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Keate, George; J P Hocken (supplement) . AN ACCOUNT OF THE PELEW ISLANDS SITUTATED IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN; COMPOSED FROM THE JOURNALS AND COMMUNICATIONS OF CAPTAIN HENRY WILSON...THERE SHIPWRECKED IN THE ANTELOPE, A PACKET BELONGING TO THE ...EAST INDIA COMPANY ...TO WHICH IS ADDED A SUPPLEMENT COMPILED FROM THE JOURNALS OF THE PANTHER AND ENDEAVOUR, TWO VESSELS SENT BY ...EAST INDIA COMPANY TO THOSE ISLANDS IN 1790
London 1803 fifth edition. Prined for Captain Henry Wilson by W. Bulmer and Co. Large 4to hardcover. Engraved portrait of Captain Wilson as frontispiece. Large foldout map of Pelew Islands. xviii, 244p. and 72p. Supplement. ALL 19 fullpage interesting plates present, most with original tissues. Very light occasional foxing; no tears; no chips. Binding secure (although front inner hinge and initial pages beginning to crack.) Backstrip professionally reinforced with later paper letting original leather backstrip with gilt lettering still show. Boards tips reinforced with paper to match spine. Old owner name stamp twice (G J L de Bruyn.) Good. Rare. Pelew Islands are now referred to usually as Palau. (a101134)
$395.00. WONDERFUL AND LAMENTABLE NEWES: SHEWING THE GREAT LOSSE AND FEARFUL SHIPWRACKE CAUSED BY THE LAST TEMPEST
...and Peers ...who should have been poysoned at a Supper at the Earle of Leiscerter House...by a Papist French-man." First published in London on October 11, 1641, by John Thomas, this is a reprint done c. 1870. octavo. 8p. Good , lightly soiled and lightly worn. no owner marks. (a104852)
$29.00 Nolte, Vincent . FIFTY YEARS IN BOTH HEMISPHERES OR, REMINISCENCES OF THE LIFE OF A FORMER MERCHANT
NY 1854 first edition. Redfield. Hardcover. Long chapters on a shipwreck, on New Orleans, Napoleon's Defeat at Waterloo and its effect on himself and other seafearers, the election of Andrew Jackson, the 1848 Revolt in France. 8vo., 484pp., original cloth hardcover. Howes 7440. Good, small bit of light foxing, wearing along spine ends and along one inch of outer hinge. (a3485)
$33.00Campbell, Donald. JOURNEY OVER LAND TO INDIA
Philadelphia 1797 appears to be first edition. T. Dobson. Hardcover octavo . Full leather. Partly by a route never gone before by any European...Comprehending his shipwreck and imprisonment with Hyder Alla and his subsequent negotiations and transactions in the East. Much content on Turkey. 424pp., plus 6 page Appendix and 2 page List of Books published by Dobson. Later paper backstrip with original leather boards which are quite worn. Internally the binding is secure. No blank end papers or halftitle - opens to titlepage. Top blank margin of titlepage cut off (no loss of text at all.) Title page has old dry water stain. Text lightly toned. Good usable copy. Occasional spots and stains in text. Very Scarce. Fascinating reading. (a37556)
$450.00Frey, Donald A.. EXCAVATION REPORT LA SECCA DI CAPISTELLO (signed)
Lipari 1977 Institute of Naval Archeology. Excavation of a shipwreck. 4to., 17 leaves mimeo on rectos only plus overlays and photo illustrations, velo bound. Signed by Frey on the final text leaf. VG. (a39767)
$49.00Brooks, Charles Wolcott. JAPANESE WRECKS STRANDED AND PICKED UP ADRIFT IN THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN
Fairfield 1964 Ye Galleon Press. Reprint of 1876 edition. Limited to 400 copies. 8vo., 23pp., wraps. VG plus. (a41958)
$35.00 Delgado, James P. et al . ARCHEOLOGY OF THE ATOMIC BOMB: A SUBMERGED CULTURAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT OF THE SUNKEN FLEET OF OPERATION CROSSROADS AT BIKINI AND KWAJALEIN ATOLL LAGOONS, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS
1991 National Park Service. 4to., 208pp., photo illustrations, original wraps. A few non-circulating library marks. VG plus. (a75915)
$85.00By 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)
$39.00