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Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World
by Twain, Mark (Samuel L. Clemens)
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- First edition
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- 1897
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 340.95
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Hartford: American Publishing Co., 1897. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. Twain's travels in Australia, New Zealand and India. Large 8vo. 712pp. B&w frontis portrait, b&w ills in text. With the signature 11 at bottom of page 161 as called for by BAL. Pictorial gilt decorated inlay of elephant on front cover, gold gilt title and decoration at… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Death of Captain Cook. To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain & c. This Plate representing The Death of Captain Cook is humbly inscribed. By their Lordship's most obedient and devoted Servant, John Webber
by [Cook, James] John Webber; F. Bartolozzi ; W. Byrne
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- 1784
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 10,228.50
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London: W. Byrne, No. 79 Titchfield Street & J. Webber, No. 312 Oxford St., 1784. First printing. Print. Very good condition. The separately published image by Webber of one of the iconic images of the 18th century. Cook, already a successful navigator, was immortalized after his death at the hands of Hawaiian natives at Karakakoa Bay. Cook had… Read more about this item Item Price
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Men of Different Countries
by [Children's; New Zealand]
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- 1844
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 129.56
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Cooperstown, NY: H. & E. Phinney, 1844. A charming illustrated children's chapbook, illustrations accompanying each description of men around the world including an Englishman, Indian, New Zealander, Tartar, Frenchman, Dutchman, an "Owyhyhean" (with a man and "dancing woman" derived from Cook); Laplander, etc. along with the Camel, Lion and Elephant ("Elephants love spirits and wine. In India, a liquor… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 129.56
A View in the Bay at Woahoo, Sandwich Islands, copper engraving
by Dixon, George; Inago Barlow
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- 1789
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 375.04
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London, 1789. Print. Good + overall. Striking image of Hawaii, with native Hawaiians paddling a canoe in the foreground against the distinctive mountainous terrain of Oahu. From Dixon's 'A Voyage Round the World'.
Copper engraving, plate mark 10 1/8 x 7 3/4" on 10 7/8 x 8 3/8". Mark at top center and upper left corner.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 375.04
Anchorage of the Frigates at Mowee, copper engraving
by Laperouse; Stockdale, I. (engr)
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- 1798
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 170.48
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London, 1798. Print. Very good overall. Intriguing image of two sailing ships with many canoes approaching, village and mountains in the background, from an English edition of Laperouse's Voyage.
6 3/4 x 4 7/8", tidemarks in margin, lower margin publisher's text partially perished. Image clean. Item Price
SGD 170.48
Tammeamea, King of the Sandwich Islands, aquatint
by [Hawaii; King Kamehameha I]
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- 1800
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 238.66
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London, 1800. Print. Very good condition. Head and shoulders portrait of Tammeamea, also known as King Kamehameha I [ est. 1758 - 1819]. He was a conqueror and first ruler of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
A handsome color aquatint, 4 7/8 x 8", brown, gold and black accents. Item Price
SGD 238.66
A Canoe of the Sandwich Islands, the Rowers masked
by Cooke, George [Hawaii]; Capt. Cook
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- 1811
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 102.28
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1811. Print. Overall very good condition. Cooke's version is after an engraving from a drawing by John Webber in 1779 from "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean." Captain James Cook [1782 - 1779] made three voyages to the Pacific and encountered Pacific cultures for the first time, but also brought back… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 102.28
Carte des Iles Hawaii 1834 from "Voyage Pittoresque autour du Monde"
by Dumont-D'Urville, J.
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- 1834
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 477.33
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Paris, 1834. Very good condition. Hawaiian Islands 1834 from the Voyages of Dumont D'Urville. Depicts Nihau, Tauai, Oahou, Morokai, Ranai, Mawi, Tahou Rawe and Hawaii. Inset of the Ile de Oahou. Engraved by Ambroise Tardieu.
Dumont d'Urville circumnavigated the globe for the second time between 1826 and 1829. On this expedition his accomplishments included significant Pacific… Read more about this item Item Price
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A W.W.I. period photograph album of Fanning Island, during the period of the German attack
by Peters, W. R. [Fanning Islands; Photographs]
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- 1920
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 4,091.40
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1920. The album captures a period of six years, mostly on Fanning Island, but also on Washington Island and later in Hawaii and British Columbia. The "official" photographer at the Fanning Island cable station appears to be W. R. Peters, and he captured the events of September 7th, 1914, when the German ship Nurnberg destroyed the cable station in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Finding Paradise: Island Art In Private Collections
by Severson, Don R.; Horikawa, Michael D.; Saville, Jennifer
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- Used - Fine in fine dj.
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- First edition
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- 2002
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 272.76
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Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts,, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dj.. Signed by the 14 contributing authors on front free endpaper. The book features paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, including a list of the 100 essential books printed on Hawaii before the end of the 19th century. Also includes chapters on surfing, ukuleles, kitsch, quilt making sculpture,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Modern and Authentic System of Universal Geography. Volumes I & II
by Cooke, George Alexander
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- 1801
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 1,022.85
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London: Printed for C. Cooke by J. Adlard, 1801. Hardcover. Good -. Two large thick volumes, the first volume with Book 1, pertaining to Captain Cook's voyages and including the folding map of Cook's Pacific voyages, and engravings, including of kangaroo ("A singular Animal called Kanguroo found on the Coast of New Holland", p236) and the Portrait of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Death of Capt. Cook & Otaheite view. Copper engravings
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- 1809
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 102.28
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London: Richard Phillips, 1809. Very good condition. Two copper engravings, the first of Captain Cook's death in Hawaii, titled, "The Death of Captn Cook at Owyhee one of the Sandwich Islands 1779", and the second of a scene in Tahiti titled, "A Human Sacrifice in a Temple at Otaheite".
5 3/4 x 3 3/4" Item Price
SGD 102.28
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Edward Barry. [South Sea Pearler]
by Becke, Louis
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- First edition
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- 1900
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- Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 61.37
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London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Good + overall. 8vo, viii + 246pp. Dark green cloth w/ gold stamping on spine. Slightly bumped and rubbed. Bookplate on front endpaper; spine slightly sunned. Item Price
SGD 61.37
Chart of the Sandwich Isles : Sketch of Karakakooa Bay
by [Cook / Hogg / Anderson]
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- 1790
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 613.71
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London: Alexander Hogg at the Kings Arms, No. 16, Paternoster Row, 1790. Attractive map of the Hawaiian Islands with Cook's tracks charged, as well as an inset map of Karakakooa Bay marked, "Here Capt. Cook was killed". Copper engraving, 13 3/4 x 9" with small margins. T. Conder Sculpt. "Accurately Engraved for Anderson's Large Folio Edition of the Whole… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 613.71
The Northern Hemisphere / The Southern Hemisphere, with Cook's 2nd & 3rd Voyages tracked
by Kincaid, Alexander
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- 1799
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 613.71
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Edinburgh, 1799. Two attractive double hemisphere world maps showing the track of the Resolution, James Cook's ship during his 2nd voyage from 1772 to 1780. The Resolution was the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle. Likely from a Scottish edition of Cook's Voyages, the map illustrates the discoveries of Cook's 1st voyage, and the discoveries and tracks of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The World with the latest Discoveries. [Cook's voyage tracks on a double hemesphere map]
by [Cook, James] Anderson
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- Used - Otherwise very good condition
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- First printing
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- 1787
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 613.71
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London: Anderson, 1787. First printing. Maps. Otherwise very good condition. Engraved for Anderson's History of Commerce, printed at the Logographic Press". The Western and Eastern Hemispheres on Mercator projection with Cook's three voyage tracks & Anson's voyage noted with dates. Australia is shown connected to Tasmania, before Bass Straits were mapped. The Antarctic is recorded as Southern Icy… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 613.71
Capt. Cook's discovery of Hawaii in "Galleria Universale di Tutti i Popoli del Mondo", the single fascicle
by [Cook, James; Hawaii]
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- 1842
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SGD 61.37
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Venezia: Giuseppe Antonelli, 1842. Good + overall. A section from an Italian work on the people of the world, this section pertaining to Hawaii and Captain Cook's discovery of the "isole de Sandwich". The text describes the previously unknown islands of Hawaii and their inhabitants: "che queste isole non sieno state conosciute ad altro Europeo innanzi all arrivo… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Death of Captain James Cook by the Indians of O,why,ee, one of the Sandwich Islands
by [Cook, James] George Carter
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- 1784
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 23,866.50
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London: G. Carter, 1784. Proof. A notable rarity in a proof edition with scratched text below the image, after letters of the most beautiful depiction of the death of Captain James Cook.
The artist, George Carter, was not an eyewitness to the events in Hawaii, but his imagery and care in reconstructing the event places it as… Read more about this item Item Price
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'Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery; performed in the Years 1776, 7, 8, and 9': The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle 1781. Volume LI. For the Year MDCCLXXXI
by [Cook, James; John Rickman] Urban, Sylvanus
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- 1781
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 681.90
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London: J. Nichols for D. Henry, 1781. Hardcover. Very good condition. Contains an important article on the death of Captain James Cook in a review of the first full account in English of Cook's third voyage, published three years earlier than the official account. The book is attributed to Lieutenant John Rickman, who served as second lieutenant on… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 681.90
The Death of Captain Cook. To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of Great Britain & c. This Plate representing The Death of Captain Cook is humbly inscribed. By their Lordship's most obedient and devoted Servant, John Webber
by [Cook, James] John Webber; F. Bartolozzi ; W. Byrne
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- Used - Very good condition
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- First printing
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- 1784
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Garrison, New York, USA
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SGD 12,956.10
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London: W. Byrne, No. 79 Titchfield Street & J. Webber, No. 312 Oxford St., 1784. First printing. Print. Very good condition. The separately published image by Webber of one of the iconic images of the 18th century. Cook, already a successful navigator, was immortalized after his death at the hands of Hawaiian natives at Karakakoa Bay. Cook had… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 12,956.10