Search Results: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL from Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books

London: Hogarth Press, 1935. First edition. Green cloth, very good (without dust jacket). Woolmer 359.

London: T. Cadell, 1787. Third edition. 8vo, xxviii, iii, [1]errata, 387, [22] index, [411]-454, [2] index, four charts and a plate, all folding.Original boards, entirely untrimmed;(225 mm.m x 135 mm,). A very fine copy. This third edition is the first to contain the important supplement "A Comparative View of the Russian Discoveries with those of Captains Cook and Clerke," which is a 46-page section with separate title-page, in addition it includes appendices containing charts of the Russian discoveries, a specimen of the Aleutian language, and tables of latitude and longitude. Forbes, Hawaiian National Bibliography 134; Lada-Mocarski 29; Hill 392;.

London: John Murray, 1818. Second edition, with additions. Two volumes, 8vo., Volume I, lxvi, 44; II., 344, Vol. II, 344 pp. Contemporary half Russia, bound without half titles; extremities a little worn, light foxing (mostly on the first and last few pages). Each volume is inscribed and signed by Mariner, a rare find, although the presentee's name was removed. "A key historical text on the history and culture of [the Tongan] island group" Forbes. Mariner was a young British sailor on the Port au Prince, a whaler which sailed in 1805, but spent much of her time attacking Spanish shipping. In the spring of 1806 she captured two ships, the brig Santa Isidora and the corbeta Santa Maria, both of which were then sent to Port Jackson to be sold. The Port au Prince visited Hawaii in late 1806, then sailed with a number of Hawaiian crew. At Tonga the crew mutinied, and most were massacred by the natives, but Mariner came under the protection of the King and lived there as his adopted son for four years.… Read More

New York: Harper, 1836. First edition. 8vo, lacking wrappers, scattered foxing. 300 pp. Signed and inscribed "with the compliments of J.N. Reynolds New York Oct. 25, 1826. This address was the climax of Reynolds's decade of agitation for an exploring expedition, which resulted in 1838 in the United States Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes. The address lays out the political and economic conditions, and the need for and benefits of such an expedition. Reynolds includes a summary of Pacific exploration, with comments. The extensive correspondence appended brings supporting voices from many scientists. Forbes, Hawaiian National Bibliography, 1023; Haskell, The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 and its Publications 1844-1874, 203.

New York: Harper, 1836. First edition. Disbound, lacking wrappers, scattered foxing. 300 pp. Signed and inscribed "with the compliments of J.N. Reynolds New York Oct. 25, 1836" on the front endpaper. This address was the climax of Reynolds's decade of agitation for an exploring expedition, which resulted in 1838 in the United States Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes. The address lays out the political and economic conditions, and the need for and benefits of such an expedition. Reynolds includes a summary of Pacific exploration, with comments. The extensive correspondence appended brings supporting voices from many scientists. Forbes, Hawaiian National Bibliography, 1023; Haskell, The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 and its Publications 1844-1874, 203.

London: Published for the Institution, 1844. First edition. Contemporary half calf, slight wear. Reports on China, Siam, Cochin-China, India, Africa, New Zealand, etc.

San Francisco: David Magee, 1957. 8vo, 42 pp. Fine, Reprint edition, limited to 750 copies, of the rare 1786 edition.

London: Cassell, 1931. First edition. 8vo., 302 pp., 48 half tone plates; original blue cloth, title page and other edges foxed; very good.

London: Smith, Elder, 1898. First edition. Original blue cloth, gilt. Inscribed " To Capt. D. Wilson-Barker G.S. H.M.S. 'Worcester' with the author's kindest regards. F.T. Bullen." A contemporary 4 x 6 inch x 6 inch inscribed studio photograph of Bullen is tipped to the front endpaper verso, and reviews and notices of Bullen's career are tipped to the endpapers. Bullen's first book, the story of a three-year cruise on the American whaling ship, 1875-8. It ranks with Melville's Moby Dick among the classic works on whaling. Rudyard Kipling writes in the preface 'It is im1920) was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the Royal Meteorological Society, of which he was President from 1903-1905. In his earlier career he worked for the Blackwall Line, and commanded the SS Dacia of Silvertown of Slivertown Telegraph Works. He was Captain Superintendent of the Thames Nautical Training College, HMS Worcester from 1892 to 1919 and was a friend and correspondent of… Read More

Wellington, Salop: John Jones, 1893. First edition. 8vo., original blue cloth, beveled edges; 233 [5] pp. Map. Binding extremities a bit rubbed. Despite the poor-quality paper, a good copy. Account of a luxurious voyage around the world, by the ship's doctor. Forbes 4431.

New York: Scribner's, 1859. First edition. 8vo. Original brown decorated cloth, slight wear at the top of the spine, an attractive copy. Hill 1829; Forbes 2345.

London: Harvey, and Darton, 1839. 8vo., 300 pp. Original black cloth, slight wear to extremities, an exceptionally fresh copy, with a clipped autograph signature of Daniel Wheeler pasted to the front endpaper. First collected edition, reprinting the text originally printed in four separate parts in 1835, 1836, 1838, and 1839. Forbes 1184.

London: Richard Bentley, 1849. First edition. Two volumes, 8vo. xv, 432; x, 415 pp. Original blue cloth. A bright copy, about fine, scarce in this condition. Walpole visited Rio de Janeiro, Tahiti and the Society Islands, Mexico, California, Hawaii, and Samoa. The 80 pages devoted to his visit to Hawaii are (as Forbes says twice) a lively account, and well-written. Hill 1815; Forbes 1757.

New York: Macmillan, 1922. First American edition. Blue cloth, very good, bright copy.

London: D. Henry, 1780. First edition. Wrappers, removed, fine. This issue contains an important article on Captain James Cook's death with "remarks on the voyage, biographical comments on Cook, and speculative remarks on the Hawaiian Islands" Forbes 11.

London: John Murray, 1856. First edition. 8vo, 402 pp., frontispiece and six plates. Original green cloth, gilt, Edmonds and Remnants binder's ticket, Brown endpapers, no publisher's catalogue. Extremities rubbed; very good. Considered the first travel book on Iran by a woman.

New York: Published at the Office of the "Citizen", 1854. First edition. 370 pp. Original cloth, gilt, extremities worn damp mark in upper margin, lacking both free endpapers.

Hartford: Nathaniel Patten, 1783. First edition. 8vo,208 pp. Contemporary sheep, rebacked to style, leather spine label. Without the map ("particularly rare and . . . almost always lacking," Forbes), which is supplied in facsimile. The first American account of Captain James Cook's third voyage; it preceded the official publication by more than a year. Ledyard joined Cook's final voyage as a marine. He was one of several Americans on the voyage, but the only one to publish an account. All hands had been ordered to turn over any journals, other writings or charts, under threat of severe punishment. Ledyard consulted John Rickman's narrative but included details of the voyage which that account did not include. He was the first New Englander to visit the Pacific, and his book was the first work by an American to be published under copyright. Forbes 52; Hill 991.

London: John Murray, 1828. Five volumes bound in three, half calf with cloth sides; an attractive set. 283, 270, 312, 295, 326 pp., folding map and seven plates. A sixth volume was published the following year.

Boston: John Putnam, 1847. First edition. 12mo. 324 pp. Original blue cloth, gilt, light shelf wear, old paper school library label on spine, but an attractive and very clean copy. Putative early issue, without plates. "An informal account by a participant on the United States Exploring Expedition....The Hawaii portion of the text is on pages 178-209". Clark also describes his visits to Tahiti, the Columbia River valley, and San Francisco. Hill 299; Forbes 1631.