evans. Irish Dictionary National Biography, "Tuckey, James Hingston". Howgego T23. Tuckey was a naval officer and participated in suppressing the first colonial revolt in New South Wales, Australia. He spent nine years as a prisoner in France, and undertook this expedition to chart the River Zaire, the last career assignment he would ever have. Tuckey and his crew all died of Yellow Fever while traveling up the river,… Read More

GB: John Murray, 1818. . Fldg. eng. chart & 13 eng. plates & illus., as called for. (The plates with the ornate & not unattractive stamp of Birmingham Library), one plate hand col.Quarto. Brown library cloth. Ex lib., 1818. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1900g. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG-/No DW.

New York: Kirk & Mercein. Very Good+. 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, pp. Lxxxi, 410. Twelve illustrations in the text, 1 large fold-out map, appendix. Bound in modern half-leather with green marbled paper covered boards. Gold spine titles to leather spine. Binding is bright with minor wear. Some offsetting in the text. Large folding map has a 4 inch tear repaired with tape. Captian Tuckey was sent to explore the Congo River, on a ship named Congo, in 1816. At the time, very little was known about the Congo and some European geographers believed there was a connection between the Congo and the Niger. Tuckey did not get very far. He sailed up the Congo from its mouth on the Atlantic, but soon realized the lower river is not navigable due to cataracts (later named the Yellala Falls). Tuckey explored the river up to Isangila finding ruins of the Portuguese colony and Catholic missions. Tuckey and most of his officers and crew died of fever. What success they had was mostly… Read More