Adams, John.

A Voyage to South America. Describing at Large the Spanish Cities, Towns and Provinces, &c. on that Extensive Continent: Undertaken, by Command of the King of Spain, by Don Geoge Juan and Don Antonio De Ulloa, Captains of the Spanish Navy, Fellows of the Royal Society of London, Members of the Royal Academy at Paris, &c. &c. Translated from the original Spanish; with Notes and Observations; and an Account of the Brazils. By John Adams, Esq. of Waltham Abbey; who resided several Years in those Parts.

The Fourth Edition. Volume 2 ONLY! London, Printed for John Stockdale, R. Faulder et al, 1806. 20 x 13 cm. Title Page, (2) [TOC], 419 pages plus 14 pages Index. Two folding engraved Plates. New (2021) green cloth with gilt title on spine. Hard cover. New binding and end papers. Internally age darkened, but clean. An excellent reading copy.

ANON.

The Docks of the Great Western Railway (G.W.R.).

[First Edition]. London, G.W.R. Docks Office, July 1931. 19 x 13 cm. 51 Pages incl. 17 B&W photographs, followed by 12 large folded coloured maps. Losely inserted folded ‘Map of G.W.R. System’ in paper pouch (see images). Original decorated paperback with stiff paper covers. Very good condition. Rubbed and bumped, some fraying to paper covers, now in protective plastic cover. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Internally clean and complete with all maps.

Anon / Furneaux / [Captain Cook].

A Compendious History of Captain Cook’s First and Second Voyages. The First Performed in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, in the Endeavor; the Second In 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775, in the Resolution and Adventure. Including An Abridgement of Capt. Furneaux’s Narrative of his Proceedings during the Separation of the two Ships.

London, Printed for G. Kearsley, 1784. 17 x 10.5 cm. iv, 307 pages. Contemporary tree calf. Red spine labels. Gilt title and decorations. Very good condition. Rebacked with new end papers in 2021 using the original boards and spine. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Repair to TOC page. Internally clean.

Bennet, Tom.

Shipwrecks Around Wales. Volume 2.

First Edition. Newport, Happy Fish, 1992. 19 x 26 cm. 112 pages, including maps, illustrations, photographs, index and bibliography. Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Bratby, Michael / Scott, Peter.

Through the Air. Adventures with Wild Fowl and Small-boat Sailing.

First Edition. London, Country Life, 1941. 24 x 18 cm. 127 pages. Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Peter Scott, including 20 original drawings in blue ink, of which one is a full page drawing. All drawings are signed or initialed. Blue Morrocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London. Gilt line decorations and gilt title on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Very good condition. Some rubbing and bumping to binding. Minor material losses to lower front board. Internally dust dulled and foxed. Text block clean. Inscribed by Michael Bratby ‘To the Field Marshal’. 20 original drawings by Peter Scott.

Clark, Roy.

The Longshoremen.

First Edition. Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1974. 21 x 14 cm. 201 pages. Illustrated. Original dark red cloth with gilt title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled and browned. Dust jacket price clipped with minor shelf wear, now in archival jacket). Internally clean.

Cook, Captain James / Kearsley, G. (Editor).

An Abridgment of Captain Cook’s Last Voyage, performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere by Order of His Majesty. Extracted from the Quarto Edition, in Three Volumes.

The Seventh Edition. One Volume. London, Printed for C. and G. Kearsley, 1794. 17 x 10 cm. xxiv, 442 pages plus 14 pages Index and two pages of publishers list. With seven full page engraved plates. Full calf. Contemporary boards, later rebacked in a matching style with new leather spine. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Age darkened throughout. Occassional mild foxing. lacks front free end paper, folded plate and map. Name of previous owner neatly inscribed on title page. A few nicks, dog ears and closed tears. Internally clean. A nice little book with some striking illustrations of Polar Bear (‘White Bear’), Shooting Sea Horses, Manner of Travelling in Kamchatka and others.

Hamilton Moore, John.

The New Practical Navigator; Being A Complete Epitome of Navigation: To which is added, all the Tables Requisite for Determining the Latitude and Longitude at Sea…

The Seventeenth Edition. Greatly Enlarged and Improved. London, Printed for Johnson, Richardson et al, 1807. 21 x 13 cm. xvi, 328 pages plus Tables. With a Frontispiece and ten Plates. New (2021) dark blue half cloth over matching marbled boards. New end papers. Gilt title and decorations. Internally age darkened and mildly foxed in places. Edges age darkened. Some of the plates with some paper losses to front edge, but not affecting actual images.

Lethbridge, T.C.

Herdsmen & Hermits. Celtic Seafarers in the Northern Seas.

First Edition. Cambridge, Bowes & Bowes, 1950. 18 x 12 cm. xix, 146 pages. Illustrated throughout in B&W. Original green cloth with title on spine. In original decorated dust jacket. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear. Dust jacket age darkened and foxed with short closed tear to rear and minor paper loss to top of spine. Now protected in archival jacket. Internally bright and clean.

Maxwell, Donald.

The Log of the Griffin. From Switzerland to Teddington. The Story of a Cruise from the Alps to the Thames by Donald Maxwell. With Illustrations by the Author and Cottington Taylor.

[First Edition]. London, John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1905. 22 x 14 cm. 298 pages plus Appendix and Publishers List. Illustrated throughout. Original decorated green cloth with gilt titles and decorations on front board and spine. Top edge gilt. Very good condition. Ruubed and bumped. Spine dulled and a little frayed. Edges and end papers dust dulled and browned. Internally bright and clean.