1883. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883. Slim 8vo, 25pp. With a huge folding map at the end. Original blue printed wrappers, small tape repair to wrappers, otherwise fine. § Very scarce. Published just months before he died, Pierce's account of his expedition in the North Cascades, via Lake Chelan and..... More

1881. Madrid: Imprenta de Fortanet., 1881. Roy. 8vo, 223pp. Original printed wrappers browned and slightly worn § Bound with "Ultima Teoria Sobre La Atlantida," a dissertation by the same author. Published for the "Cuarto Congreso Internacional de Americanistas," Ramo de Historia, Tema VI. The author examines the veracity of the..... More

1862. London: 1862. Thick 8vo, xi, 468 pp. Frontis., illus., maps (1 folding). Original brown cloth stamped in gold on upper cover and backstrip, a very good copy. § First edition, a lovely copy inscribed by the author: "Georgina M. Mayne from the Author November 28th 1862." DNB notes a...... More

1818. London: John Murray, 1818. 8vo, (8), 323, (1)pp. (lacks 5pp. ads.) With a b/w portrait frontispiece and five colored aquatints. Early full black calf richly gilt, armorial gilt stamp on upper cover, marbled edges. Upper joint rubbed but sound, armorial bookplate of Thomas Bartlett, later bookplate of Robert Frederick..... More

1818. London: John Murray, 1818. 4to, 2 p.l., [vii]-xv, [1] plate list, 222, cxxx, [72]. With a frontispiece and 7 plates all color lithographs by Havell, 2 uncolored plates, and 5 maps (3 folding). Modern quarter blue morocco lettered in gilt, by Zaehnsdorf (1962). A very fine untrimmed copy, partially..... More

1871. London: 1871-1874 4 vols in 1, thick 4to, numerous texts with charts. See below for details. Sturdy green buckram, red morocco label "US North America Papers 1871-3". § A fascinating collection of legal papers detailing the British claims against the United States. Includes (in order): Treaty between Her Majesty..... More

1817. London: John Murray, 1817. 4to (275 x 220 mm), vii, [1], 526, [2]pp., with the final errata leaf, portrait frontispiece of Lord Amherst, 7 fine hand-colored plates, 3 engraved maps (one folding, two lightly browned). Old speckled calf a bit worn and backstrip rubbed but quite sound. Internally fresh..... More

1780. London: J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1780. 4to, xxii, 344, [13, index] pp. Folding plate, 4 folding maps. Contemporary calf scuffed and tips worn, rebacked retaining the original gilt backstrip with black label, hinges strengthened with cloth. Internally fresh and clean. § First edition. This is an important source..... More

Hudson: Ashbel Stoddard, 1809. 12mo (103 x 75mm, 5 x 3 ins.), [3], vi-x, [1], 12-96 pp. (lacking first and final blank). Printed on gray paper. Original blue paper boards, very skilfully restored, in a modern slipcase. § Very scarce American abridgment of the third voyage known to Forbes in..... More

London: Awnsham Churchill, 1684, Folio, (10, including frontispiece portrait, t/p, second t/p and dedication, and 'Table'), 1-209, 220-482pp (complete, pp. 210-219 never included, p, 482 ends mid-sentence), § Fifth edition in English, the unabridged edition translated by Florio and with the rare portrait frontispiece after Titian engraved by White. The..... More

1982. New York: Random House, 1982. 8vo, [xii], 622, [2] pp. Map endpapers. Original silver cloth stamped in black. A fine copy in the original, near fine, slightly sunned slipcase. § Copy number 65 of 500 specially bound, numbered copies, signed by the author. Michener's ambitious, novelized account of 30..... More

2014. The Grolier Club, 2014. 4to (11 x 8.25 inches), 318, [1] pp. numerous color illustrations, many tipped in. Hightower and Koch Antiquarian types. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly. Blue cloth, titled in gilt and with Grolier Club arms in gilt on the upper cover. § Edition of 1000..... More

1927. London: Privately Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1927. Large 4to, 63 pp., 48 of 49 plates, lacking the color plate. A good copy in original cloth. § A sumptuous catalogue with text by Binyon, Russell, and Keynes &c, and fine gravure plates. Bentley, Blake Books, 632A (the..... More