Travel - Pacific & Australia from Horizon Books

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1947], First edition. . original pictorial cloth, spine title lettering, dj (worn, large piece lacking from spine), very good clean copy in fair to good jacket. . 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; [x], 280 pp, frontis of authors in their rustic home, map endpapers. . The authors spent five years on the Galapagos… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Australia, Leonard Joel, 1988, First edition. . original printed paper heavy wraps, with the original Prices Realized included loose, fine, clean and unmarked. . large 8vo [24 x 17 cm]; xvi, 220, [iii] pp, illustrations, including 8 colored plates, references. . An important sale of 922 lots of travel as well as natural history, ornithology books, including Bank's… Read more about this item

Boston, Mansfield Centre, Martino Fine Books, [1996], well-produced limited edition facsimile of the original edition. . original cloth (hardcover), gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean condition, unused, unmarked. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; [ii], 75 pp, includes the original illustrations. . A fine quality reproduction of the original first edition of 1869, with the detailed 16-page introduction… Read more about this item

Honolulu, The University Press of Hawaii, 1971, First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (price clipped, bit faded), small colonial press ink stamp on endpaper, very good interior is clean and unmarked, in fine, clean cover, dj is very good. . 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; xxiv, 176 pp, bibliog, illus, index. . The author has… Read more about this item

Honolulu, University Press of Hawaii for Mission Children's Society, [1974], second edition. . original pictorial cloth with gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, a clean and fine copy, unmarked. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xviii, 108 pp, bibliography. . A good reference that gives a chronological list of vessels, an index of vessel and persons, a… Read more about this item

Utrecht, Spectrum Publishers, [1979], First edition. . original brown cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, slight stain at lower spine else near fine in very good dj (short tear, light stain at edge). . 4to [29.5 x 21 cm]; [xiv], 386 pp, 107 colored illustrations on plates, 371 monochrome illustrations on plates, bibliography, index. . A profusely… Read more about this item

London, Richard Phillips, 1820, . . later brown cloth with title lettering on paper spine label, interior is quite clean and near fine, very minor foxing. . 8vo [22.5 x 14 cm]; iv, 112 pp, folding engraved map frontis showing Indian Ocean, Africa, the routes; plan of that coast of Isle of France; plan of landing of British army… Read more about this item

New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1930, First Edition. . original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, gilt vignette, top edge gilted, slight wear at spine ends, clean, near fine copy, unmarked. . 4to [27 x 20 cm]; xv, [errata slip], 298 pp, illus, numerous plates including excellent color plates of birds, fish, etc, from paintings,… Read more about this item

Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1959, First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, library withdrawal stamp on title page, but no other library markings, interior clean and unmarked, cover unmarked with minor wear, overall very good, sound copy. . 8vo [22 x 14 cm; xxx, [ii], 594 pp, 5 maps (as called for) including folding, glossary of… Read more about this item

London, The Hakluyt Society, 2002, First edition in English. . original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj, fine and clean, unused. . large 8vo [25 x 18 cm]; lxxvii, 322 pp, plates, maps including endpaper maps showing route, bibliog, index. . Bougainville sailed through the Pacific, stopping at Tahiti, through the Samoan Islands, to Vanuatu, to the… Read more about this item

, Sotheby's, 1993, First edition. . original pictorial heavy paper wraps, title lettering on spine and cover, fine and clean, with the loose leaf of prices realized and with the loose prospectus for the sale including colored illustrations. . 4to [27 x 21 cm]; 159, [xiii] pp, many illustrations, including colored, including many full-page, maps, bibliography, index. . A… Read more about this item

London, John Murray, 1898, First edition. . original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt lettering, some light cover staining, slight foxing on some leaves, interior is clean and fine, very good sound cover. . 8vo [21 x 14 cm]; xv, 272 pp, frontis, double page colored chromolithograph of the Queensland flowering cotton tree, 15 other plates, one illus, folding colored map.… Read more about this item

New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, 1917, First American edition. . original blue cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, lightly rubbed at edges, small endpaper signature, near fine, clean and unmarked. . 8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xxvii, [i], 331 pp, frontis (portrait) with tissue guard, 32 plates mostly from photos, tables, index. . Shelford,… Read more about this item

London, Archibald Constable & Co., 1904, First edition. . original pictorial cloth, gilt spine title lettering and gilt picture on front cover, top edge gilted, endpaper bookplate, no tears of maps, near fine and clean. . 8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xxiv, 424 pp, frontis, 61 illustrations including many full-page, mostly from photos, 3 folding maps, some drawings, index.… Read more about this item

Honolulu, Paradise of the Pacific, 1949, First Edition. . original decorated cloth, light edge wear, lightly foxed on margin of title page, overall very good, the interior is clean. . 8vo [24 x 15.5 cm]; [viii], 303 pp, many illustrations including full-page, mostly photos a few from drawings, endpaper maps. . Author was well-known botanist and includes lists of… Read more about this item

Sydney, Hordern House, [1987], First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj, fine, clean, unmarked, as new condition. . 8vo [25.5 x 18 cm]; x, 468 pp, mounted colored frontis plate, numerous illustrations from early sources including many title-pages reprinted, endpaper maps, index, special index of artists and engravers. . The standard reference book, includes an extensive… Read more about this item

Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, [1986], First American Edition. . original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, pictorial endpapers, dj (not price clipped), fine and clean copy, unused and unmarked. . folio [30 x 22 cm]; xii, 237 pp, numerous illustrations and plates, mostly in color from early sources, detailed bibliog, index. . A description of… Read more about this item

Sydney, Collins, 1986, First Edition. . original cloth, spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped), fine and clean. . 4to [28.5 x 21 cm]; 192 pp, colorfrontis, numerous illustrations & plates, many in color, from orig sources, bibliog, index. . The author describes the work and characters of the pioneering scientists in Australia, based on their letters, diaries… Read more about this item

London, Macmillan and Co., 1903-1906, First edition of each volume. . original red cloth, gilt spine title lettering, partly unopened, spines a little faded but lettering clear, cover lightly spotted, light foxing on endpaper, else near fine set. . 8vo [23.5 x 16 cm]; 2 volumes complete, xx, 392; xxvi, 627 pp, frontis in each volume with tissue guard,… Read more about this item

Wellington, A. H. & A. W. Reid, [1950], First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, small crease at upper spine, small bookplate of H. A. H. Insull, else near fine and clean in fair dj (chipped at spine end, rubbed, tear, not price clipped). . 8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; 176 pp, colored frontis from painting, other… Read more about this item