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 THE "HISTORICALLY MOST IMPORTANT"
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COOK, JAMES. A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE, AND ROUND THE WORLD. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, In the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. . . . In which is included, Captain Furneaux's Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777. FIRST EDITION of "the official account of the second of the three great voyages by Captain James Cook, one of the most illustrious of English navigators" (PMM). FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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[CRAPO, THOMAS.] STRANGE, BUT TRUE. Life and Adventures of Captain Thomas Crapo and Wife. New Bedford: Capt. Thomas Crapo, 1893 [but ca. 1899]. SECOND ISSUE of the story of the crossing of the Atlantic in 1877 by Thomas and Joanna Crapo in the 19-foot dory New Bedford, inscribed on the title by Joanna Crapo. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE. A DISCOVERY CONCERNING GHOSTS; WITH A RAP AT THE "SPIRIT-RAPPERS." London: Frederick Arnold, 1863. FIRST EDITION, signed on the top wrapper by Cruikshank. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
(CUBA.) REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, UNITED STATES SENATE, RELATIVE TO AFFAIRS IN CUBA. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898. Five photographic plates of the wreckage of the U. S. S. Maine, one folding map of the Havana harbor and two folding plans of the Maine. FIRST EDITION of the report of the Congressional inquiry into Cuban independence and the sinking of the battleship U. S. S. Maine in the Havana harbor, issued on the eve of the Spanish-American War. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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DAVIS, RICHARD HARDING. CUBA IN WAR TIME. New York: R. H. Russell, 1897. Twenty-four plates after illustrations by Frederic Remington. FIRST EDITION, by "the most widely known reporter of his generation" (DAB). FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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ELLIOT, ROBERT. VIEWS IN THE EAST; COMPRISING INDIA, CANTON, AND THE SHORES OF THE RED SEA. With Historical and Descriptive Illustrations. London: H. Fisher, Son, & Co., 1833. Sixty engraved plates. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
"A record of travels, undertaken for no purpose
but my own amusement."
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ELWES, ROBERT. A SKETCHER'S TOUR ROUND THE WORLD. With Illustrations from Original Drawings by the Author. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1854. Twenty-one hand-colored lithographs, including frontispiece. FIRST EDITION. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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"Curasao, Tortuga, and Jamaica have been inhabited by English, French, and Dutch, and bred up that Race of Hunts-men, than which, no other ever was more desperate, nor more mortal Enemies to the Spaniards, called Bucaniers."
-- Esquemeling, Bucaniers of America.
ESQUEMELING, JOHN and BASIL RINGROSE. BUCANIERS OF AMERICA: Or, a True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of late Years upon the Coasts of the West Indies . . . . The Second Edition . . . . [together with] BUCANIERS OF AMERICA. The Second Volume. Containing the Dangerous Voyage and Bold Attempts of Captain Bartholomew Sharp, and others . . . . From the Original Journal of the said Voyage . . . . London: For William Crooke, 1684-85. FIRST COMPLETE EDITION, containing all four parts of these first unabridged accounts in English of the pirates and buccaneers of the New World. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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FELLOWS, CHARLES. A JOURNAL WRITTEN DURING AN EXCURSION IN ASIA MINOR. London: John Murray, 1839. FIRST EDITION. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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FRÉMONT, J. C. REPORT OF THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN THE YEAR 1842, AND TO OREGON AND NORTH CALIFORNIA IN THE YEARS 1843-'44. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1845. FIRST EDITION, SENATE ISSUE. A fine copy, complete with the map that "changed the entire picture of the West and made a lasting contribution to cartography" (Wheat, Mapping the Transmississippi West II). FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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[GAINSBOROUGH, THOMAS.] A COLLECTION OF PRINTS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF ENGLISH SCENERY; From the Drawings and Sketches of Gainsborough . . . . [London:] W. F. Wells, and J. LaPorte, [ca. 1805]. Seventy-two engraved plates after sketches by "the father of modern landscape" (DNB). FIRST EDITION, and much scarcer than the later edition with sixty plates described by Abbey and Tooley. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
"One of the first Alpine climbers
to employ photography"
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GEORGE, H. B. THE OBERLAND AND ITS GLACIERS: EXPLORED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH ICE-AX AND CAMERA. London: Alfred W. Bennett, 1866. Twenty-eight mounted albumen photographic prints by Ernest Edwards, including eleven full-page prints with tissue guards. FIRST EDITION, containing "prized examples of early mountain photographs" (Neate). FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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HALL, BASIL. ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE WEST COAST OF COREA, AND THE GREAT LOO-CHOO ISLAND . . . . London: John Murray, 1818. Eight hand-colored aquatints after drawings by William Havell. FIRST EDITION of Hall's first and most important book. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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[HELPS, ARTHUR, ed.] LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL OF OUR LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS, 1848 TO 1861. [London: Smith, Elder and Co., ca. 1865.] Eleven mounted albumen prints of Scottish views. ONE OF 63[?] COPIES FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION PRIOR TO PUBLICATION, signed and inscribed by Queen Victoria. FULL DESCRIPTION > >
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HIND, HENRY YOULE. NARRATIVE OF THE CANADIAN RED RIVER EXPLORING EXPEDITION OF 1857 AND THE ASSINNIBOINE AND SASKATCHEWAN EXPLORING EXPEDITION OF 1858. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860. FIRST EDITION of the first book by Hind, containing "the first detailed account and map of the now famous fertile belt" (DNB) of Canada. FULL DESCRIPTION > >