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A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay; With an Account of New South Wales,

TENCH (Capt. Watkin, R.M.)

A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay;… 1789.

THE FIRST ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLEMENT AT BOTANY BAY

Handcuff Secrets

HOUDINI (Harry). & [HARDEEN (Theo).]

Handcuff Secrets, 1910.

WITH A SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF HOUDINI & EPHEMERA

Mémoires Pittoresques d'un Officier de Marine.

LECONTE (François).

Mémoires Pittoresques d'un Officier de Marine, 1851.

EXCEPTIONALLY RARE: CONVICTS TO NEW CALEDONIA

L'Europe en plusieurs cartes, et en divers traittes de geographe et d'historie...

[SANSON (Nicolas sr.)]

L'Europe en plusieurs cartes, et en divers traittes… 1683.

Nouvelle Carte de parties des Côtes de Terre Ferme et Isles située sur l'Ocean ... [&] Carte des Côtes de la Mediterranée ... [two sheets] [&] Carte de l'Arcipel ...

BERTHELOT (François).

Nouvelle Carte de parties des Côtes de Terre… 1715.

Geography Rectified: or, a Description of the World, In all its kingdoms, provinces, countries, islands, cities, towns, seas, rivers, bayes, capes, ports; their ancient and present names, inhabitants, situations, histories, customs, governments, &c. As al

MORDEN (Robert).

Geography Rectified: or, a Description of the World,… 1688.

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean,

VANCOUVER (George).

A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific… 1801.

A Journal of Transactions and Events During a Residence of Nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador; Containing Many Interesting Particulars, Both of the Country and its Inhabitants, not Hitherto Known.

CARTWRIGHT (George).

A Journal of Transactions and Events During a… 1792.

A Classic of Canadiana and 18th Century Travel Literature

Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition.

WILKES (Cmdr. Charles).

Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, 1845.

The Death of Captain Cook.

WEBBER (John). & BARTOLOZZI (F.),

The Death of Captain Cook, 1784.

A VERY FINE COPY

The New Game of the Ascent of Mont Blanc.

SMITH (Albert).

The New Game of the Ascent of Mont… 1861.

Memoirs of Lieutenant Joseph Rene Bellot... With his Journal of a Voyage in the Polar Seas, in search of Sir John Franklin

BELLOT (Joseph Rene).

Memoirs of Lieutenant Joseph Rene Bellot... With his… 1855.

A BEAUTIFUL COPY

Erinnerungen an Nassau N.P. Bahama Inseln.

COONLEY (Jacob Frank.)

Erinnerungen an Nassau N.P. Bahama Inseln, 1895.

BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE BAHAMAS

[Maps, manuscripts, and printed ephemera from Trollope's time as British Commander in Quebec.]

TROLLOPE (Charles).

[Maps, manuscripts, and printed ephemera from Trollope's time… 1858.

WITH AN IMPORTANT MS. MAP OF QUEBEC

Tabula Quinta de Asia.

PTOLEMY (Claudius). & BERLINGHIERI (Francesco di Niccolo).

Tabula Quinta de Asia, 1482.

THE THIRD ENGRAVED MAP OF IRAN

An Historical and Geographical Description of the Great Country & River of the Amazones in America.

PAGAN (Count Blaise Francois de), & HAMILTON (Wm.) trans.

An Historical and Geographical Description of the Great… 1661.

WITH THE RARELY FOUND MAP

A Letter on the abolition of the slave trade; addressed to the freeholders and other inhabitants of Yorkshire.

WILBERFORCE (William).

A Letter on the abolition of the slave… 1807.

WILBERFORCE PLEADING THE CASE OF ABOLITION ON THE EVE OF SUCCESS

An Act to prohibit all Trade and Intercourse with the Colonies of New Hampshire, Massachuset's Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the Three Lower Counties on Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and

[REVOLUTIONARY WAR] & GEORGE III.

An Act to prohibit all Trade and Intercourse… 1776.

ECONOMIC WEAPONS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

A Description of the Spanish Islands and Settlements On the Coast of the West Indies, Compiled from authentic Memoirs, Revised by Gentlemen who have resided many Years in the Spanish Settlements ...

JEFFERYS (Thomas).

A Description of the Spanish Islands and Settlements… 1762.

[Letter rejoicing that he had arrived in Liberia:

[LIBERIA] & ROBERTS (Joseph Jenkins).

[Letter rejoicing that he had arrived in Liberia:… 1839.

"IN THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE OPPRESSED"

April 7, 1781 be it ordained ... the Following Instructions be Observed by the Captains or Commanders of Private Armed Vessels ...

[REVOLUTIONARY WAR] & U.S. CONGRESS.

April 7, 1781 be it ordained ... the… 1781.

"YOU MAY BY FORCE OF ARMS ATTACK, SUBDUE, AND SEIZE ALL SHIPS, VESSELS, AND GOODS BELONGING TO GREAT BRITAIN"

Dernier Voyage du Capitain Cook autour du Monde, ou se trouvent les circonstances de sa mort...

ZIMMERMAN (Heinrich).

Dernier Voyage du Capitain Cook autour du Monde, ou… 1783.

[Souvenirs of geological and natural history travels.]

ROUSSEL (Alexandre-Victor).

[Souvenirs of geological and natural history travels.], 1871.

A VETERAN OF THE PACIFIC TOURS HIS OWN COUNTRY

An Account of Several Late Voyages & Discoveries to the South and North.

NARBROUGH (John). & ROBINSON (Tancred), ed.

An Account of Several Late Voyages & Discoveries… 1694.

THE CLASSIC VOYAGE

Accurata Globi terrestris delineatio, qua Europa, Asia, Africa et America ...

SEUTTER (Matthaus).

Accurata Globi terrestris delineatio, qua Europa, Asia, Africa… 1744.

SIX MAPS IN THE ORIGINAL SLIPCASE

Historia de la Conquista de Mexico

SOLIS Y RIBADENEYRA (Antonio).

Historia de la Conquista de Mexico, 1684.

THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO

Observations made during a Voyage round the World, on Physical Geography, Natural History, and Ethic Philosophy...

FORSTER (John Reinold).

Observations made during a Voyage round the World, on… 1778.

WITH THE RARE MAP

Geography Rectified: or, a Description of the World, in all its kingdoms, provinces, countries, islands, cities, towns, seas, rivers, bayes, capes, ports; ... Illustrated with seventy six Maps. ...

MORDEN (Robert)

Geography Rectified: or, a Description of the World,… 1693.

Atlas Universel de Geographie, physique, politique, ancienne & moderne. Contenant les cartes generales et particuliere de toutes les parties du monde; redigee conformement aux progres de la science pour servir a l'intelligence de l'Histoire de la Geograph

BRUE (Adrien Hubert).

Atlas Universel de Geographie, physique, politique, ancienne &… 1838.

Tre Navigationi fatte dagli Olandesi, e Zelandesi Al Settentrione nella Norvegia, Moscovia, e Tartaria verso il Catai, e Regno de Sini, doue scopersero il Mare di Veygatz, La Nuova Zembla,

VEER (Gerrit de).

Tre Navigationi fatte dagli Olandesi, e Zelandesi Al… 1599.

THE DISCOVERY OF SPITZBERGEN AND A FIRST ARCTIC WINTERING

A Description of the East, and Some other Countries.

POCOCKE (Richard).

A Description of the East, and Some other… 1743.

A handsome copy

Two books by Mirza Reza Khan, Persian diplomat and poet, with related material.

KHAN (Mirza Reza).

Two books by Mirza Reza Khan, Persian diplomat… 1920.

Life of a Qajar Diplomat

The Worst Journey in the World

CHERRY-GARRARD (Apsley).

The Worst Journey in the World, 1922.

"A WAR IS LIKE THE ANTARCTIC ... THERE IS NO GETTING OUT OF IT WITH HONOUR AS LONG AS YOU CAN PUT ONE FOOT BEFORE THE OTHER."

[Album of photographs of whaling and trading voyages.]

[PEDERSEN (Captain Christian Theodore)], & LEVY (Aaron), compiler.

[Album of photographs of whaling and trading voyages.], 1930.

TRADING IN THE ARCTIC: C.T. PEDERSEN, ROALD AMUNDSEN, JOHNNIE JOHNS

Histoire Naturelle et Morale des Iles Antilles de l'Amerique. Enrichie d'un grand nombre de belles Figures en taille douce, des Places & des Raretez le plus considerables, qui y font décrites. Avec un Vocabulaire Caribe. [With the supplement:] Recit de l'

[ROCHEFORT (Charles de)].

Histoire Naturelle et Morale des Iles Antilles de… 1681.

An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage performed by Captain Cook

ELLIS (William).

An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage performed by… 1783.

AN EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY

[Three illustrated notebooks.]

CAPESTRO (Federico).

[Three illustrated notebooks.], 1874.

BEAUTIFUL NATURAL HISTORY ILLUSTRATIONS

ALS to the Secretaries of the Wesleyan Missionary Society.

ALS to the Secretaries of the Wesleyan Missionary… 1828.

AN IMPORTANT EARLY LETTER FROM TONGA

Du Rôle Civilisateur de la Race Noire.

CASSÉUS (Dr. Augustus).

Du Rôle Civilisateur de la Race Noire, 1911.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

Funeral of Mr. Darwin. Westminster Abbey, Wednesday, April 26th, 1882. At 12 O'Clock Precisely. Admit the bearer ... to the Jerusalem Chamber.

[DARWIN (Charles).]

Funeral of Mr. Darwin. Westminster Abbey, Wednesday, April… 1882.

ONE OF 33 COPIES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS ONLY

Les Nuées Magellaniques

DUBOC (Dr Gustave).

Les Nuées Magellaniques, 1854.

Atlas Geographico del Peru ...

PAZ SOLDAN (Mariano Felipe).

Atlas Geographico del Peru , 1865.

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