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BOOKS
Hakluyt Society: Voyages of Exploration series
The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea. Edited by GWB Huntingford. (Ancient Greek explorations in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean).1980. DJ.$65
The Journal of Rochfort Maguire. Two years at Point Barrow, Alaska aboard HMS Plover in the search for Sir John Franklin. Two Volumes. Edited by John Bockstoce. DJ.1988. $100
The Voyage of Semen Dezhnev in 1648. Bering’s Precursor with Selected Documents. Raymond H. Fisher. 1981. DJ.$65
The Resolution Journal of Johann Reinhold Forster 1772-1775. Four volumes. (naturalist’s journal on Capt Cook’s second voyage. DJ.$150
The Journal of Jean-Francois de Galaup de la Perouse 1785-1788. Edited by John Dunsmore.1995. Volume 2 only. DJ.$65
The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the Northwest Coast of America, in the Pacific, and New South Wales. 1794-1799. Edited by Michael Roe. 1966. DJ. $65
The Last Voyage of Drake and Hawkins. Edited by Kenneth R. Andrews. 1972. No DJ. $55
The Hakluyt Handbook. 1974. Two volumes. No DJ. $75.
Other exploration books:
Narrative of La Perouse’s expedition. Peter Dillon. 1972. Biblioteca Australiana.Two volumes. $125
The Cruise of the Marchesa. Kamschatka, New Guinea, etc. F. GUillemard. 2nd ed. 1889. $375
Forty-two Years amongst the Indians and Eskimos. Rev. John Horden, first Bishop of Moosonee. By Beatrice Batty. 2nd Edition. 1893? Ex lib. $45
Canada: Pacific to Atlantic. Travelogue book pub’d by Canadian National Railways, 1920’s. Describes towns and sights along the rail voyage from East to West. $45
Come to Java. Dutch East Indies tourbook in English. Lavishly illustrated. 3rd ed. 1927. $55
The Trail of the Serpent. Jan de Hartog. WW2 Dutch East Indies tale. 1983. $20.
Richard D. Blackmore
The Last Victorian. R..D. Blackmore and his novels. By Kenneth Budd. Ex lib. 1960. $25
Slain by the Doones. 1897. Dodd, NY. $45
Dariel. Blackwood, London. 1897. $65
Springhaven. Sampson Low, London. 1896. $45
Springhaven. Harper, NY. 1887. $55
The Maid of Sker. 1883? Blackwood, London. $65
Christowell. Sampson Low, London 1882. $45
Lorna Doone. Crowell, NY. 1893. Illustrated by Frank Merrill. Two volumes bound in one. $75.
Clara Vaughan. Sampson Low, London. Pb 1901. $35.
Alice Lorrain. Clowes, London. 1875? $55
Tommy Upmore. Sampson Low, London. 1894. $45
Cripps the Carrier. Lovell, NY, 1890s. $45
Other antiquarian, collectible, and classic literature.
Decameron. Bocaccio. Navarre Edition, London. Two volumes. 16 Erotic illustrations. $95.
A Secret of the Marsh. Oliver Warner. Dutton, NY. 1927. $45
Night Flight. Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Triangle, NY. 1943 edition. $25.
Jack London: First Editions. Limited to 1000 copies. Describes marks to identifying London’s first editions. $75.
The Road. Jack London. Mills, London. Copyright 1907. somewhat later edition. $45
Uncle Joe Little. Life and Memoirs of Joseph Russell Little. L. Bartlett. Toronto, 1903. $45
Dangerous Acquaintances. Choderlos de Laclos. Illustrations by Alastair. Godwin, NY. 1933. $75.
Manon Lescaut. Abbe Prevost. Rarity Press, NY. Illustrations by Alastair. 1931. $100.
Vanity Fair. Thackeray. International Collectors, NY. $25.
The Works of Oscar Wilde. Collins, London. 1970. $30
The Hills Beyond. Thomas Wolfe. Harper, NY 1941. $30
The Web and the Rock. Thomas Wolfe. Harper, NY 1939. $30
Of Time and the River. Thomas Wolfe. $35
Reynard the Fox, after Goethe. By Thomas James Arnold. Nattali and Bond, London. 1855. Illustrations by Josef Wolf. $75
Thomas Hardy collection.. 12 volumes, Heron Publishers, 1970 $200
Natural History Books:
Parrots: Forshaw & Cooper. $95
Hummingbirds: John Gould, folio HC. All the Hummingbird plates illustrated. $175
Birds of North America. Rex Brasher. 2 folio sized volumes. $400