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Pacific Exploration:

Paluka, Frank. THREE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK
1974 Beta Phi Mu. Hardcover octavo., 80pp., index, cloth. Fine, no DJ. (a11917)
$29.00 King, Ethel . THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH AND JUAN PONCE DE LEON
Brooklyn 1963 1st Theo. Gaus' Sons. Hardcover. Octavo., 152pp., index, cloth. Near Fine in fair DJ, worn with large chip on spine. (a24385)
$25.00 Scharpp, Dr. R. F. . THE FAUNA AND FLORA OF VALENCIA HARBOUR ON THE WEST COAST OF IRELAND
Dublin 1899. Removed from the Proceedings of Royal Irish Academy at pp. 667-854, plates xix-xxi, and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a25944)
$49.00 Cartier, Jacques . A SHORTE AND BRIEFE NARRATION OF THE TWO NAVIGATIONS AND DISCOVERIES TO THE NORTHWEST PARTES CALLED NEWE FRAUNCE
NY 1975. Johnson reprint of the London 1580 edition.The English Experience Number 718. Hardcover. Early travel to North America-the explorations described were taken in 1534 and 1535. Octavo, 80pp., glossary, red cloth. Fine, no DJ. (a26106)
$50.00 Jenkins, John S. . VOYAGE OF THE U.S. EXPLORING SQUADRON...IN 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, AND 1842 TOGETHER WITH EXPLORATIONS AND DISCOVERIES MADE BY ADMIRAL D'URVILLE, CAPTAIN ROSS, AND OTHERS ...AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION TO THE DEAD SEA UNDER LIEUTENANT LYNCH
Detroit 1853 Kerr, Doughty and Lapham. Travel throught the Pacific and all over the world. Hardcover. Octavo, 517pp., plates, full leather. Fair, quite worn; light foxing throughout, cracked on outer hinges, spine ends worn down. Binding secure. Useful research copy. (a33717)
$49.00(International Indian Ocean Expedition). INTERNATIONAL INDIAN OCEAN EXPEDITION: USC&GS SHIP PIONEER 1964. FOUR VOLUMES
1965-1969 U.S. Department of Commerce. Volume 1: Cruise Narrative and Scientific Results; Volume 2: Data Report: Oceanographic Stations, BT Observations, and Bottom Samples; Volume 3: Bathymetry, Geomagnetic and Gravity Data; Volume 4: Primary Productivity and Plankton Biological Sampling Program Results. 4 volumes. 4to., 139pp., 183pp., 250pp., 103pp., photo illustrations, maps, wraps. Depository library stamp on front and on title page, ink numbers on front. VG. 4 volumes. (a49271)
$149.00 Hecker, O. . BESTIMMUNG DER SCHWERKRAFT AUF DEM ATLANTISCHEN OZEAN SOWIE IN RIO DE JANEIRO, LISSABON UND MADRID
Berlin 1903 1st Stankiewicz. Veroffentlichung des Konigl. Preuszischen Geodatischen Institutes Neue Folge No.11. In German. 4to., 137pp., 9 plates of which three are foldout, one is a map and one is an original stereoscopic photograph of a Pendelapparat, original printed wraps. Small observatory library stamp on front cover with small square paper label on lower front cover. VG. Rare. (a52425)
$350.00 Dunbar, John . THE LOST LAND - UNDERWATER EXPLORATION IN THE ISLES OF SCILLY
Collins 1958 1st St. James's Place. Octavo, 192pp., photo illustrations, blue cloth hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a67348)
$33.00 (Captain James Cook) . BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
NY 1968. Franklin reprint of original 1928 edition. Comprising the collections in the Mitchell library and General Reference Library, the pricate collections of William Dixson and J A Ferguson and Items of special interest in the National Library, Canberra, etc. Octavo, 172pp., heardcover. Near Fine. (a67892)
$20.00 Oliver, Captain Pasfield (editor) . THE VOYAGE OF FRANCOIS LEGUAT OF BRESSE TO RODRIQUEZ, MAURITIUS, JAVA AND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Burt Franklin reprint of original Hakluyt edition. Two volumes. Hardcovers. Octavo, 433pp., 5 large folding maps, 6 illustrations (one foldout); 13 illustrations, 2 foldout maps, blue grey cloth. Fine. 2 volumes. (a70693)
$250.00 Wilkinson, Hugh . SUNNY LANDS AND SEAS A VOYAGE IN THE SS. 'CEYLON' NOTES MADE DURING A FIVE MONTHS' TOUR IN INDIA, THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, MANILA, CHINA, JAPAN, THE SANDWICH ISLANDS AND CALIFORNIA
London 1883 1st John Murray. Hardcover. Octavo, 324pp., frontis folding map, illustrations, attratcive blue cloth cover with gilt and black decoration and lettering. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, cover a bit worn. Good solid copy of Scarce book. (a71131)
$290.00 Murray, Rev. Thos. Boyles; revised by Rev. C. C. Elcum . PITCAIRN OR THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY. PITCAIRN: THE ISLAND, THE PEOPLE AND THE PASTOR TO WHICH IS ADDED A SHORT NOTICE OF THE ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT AND PRESENT CONDITION OF NORFOLK ISLAND
London 1909 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Revised and brought up to date by Rev C. C. Elcum. Hardcover. Small octavo, 368pp., frontis of John Adams, pictorial front board with John Adams, the ship Bounty, ocean, rope, rocks, and so on. VG light wear. (a71953)
$120.00 McFee, William . SIR MARTIN FROBISHER
London 1928 1st John Lane the Bodley Head. Frobisher, English navigator and explorer, lived 1535-1594. 8vo., 288pp., index, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a7555)
$30.00 Manning, William Ray . THE NOOTKA SOUND CONTROVERSY
Argonaut Press 1966. Reprint of 1905 edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 484p., cloth. VG plus,lettering on spine partly rubbed off. (a79751)
$75.00 Romilly, Hugh Hastings; Samuel H Romilly (ed) . LETTERS FROM THE WESTERN PACIFIC AND MASHONALAND 1878 - 1891
London 1893 first edition. David Nutt. Hardcover. 17 illus. 384p. Museum bookplate. Spine numbers removed but discoloration left as a result. Some occasional light foxing in text. Binding secure. Good. (a88952)
$55.00 Ullman, James Ramsey . WHERE THE BONG TREE GROWS
Cleveland 1963 2nd World. The log of one man's journey in the South Pacific. 8vo., 318pp., maps, hardcover. Fine in VG Plus DJ. (a8924)
$24.00 Thomson, Basil . DIVERSIONS OF A PRIME MINISTER, LIFE IN THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS 1887-1891
Edinburgh 1894 1st Blackwood. Life in Tongo Islands. 8vo., 407pp., large folding map, drawings and some photo illustrations, index, boards. Institution bookplate on front pastedown and blindstamp on front blank. VG, lower corner of front board a bit worn, some light foxing on endpapers. (lat349)
$200.00By the Earl and the Doctor (Herbert, George and George Kingsley). SOUTH SEA BUBBLES
London 1872 Richard Bentley. Hardcover. Travel from Tahiti to Samoa complete with shipwreck. 8vo., 312pp., 3/4 leather. Museum bookplate and blind stamp, no other wnership marks. Text clean and binding secure. cover rubbed and worn. Good. (lat52)
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