MARITIME[Embracing the Riparian]
MARITIME
“In Search of ” — A Brave & Sad Account
(ARCTIC
ANGUISH). Kane, Elisha Kent. Arctic explorations:
The second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, ’54,
’55. Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. 8vo (23.5 cm, 9.25"). 2
vols. I: Frontis., add. engr. t.-p., 464 pp.; 1 fold. map. , 11 plts., illus.
II: Frontis., add. engr. t.p., 467, [1] pp.; 1 fold. map, 1 map, 7 plts.
Click the images for enlargements. As described by the title-pages, the volumes are “Illustrated by upwards of three hundred engravings, from sketches by the author. The steel plates executed [by J. Hamilton and others] under the superintendence of J.M. Butler, the wood engravings by Van Ingen & Snyder.” The plates total 20 altogether, including frontispieces.
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[Adet, Pierre Auguste]. Authentic. Official notes, from the minister
of the French Republic, to the secretary of state of the United States of America.
With a replication to the first note, by the secretary of state. Philadelphia:
J. Ormrod, [ca. 1796]. 8vo signed in 4s (20 cm, 7.9"). 42 pp.
• ESTC W21390; Evans 30442; not in Sabin. Recently rebound in quarter blue morocco over blue cloth, leather edges stamped with gilt rolls, spine gilt-stamped with title and publication information. Title-page with inner margin reinforced, chips to outer edges. Some leaves lightly spotted, title-page somewhat more darkly so.
A Century “Pre”–Nordhoff & Hall — Mutiny on the
Bounty, First U.S. Edition Barrow, John, Sir. A description of Pitcairn's Island and its inhabitants. With an authentic account of the mutiny of the ship Bounty, and of the subsequent fortunes of the mutineers. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1832. 12mo (14.6 cm, 5.75"). [6 (adv.)], [2], [ix]–303, [1] pp.; 2 plts.
Click the images for enlargements. The volume is illustrated with
two steel-engraved plates, one view of Tahiti and one of Pitcairn's Island.
• American Imprints 11221; Hill, Pacific Voyages, 70. Publisher's speckled sheep, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label; edges and extremities rubbed, spine darkened, spine leather with fine cracks, spine head covered with dark cloth tape extending onto sides. Ex–social club library: 19th-century bookplate on front pastedown, inked numerals on front free endpaper, title-page pressure-stamped. Pages with scattered spots of staining; last page with series title pencilled across — quite decoratively! (26390)
A Practical Yet Picturesque View of
the U.S. & Canada De Roos, Frederick Fitzgerald [a.k.a. De Ros, John Frederick Fitzgerald]. Personal narrative of travels in the United States and Canada in 1826 ... with remarks on the present state of the American Navy. London: William Harrison Ainsworth, 1827. 8vo (21.8 cm, 8.55"). xii, 207, [1] pp.; 14 plts. (1 fold.).
Click the images for enlargements. The volume is illustrated with
an oversized, folding panoramic view of Quebec along with 13 other plates, including two maps of the Niagara Falls region; views of Bristol, DE, and Chester, MA; and a bucolic depiction of the “Water Works of Philadelphia on the Schuylkil,” all engraved after De Roos's own designs.
Binding: Contemporary hunter green diced calf, covers framed in gilt double fillets and an interior blind rule with small gilt-stamped corner fleurons; spine gilt extra in five compartments. Board edges and turn-ins decorated with gilt rolls; rich blue marbled endpapers; all edges marbled.
• Howes D268; Sabin 19677. Binding as above, corners/joints scuffed and back joint starting from head; spine a little sunned, evenly and attractively. Scattered light foxing, pages and plates otherwise clean. 
An admirable book in a nice copy. (26665)
Who's In Charge of What & How Much They Are Paid Díez de la Calle, Juan. Memorial informatorio al rey nuestro señor, en su real y supremo Conseio de las Indias, Camara, y Junta de Guerra. [Madrid: No publisher/printer], 1645. Small 4to. [11 (of 12)], 31 (of 32) ff. (lacks pi4 and a1).
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To aid in getting a refreshed grip on the administration of the New World,
Philip IV of Spain asked Juan Díez de la Calle, a member of the Consejo
de Indias, to produce a concise administrative handbook for use solely by
the Council of the Indies, the King, and his close advisors. Here one finds
all of the administrative divisions with dates of creation; office holders
and their salaries and when the office was created; differences existing between
administrative districts; and an interesting section on
the
various “annual” convoys (“armadas”) and the general
in charge of each.
Provenance: Ownership signature at top of title-page of “Guill[er]mo Godolphin,” i.e., Sir William Godolphin.
• Alden & Landis, European Americana, 645/45; Palau 73741; Sabin 20133. Early limp vellum. Lacking two leaves: “Al Lector” leaf and the sectional title-leaf. A very good copy. (25808)
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