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Wanderings in Every Clime; or, Voyages, Travels, and Adventures All Round the World
London, Charles Griffin & Company, 1872. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated work edited by William Francis Ainsworth, wandering throughout the world with illustrations by Gustave Dore. A very scarce work.An immense voyaging work, taking the reader on various travels across the world, vividly described throughout.Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifty-seven plates, and in-text illustrations.Edited by William Francis Ainsworth.Illustrated by Gustave Dore, and other eminent artists.Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso to the front endpaper.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, boards and spine are lightly marked with some discolouration, marks a little heavier to the rear board. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Small cracks to the joints. Hinges are strained. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso to the front endpaper. A small amount of loss to the rear endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some odd spots. Pages 323 to 334 are detaching. Light tidemark to the last few pages. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 766P62
GBP 395,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 450.25 US$ 519.36 | JP¥ 80088]
Catalogue: Voyages
Keywords: Wanderings in Every Clime; or, Voyages, Travels, and Adventures All Round the World wanderings in every clime voyages travels wanderings in every clime william francis ainsworth gustave dore Various
Recueil de Mã©Moires, Rapports Et Documents Relatifs a L&Apos;Observation Du Passage de Venus Sur le Soleil
Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1885. Leather. A fascinating geological work based on the findings of the expedition to observe the transit of Venus in the late nineteenth century, complete with marvellous colour plates. Lacking the original half title, title page and table of contents.The geological volume.Written by Henri Filhol (1843-1902), a French scientist who served as naturalist and expedition doctor on the Transit of Venus Expedition of 1874 to Campbell Island, six-hundred kilometres south of New Zealand. The expedition sought to observe the transit of Venus, a rare astronomical occurrence. This expedition was one of six French expeditions dispatched.Illustrated with thirteen plates, including a number of magnificent colour plates depicting geological discoveries.A scarce example of this work. In a modern full calf binding. Externally lovely. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Contemporary inscription to the first page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little spotted, but otherwise clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 769R35
GBP 295,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 336.25 US$ 387.87 | JP¥ 59812]
Catalogue: Voyages
Keywords: Transit of Venus Cosmology Astronomy French Cosmology None
Voyage Au Pole Sud Et Dans L&Apos;Ocãâ©Anie Sur Les Corvettes L&Apos;Astrolable Et la Zãâ©Lãâ©
Paris, Gide, Editeur, 1841-1846. First edition. Hardback. A beautifully bound, fourth "petite" impression of this complete ten volume set recounting the 1837 expedition in the Astrolabe and the Zelée to the Antarctic and the Pacific, to Australia and New Zealand. The first "petit edition" of this ten volume set, being the fourth impression. In the original French.The full account of the extraordinary voyage was published in thirty two volumes over ten years [1841-1855], this ten volume edition contains the complete history of the voyages of the Astrolabe and the Zélé.Rebound in an attractive quarter calf over facsimile boards in 1996 by Law Bindery, Melbourne. These volumes recount Dumont d'Urville's second and last expedition in the Astrolabe and the Zélé to the Antarctic and the Pacific, to Australia and New Zealand of 1837. This is regarded as one of the most successful expedition of the Great French scientific voyages. With the aim to explore the South Polar regions and the various islands in the Pacific. The expedition reached the ice pack of the South Polar Region in January of 1838 but was unable to penetrate it.These ten volumes include those published during Dumont d'Urville's lifetime; after he died in 1842, the work was continued by M. Dumoulin, who added chapters on anthropology, botany, geology, zoology, physics, and more. Dealing with: the strait of Magellan; the first Antarctic reconnaissance [Shetland Islands, Orkneys Islands, and the Antarctic Peninsula]; Chile, Juan Fernandez, the Gambier Islands, and the arrival in the Marquesas; Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji; New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Caroline Islands, Guam, the Philippines; New Guinea, Australia, Sulawesi, Batavia, Borneo; Singapore, Borneo, Sulu Islands,; Indonesia, Tasmania, Antarctica, return to Tasmania; Timor, and the return voyage to France. With an index to all ten volumes to volume ten. Illustrated with a folding map per volume which present minor marginal closed tears. Lacking the Antarctic map to volume eight. No map issued for volume ten. Printers' error with a duplicate map of the Gambier Island to volume seven instead of a map of New Guinea. From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years. He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations.  His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration. Rebound in quarter calf binding and illustrated in facsimile paper covered boards. Externally excellent. With the original publisher's wraps bound in with the volume. Kenn Back's bookplate to the front pastedown to each volume. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are lightly foxed throughout and slightly tone aged. Illustrated with a folding map per volume which present minor marginal closed tears. Lacking the Antarctic map to volume eight. No map issued for volume ten. Printers' error with a duplicate map of the Gambier Island to volume seven instead of a map of New Guinea. Very Good . Ill.: Unnamed. Very Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 769A43
GBP 8.000,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 9115.25 US$ 10518.59 | JP¥ 1622026]
Catalogue: Voyages
Keywords: first editions leather travel voyages leather Unnamed
The Journal of Joseph Banks in the Endeavour
Guildford; Australia, Genesis Publications Limited; Rigby Limited, 1980. Leather. A striking limited edition facsimile of the travel journals of Joseph Banks, a smart work signed by Prince Philip, who wrote a preface for this edition. A limited edition of five hundred copies, of which this is numbered forty-one.Signed by Prince Philip to the preface of Volume I.Complete in two volumes, with the original slipcases. Slipcases are in a near fine condition. A faithful facsimile of Joseph Bank's original journals. These two volumes contain the journals of English botanist and natural scientist Sir Joseph Banks, who was onboard Captain James Cook's expedition to the South Pacific Ocean on HMS Endeavour, exploring Brazil, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia. During their time in Brazil, Banks made the first scientific description of the now common garden plant 'bougainvillea&apos.Though these journals primarily focus on the Endeavour voyage, Banks does also record notes on his life. Bank was an important naturalist, whose advice to King George III regarding Kew Gardens led to it being the world's leading botanical garden.  Volume I illustrated with a tipped-in frontispiece and twenty-six plates. Volume II illustrated with a tipped-in frontispiece.This edition with a commentary by A. M. Lysaght, a biologist from New Zealand, who is best known for her scholarly work on Banks.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's quarter calf binding with paper to the boards, in the original paper covered slipcases. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Light marks to the slipcases, in a near fine condition. Fine . Ill.: Various. Fine .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 894P31D
GBP 995,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 1133.75 US$ 1308.25 | JP¥ 201740]
Catalogue: Voyages
Keywords: The Journal of Joseph Banks in the Endeavour joseph banks endeavour voyage joseph banks Various
Sunways; a Record of Rambles in Many Lands
Plymouth, W. Brendon and Son, 1878. Cloth. A very scarce work by William Copeland Borlase regarding his travels, dedicated by the author. William Copeland Borlase (1848-1899 was an antiquarian, writer and politician; he was an expert on Cornish archaeology, in particular from the Iron Age.This work describes his journey around the world between 1874 and 1875, accompanied by John Hucklebridge and Fleetwood Sandeman; after the journey, Sandeman, a scholar and wine merchant, donated some forty items discovered during the trip, found on the northwest coast of North America.They travelled to the USA, Egypt, Russia, China, Singapore, Japan, Constantinople and Smyrna, among other places.Contains one plate of illustrations, as well as a vignette illustrated title page. Lacking a frontispiece.This copy was presented 'With the author's kindest regards&apos.A very scarce work. In a full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with bumping to the head and tail of the spine and a mark to the front board. Author's inscription to the title page. Internally generally firmly bound, rear hinge is starting but remains firm, pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 761R42
GBP 195,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 222.25 US$ 256.39 | JP¥ 39537]
Catalogue: Voyages
Keywords: William Copeland Borlase Travel Writing Voyages Travel Writing None
Out of the World
London, Geoffrey Bles, 1935. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce account of Pamela Bourne's voyages at sea, an illustrated work signed by the author. The first edition of this scarce work.Signed by the author to the recto of the front endpaper, "Pamela Bourne, Mrs Sven Eriksson, 1936".An account of the author's voyages at sea, whereupon she explored Cape Town, Fiji, Tonga, Tahiti, and New Zealand, aboard the Thermopylae, and the Herzogin. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and fifteen plates. Collated, complete. Portrait of the author pasted to the recto of the front endpaper, alongside a postcard of the Herzogin Cecilie to the half-title, and a newspaper clipping about the events in this work to the recto of the frontispiece. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart, with a few light marks to the cloth. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Text to the spine is rubbed. Portrait of the author pasted to the recto of the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few scattered spots. Postcard of the Herzogin Cecilie to the half-title, and a newspaper clipping about the events in this work to the recto of the frontispiece. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 959P11
GBP 195,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 222.25 US$ 256.39 | JP¥ 39537]
Catalogue: Voyages
Keywords: Out of the World voyage travel pamela bourne voyage Not Stated
In the Trades, the Tropics, and the Roaring Forties
London, Longmans, Green, and Co, 1885. First edition. Leather. A smart leather bound first edition copy of Lady Anna Brassey's illustrated account of one of her voyages in the Sunbeam The first edition.A brilliant and vividly detailed account of Lady Anna Brassey's voyage across the world on the famous luxury yacht named the 'Sunbeam', a voyage of 14,000 miles. This travelogue describes Brassey's journey from England to Madeira, from Madeira to Trinidad, onto Venezuela, and around the Caribbean. Illustrated with an engraved title, one folding map, seven maps, and many in-text engravings.Wood engravings by G. Pearson and J. Cooper, after drawings by R. T. Pritchett.Brassey was a note traveller and author, best known for her account of her voyage across the world 'A Voyage in the Sunbeam', published in 1878. Collated, lacking the track chart. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards, with renewed endpapers. Externally, smart. A little light rubbing to the leather, including to the extremities. Spine is very lightly faded. Very light rubbing to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few scattered spots. Collated, lacking one folding chart. Very Good . Ill.: G. Pearson; J. Cooper; R. T. Pritchett. Very Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 908P35
GBP 195,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 222.25 US$ 256.39 | JP¥ 39537]
Catalogue: Voyages
Keywords: In the Trades, the Tropics, and the Roaring Forties lady brassey exploration anna brassey lady brassey G. Pearson; J. Cooper; R. T. Pritchett
Notes on Yachts (First Series)
London, Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 1869. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed guide to yachting from Victorian English writer Edwin Brett. First edition. With a frontispiece illustrated by John Brett, a British artist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, mainly notable for his highly detailed landscapes. Engraved by James Davis Cooper, a British wood engraver. A detailed guide to yachts and yachting, with chapters on sailing, existing yachts, hull shape, elements of design, sails, wire rigging, and very small yachts. Written by Edwin John Brett, an English editor of the Victorian period. Bound by Burn & Co. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Light fading to the spine with minor discolouration to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot. Light age toning and further spotting to the endpapers. Sticker to the front pastedown. Bound by Burn & Co. Very Good . Ill.: John Brett; J. D. Cooper. Very Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 918T36
GBP 160,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 182.5 US$ 210.37 | JP¥ 32441]
Catalogue: Voyages
Keywords: Notes Yachts Brett Cooper Yachts John Brett; J. D. Cooper
The Travels of Bertrandon de la Brocquierem Counsellor & First Esquire-Carver to Philippe le Bon, Duke of Burgundy, to Palestine, and His Return from Jerusalem Overland to France, During the Years 1432 & 1433
London, Haford Press; James Henderson, 1807. First edition. Leather. The first English edition of Bertrandon de la Brocquiere's travel account of his time spent in Palestine, a fascinating history illustrated with a folding map. The first English edition of this work.Bertrandon de la Brocquierem's account of his 1432-33 voyage to Palestine, and his return to France through Jerusalem.Bertrandon was a Burgundian spy and pilgrim, best known for his lively and detailed account of Palestine, noting the political situations and practical customs of the country.Illustrated with a folding map to the frontispiece, and one plate.Collated, complete.Translated into English by Thomas Johnes.Bookplate of Edwin Frederick Fitch to the front paste down. In a full calf binding, rebacked with the original boards restored. Externally generally smart. Some rubbing and marks to the boards. Light bumping to the extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean, with just a couple of odd spots. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 779P7
GBP 990,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 1128 US$ 1301.68 | JP¥ 200726]
Catalogue: Voyages
Keywords: The Travels of Bertrandon de la Brocquierem Counsellor & First Esquire-Carver to Philippe Bertrandon de la Brocquierem palestine travel Bertrandon de la Brocquierem france Not Stated
The Voyage of the Scotia
Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this scientific account to the Weddell Sea and the Establishment of a Meteorological Station in the South Orkneys. From the library of Professor Malvino Reischetto, the professor of Geography at Rio University. With his inscription to the title page dated 1911 and his many inscriptions. A tipped in note states 'This copy owes its heavy foxing to a prolonged stay in a tropical climate and the scrawling annotations to the former owner, Prof Malvino Reischetto&apos. A complete copy of this first edition.With frontispiece, three maps, and multiple plates. In a plain publisher's cloth binding. This secondary variant appears uncommon and may possibly be for export editions. The Scotia expedition was led by William Spiers Bruce of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. They sailed north on the SY Scotia and collected nearly 1000 stereographic glass plate negatives of photographs taken on the expedition. In a plain green publisher's cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Occasional annotations from prior owner. Heavy spotting throughout, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 745L15
GBP 800,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 911.75 US$ 1051.86 | JP¥ 162203]
Catalogue: Voyages
Keywords: Travel Voyages Expeditions Voyages None
The Voyage of the Scotia
Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this scientific account to the Weddell Sea and the Establishment of a Meteorological Station in the South Orkneys. From the library of Kenn Back, with his bookplate to the front pastedown. Loosely inserted is a note 'Bought in Buenos Aires c.1998 from Graciela Rogers: it was her father's copy&apos. Stamp to the title page 'Juan Carlos Amadeo 1911&apos. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey. He spent eight winters in the antarctic and was a descendent of Captain George Back. A complete copy of this first edition.Collated, complete. With frontispiece, three maps, and multiple plates. In the original pictorial cloth binding. The Scotia expedition was led by William Spiers Bruce of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. They sailed north on the SY Scotia and collected nearly 1000 stereographic glass plate negatives of photographs taken on the expedition. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, very smart with the image fading to the front board and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of spine. Bookplate to the front pastedown, Kenn Back. Internally, firmly bound. Small closed tar to the gutter of the large folding map. Prior owner's rubber stamp to the title page, not affecting text. Several ink annotations in text, and a few lines in pencil providing emphasis to page 79. Pages are bright. Heavy spotting throughout, heavier to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 745L16
GBP 700,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 797.75 US$ 920.38 | JP¥ 141927]
Catalogue: Voyages
Keywords: Travel Voyages Expeditions Voyages None
The Voyage of the Scotia
Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this scientific account to the Weddell Sea and the Establishment of a Meteorological Station in the South Orkneys. A really bright copy of this work, with the pictorial design to the front board lovely and bright. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey. He spent eight winters in the antarctic and was a descendent of Captain George Back. A complete copy of this first edition.Collated, complete. With frontispiece, three maps, and multiple plates. In the original pictorial cloth binding. The Scotia expedition was led by William Speirs Bruce of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. They sailed north on the SY Scotia and collected nearly 1000 stereographic glass plate negatives of photographs taken on the expedition. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, very smart with the image fading to the spine. Frontispiece is loosening slightly. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Small closed tear to the map at the gutter. Occasional scattered spots to pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 745L17
GBP 1.200,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 1367.5 US$ 1577.79 | JP¥ 243304]
Catalogue: Voyages
Keywords: Travel Voyages Expeditions Voyages None
On Horseback Through Asia Minor
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877. First edition. Cloth. The complete two volume set of this historical and topographical memoir by Frederick Burnaby, describing his adventures travelling on horseback in wartime Asia Minor, with multiple folding maps. Early Editions, with Vol I being the First Edition and Vol II being the Second Edition.Complete two volume set in the publisher's original cloth binding, with Vol II rebacked using the original spine cloth.Illustrated with a frontispiece to Vol I as well as one folding map to each of the two volumes.This is a travel work by Frederick Burnaby which recounts the intelligence officer's experience traveling on horseback to the Khanate of Khiva. Burnaby made his way through Russian Asia even though it had been closed to travellers, with war breaking out between the Russian army and the Turcoman tribesmen. Burnaby made this trek in the winter of 1875-76, trudging through extreme winter blizzards and coming close to death, evading the Russian army, and eventually making his way to the Khanate. Frederick Burnay (1842-1885) was a British Army intelligence officer, known for his adventurous spirit and his pioneering achievements. He was seen as a favourable figure in the minds of Victorian England, travelling to various countries, speaking numerous foreign languages, and publishing several books. With twenty-four pages of publisher's adverts to the rear of Vol I as well as the rear endpaper and paste down.With a bookseller's labels to the front paste down of Vol I, from the W. H. Smith & Son's Subscription Library. Illustrated bookplate to Vol II belong to the Prinknash monastery.  Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with Vol II rebacked. Externally, very smart. Light bumping and edge wear to the extremities and the spine. Wear along the joints of Vol I. Marks to boards. Light spotting to the textblock of Vol II. Labels and bookplates to front paste downs of Vol I and II. Original paste downs and endpapers laid back on boards of Vol II. Internally, firmly bound. Ink inscription to front endpaper of Vol II. Pages are bright and clean, with age-toning to the margins of text. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 816D70
GBP 290,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 330.5 US$ 381.3 | JP¥ 58798]
Catalogue: Voyages
Keywords: On Horseback Through Asia Minor Captain Fred Burnaby history travel Captain Fred Burnaby folding maps Various
A Journal of Transactions and Events, During a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador
Newark, Printed and sold by Allin and Ridge, 1792. First edition. Leather. An exceptional copy of the three volume first edition of English army officer, trader and explorer George Cartwright's journal relaying his sixteen year exploration of Labrador and Newfoundland. One of the earliest authoritative works on Labrador, in excellent full calf bindings.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece to volume I, and two folding maps, printed on three sheets. Collated, complete.Cartwright, a former British army officer, was engaged by a group of British merchants to trade with the native Canadian Esquimaux. Between 1770 and 1786, he made six fishing and trapping expeditions to Labrador, establishing posts near Sandwich Bay. Cartwright's journal provides a detailed account of the fur trade, the native North American population, and observations on the natural history and meteorology of Labrador, along with a glossary of English language words particular to Canadian life at the time.The ordinary paper issue, ESTC reference no. T133714Written in an unadorned style, Cartwright informs his readers: ''Tho I have often slept whole nights on mountains as high as that of famed Parnassus, yet, never having taken a nap on its sacred summit, it cannot be expected, that I should have awoke a Poet&apos. Rebound in full calf, with endpapers renewed. Externally, excellent, with minor rubbing to boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright, with scattered light spotting throughout each volume, and more significant spotting to the rear of volume I. The odd light pencil marginal notation. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 827F22
GBP 6.500,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 7406 US$ 8546.36 | JP¥ 1317896]
Catalogue: Voyages
Keywords: north america canada labrador canada Not Stated
Cruise of the Alert" Four Years in Patagonian, Polynesian, and Mascarene Waters
London, Swan Sonnenschein and Co, 1885 . Cloth. The fourth edition of British Navy surgeon and naturalist Richard William Coppinger's account of his Pacific cruise onboard the HMS Alert from 1878 to 1882. Whilst on HMS Alert, Coppinger collected botanical specimens from Magellan Straits landfalls, Tahiti, Fiji, Australia, the Torres Strait Islands, Singapore, and the Seychelles, in addition to gathering extensive zoological collections.Illustrated with sixteen plates, and a small number of vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.With the blind stamp of Joesph A. Sadony to the head of the title page. Sadony was a philosopher and spiritualist, known for briefly working for Theodore Roosevelt, and his eighty acre estate, named 'The Valley of the Pines', in rural Michigan. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with fading to back strip. Hinges starting, with boards holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Blind stamp to head of title page. Pages generally clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Rooke Books Professional sellerBook no.: 832F21
GBP 185,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 211 US$ 243.24 | JP¥ 37509]
Catalogue: Voyages
Keywords: Richard William Coppinger HMS Alert torres strait islands botany HMS Alert Not Stated