The Fur Hunters of the Far West; a Narrative of Adventures in the Oregon and Rocky Mountains ( 2 volumes ) by Ross, Alexander - 1855

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle. 1875. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Green gilt decorated cloth boards, corners lightly bumped & a little rubbed. Spine edge also lightly rubbed - just light shelf wear. Bookplate to front pastedown and front hinge slightly cracked. A very nice, solid and clean copy of this scarce title. Small gift inscription to top of Preface. Illustrated with eight black & white engravings and large fold-out map [with neatly repaired tears] at rear. 307 pages. Important account of the first expedition to cross from Alice Springs to Roebourne on the West Coast of Australia in 1872 Warburton left South Australia as leader of an expedition that included his son Richard and J. Lewis. It was financed and provided with seventeen camels and six months supplies by (Sir) Walter Hughes and (Sir) Thomas Elder, and sought to link the province with Western Australia. After leaving Alice Springs in April 1873, they endured long periods of… Read More

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1847. Soft cover. .. Two volumes. Crown quarto. Paginated consecutively. Pp. xvi, 3-240; 241-467. Plus a folding map engraved on steel, engraved frontispiece and 11 other plates. Title-page printed in red and black. Uniformly in the original illustrated wrappers, these edge worn and chipped, back wrapper of one volume loose, some dog-eared corners. Both volumes placed in a handsome custom made box, full green cloth over boards, facsimile title-page laid-down on cover. An unsophisticated set, untrimmed, preserved entirely in the original state, bright interiors, thoroughly free of foxing. ~ First American edition in the extremely rare original, two paperbound installments. Sold separately, each volume's cover bears the header: "50 Cents. Complete in Two Parts"; and "Part 1" and "Part 2", respectively. A pioneering work by the Anglican missionary George Smith (1815-1871) who, after the Treaty of Nanking, explored the newly opened… Read More

Cairo, Société de la géographie d'Egypte, 1942. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Crown quarto. Pp. xxix, 319. Plus 12 folding maps printed with additional colours. Half-title present. Bibliography. HARDCOVER, bound in handsome three-quarter polished brown calf and matching marbled boards, spine with raised bands, direct gilt lettering between gilt rules, speckled edges, silken ribbon marker. With the original stiff wrappers bound in, bearing the Coat-of-Arms of the Kingdom of Egypt on the upper wrapper, and the emblem of the Société de la géographie d'Egypte on the lower wrapper. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION thus. Revised and enlarged edition of the Huzayyin's thesis "The Arabian East and the Far East" (Liverpool, 1933). From the private library of noted collector A. Pascalis, with his charming bookplate inside cover. A-3

4 of 6 volumes. Volume 1: i-ix]-372 pages with 23 plates, including frontispiece plate of Cook, and 4 folding maps; Volume II lacking; Volume III: [793]-1184 pages with 11 plates, including frontispiece of Possession Bay, and 5 fold out maps; Volume IV: [1185]-1546 pages with 26 plates, including frontispiece of Woman, Child and Man of Van Diemen's Land, and 6 folding maps; Volume V: [1547]-1938 pages with 30 plates, including frontispiece of A View of Huaheine, and 8 folding maps; Volume VI lacking. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original full leather with red labels to spine with gilt lettering. Abridged by George William Anderson. An earlier Large folio edition by Anderson was published earlier. This edition originally issued in 80 weekly parts, and also called the Large octavo edition. (M K Beddie: 39) First edition of the bound edition.Captain James Cook RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of… Read More

London: For John and Paul Knapton, 1753. Octavo. ...........Sent Upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled From His Papers and Materials, By Richard Walters, With Charts of the Southern Part of South America, of Part of the Pacific Ocean, and of the Track of the Centurion Round the World. (24)pp, 548pp. (4)pp. publisher's ads. (complete although pagination after p. 296 is misnumbered 304-548 with all catchwords matching) 3 large folding maps, one with a few old tape mends. Bound in full calf, beautifully rebacked to style, raised bands with gilt title within one compartment. Bookplate of Stoneleigh Abbey, home of the Leigh family from 1561 to 1990 and visited by several famous people including Jane Austen. Anson's later editions provided maps and illustrations of those places he visited from information he later found through the government of those countries, people he had met and earlier manuscripts.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle. 1875. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Green gilt decorated cloth boards, corners lightly bumped & a little rubbed. Spine edge also lightly rubbed - just light shelf wear. Bookplate to front pastedown and front hinge slightly cracked. A very nice, solid and clean copy of this scarce title. Small gift inscription to top of Preface. Illustrated with eight black & white engravings and large fold-out map [with neatly repaired tears] at rear. 307 pages. Important account of the first expedition to cross from Alice Springs to Roebourne on the West Coast of Australia in 1872 Warburton left South Australia as leader of an expedition that included his son Richard and J. Lewis. It was financed and provided with seventeen camels and six months supplies by (Sir) Walter Hughes and (Sir) Thomas Elder, and sought to link the province with Western Australia. After leaving Alice Springs in April 1873, they endured long periods of… Read More

New York, Harper & Brothers, 1847. Soft cover. .. Two volumes. Crown quarto. Paginated consecutively. Pp. xvi, 3-240; 241-467. Plus a folding map engraved on steel, engraved frontispiece and 11 other plates. Title-page printed in red and black. Uniformly in the original illustrated wrappers, these edge worn and chipped, back wrapper of one volume loose, some dog-eared corners. Both volumes placed in a handsome custom made box, full green cloth over boards, facsimile title-page laid-down on cover. An unsophisticated set, untrimmed, preserved entirely in the original state, bright interiors, thoroughly free of foxing. ~ First American edition in the extremely rare original, two paperbound installments. Sold separately, each volume's cover bears the header: "50 Cents. Complete in Two Parts"; and "Part 1" and "Part 2", respectively. A pioneering work by the Anglican missionary George Smith (1815-1871) who, after the Treaty of Nanking, explored the newly opened… Read More

Cairo, Société de la géographie d'Egypte, 1942. 1st Edition . Hardcover. .. Crown quarto. Pp. xxix, 319. Plus 12 folding maps printed with additional colours. Half-title present. Bibliography. HARDCOVER, bound in handsome three-quarter polished brown calf and matching marbled boards, spine with raised bands, direct gilt lettering between gilt rules, speckled edges, silken ribbon marker. With the original stiff wrappers bound in, bearing the Coat-of-Arms of the Kingdom of Egypt on the upper wrapper, and the emblem of the Société de la géographie d'Egypte on the lower wrapper. In fine condition. Excellent copy. ~ FIRST EDITION thus. Revised and enlarged edition of the Huzayyin's thesis "The Arabian East and the Far East" (Liverpool, 1933). From the private library of noted collector A. Pascalis, with his charming bookplate inside cover. A-3

4 of 6 volumes. Volume 1: i-ix]-372 pages with 23 plates, including frontispiece plate of Cook, and 4 folding maps; Volume II lacking; Volume III: [793]-1184 pages with 11 plates, including frontispiece of Possession Bay, and 5 fold out maps; Volume IV: [1185]-1546 pages with 26 plates, including frontispiece of Woman, Child and Man of Van Diemen's Land, and 6 folding maps; Volume V: [1547]-1938 pages with 30 plates, including frontispiece of A View of Huaheine, and 8 folding maps; Volume VI lacking. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original full leather with red labels to spine with gilt lettering. Abridged by George William Anderson. An earlier Large folio edition by Anderson was published earlier. This edition originally issued in 80 weekly parts, and also called the Large octavo edition. (M K Beddie: 39) First edition of the bound edition.Captain James Cook RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of… Read More

London: For John and Paul Knapton, 1753. Octavo. ...........Sent Upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled From His Papers and Materials, By Richard Walters, With Charts of the Southern Part of South America, of Part of the Pacific Ocean, and of the Track of the Centurion Round the World. (24)pp, 548pp. (4)pp. publisher's ads. (complete although pagination after p. 296 is misnumbered 304-548 with all catchwords matching) 3 large folding maps, one with a few old tape mends. Bound in full calf, beautifully rebacked to style, raised bands with gilt title within one compartment. Bookplate of Stoneleigh Abbey, home of the Leigh family from 1561 to 1990 and visited by several famous people including Jane Austen. Anson's later editions provided maps and illustrations of those places he visited from information he later found through the government of those countries, people he had met and earlier manuscripts.