George Langsdorff (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 hardcovers, protected in glassine wraps. Cream paper over boards, blue and gilt title block on covers and spines. Foldout map at front of volume 2. Clean, square copies. Text unmarked. Light shelf wear. Glassine wrap on Volume 2 is torn. tb/walk.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 8vo, i-xxxviii, 239, i- xvi, 283 pp, black and white frontispieces, other black and white illustrations. First edition thus. Blue cloth, an excellent copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Facsimile edition. Volume 2 only. Original hardcover. Points gently bumped. Contents fine. The acetate jacket has a loss to upper front panel and some short tears. ; quarto; 386,[6] pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Facsimile Edition. Bibliotheca Australiana #41; minor wear; library stamp on title page; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; a facsimile reprint of an edition published in London in 1814; has a large fold-out map and five plates. Book.

Bureau de la Revue des deux Mondes, Paris - 1865, XXXVe année, seconde période, tome cinquante-septičme, 15,50x23,50 cm, relié, 1040 pages Bon état intérieur, rares et légčres rousseurs, reliure défraîchie - Pour les envois hors de France, la tafication Ťlivre & brochureť pour les frais de port a disparue.Les frais de port annoncés correspondent ŕ une moyenne. Ils seront calculés au plus juste en fonction du poids de votre article.

Hardcover. Condition: As New with no dust jacket. This is a two volume set. Bibiotheca Australiana #40. reprinting of the 1813 Henry Colburn publication. 747 pages plus index. shipping will be extra for this set, please inquire. ; Two Volume Set; 8 x 10 1/8 ".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Modern Reprint. These two volumes cover the travels during the years 1803 through 1807; illustrated from original drawings. Originally published in 1813 and 1814. Bindings protected with clear vinyl covers, which has some edge tears. Book.

hard cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Amsterdam and New York: N. Israel and Da Capo. (1968). Illustrated. Hardcovers, with plastic djs as issued. Two volumes. xxi+362pp+index, 404pp.   Facsimile reprint of the London, 1813 edition. Conditon of the set is as new, with the jackets slightly worn along edges with small chips and tears but still in very good condition. We obtained this set directly from the publlisher over fifty years ago, it has never been privately owned. . Author accompanied Krusenstern on his circumnavigation of the world, but left the expedition to journey to the Aleutian Islands and to Russian Alaska. A fine set. .

Amsterdam, Nico Israel, 1968. En folio (260 x 200)mm. -I: xxi-362 pp., (6) h. Encuadernación en piel. Solo vol I (de 2). La primera edición es de 1813. 260x200mm. (10źx7ž").

Hardcover. Condition: Befriedigend. Fine Facsimile Reprint. !! Beide Bände, Schutzumschläge sind mehrfach eingerissen!! Akzeptables Exemplar, deutliche Gebrauchsspuren, Cover/SU berieben/bestoßen, Papier/Schnitt nachgedunkelt, ist aber noch gut zu gebrauchen. B260528ah88 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 2600.

2 vols. (xxi, 362 [6]; [xii] 386 [6]p., b/w front., folded maps, original cloth. Reprint of the 1813-1814 London edition. (Biblotheca australiana, 40-41).

Cloth w/DJ. Condition: Very good condition/P. Black & White Plates (illustrator). reprint. Ridgewood, NJ: Gregg Press. Very good condition/P. (1968)1813. reprint. Cloth w/DJ. 4to., 368, 392 pp., Acetate dj torn; corner of v1 bumped .

Fine Facsimile Reprint. An exceptional copy with mylar-sleeved simile vellum in gilt-blocked cloth. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Physical desc.:2 v (362p.; 386p., ill., map) ; 26 cm. Series: Bibliotheca Australiana # 40 & 41 Subjects: 1803-07 Langsdorff. Summary: Describes von Langsforff's expedition of 1803-07 during which he visited Alaska and Kamchatka and across Russia from east to west. Reprint of London 1814 edition. Summary: Langsdorff accompanied Krusenstern on the first Russian expedition around the world. At Kamschatka he parted company with the main expedition and visited the Russian parts of the N.W. coast. He further explored the Aleutians, and paid a lengthy visit to California; the major part of the second volume concerns his stay at San Francisco. 3 Kg.

Fine Facsimile Reprint. An exceptional copy with mylar-sleeved simile vellum in gilt-blocked cloth. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 0 pages; Physical desc.:2 v (362p.; 386p., ill., map) ; 26 cm. Series: Bibliotheca Australiana # 40 & 41 Subjects: 1803-07 Langsdorff. Summary: Describes von Langsforff's expedition of 1803-07 during which he visited Alaska and Kamchatka and across Russia from east to west. Reprint of London 1814 edition. Summary: Langsdorff accompanied Krusenstern on the first Russian expedition around the world. At Kamschatka he parted company with the main expedition and visited the Russian parts of the N.W. coast. He further explored the Aleutians, and paid a lengthy visit to California; the major part of the second volume concerns his stay at San Francisco. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 25.5 x 16 cm, xiv, 158 pp., [Howes L81; Cowan, p. 382], pristine folding world map with route in front, color frontispiece with tissue guard, six other illustrations have tissue guards and a double page picture of native objects never had a tissue fuard, introduction, index, red initials scattered throughout. First English translation This copy #10 (of 260 printed by Russell at his private press) with personal manuscript presentation during Christmas week from the editor/author (and President) to the "Pacific Union Club". Laid-in; Advertising pamphlet for the book printed in red and black with one illustration, discontinuously paginated with a total of 20 pages in tan stiff printed wrappers. Newspaper review pasted to third blank pager causing severe offsetting opposite. Something apparently removed from front fixed endpaper. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Cloth-backed, boards, spine label. #55 of 260 copies signed by editor/printer Thomas Russell. First thus. PO name, boards somewhat toned/foxed/insected. Folding map, two facsimiles of title-pages, two engraved portratits and five plates. Spare label tipped in at rear. ; quarto; xiv, 158 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover quarter tan cloth covered spine with gray boards. Both boards have a small bump in the same spot. Number 208 of 260 numbered copies, signed by Thomas Russell. Folding map, two portraits and facsimiles of the original title pages, 5 plate reproductions from the German edition of 1812. Uncut edges. Former owners bookplate. Photos available. Exact shipping on all International sales.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo (177 x 107 mm.): x, 284 pages, 2 folding plates, 2 folding maps (minor toning). Bound in original black paste paper boards (mild rubbing to edges). PROVENANCE: from the library of Martin L. Greene, his sale of Russian America and polar exploration works at Christie's New York, 7 Dec. 2017, lot 101. THE FIRST HARNISCH EDITION, RARE IN ANY CONDITION; WORLDCAT SHOWS NO INSTITUTIONAL HOLDINGS IN THE U.S. First published in 1815, Harnisch's work summarizes the travels of I.F. Kruzenshtern and G.H. von Langsdorff in this fourth volume of the series "for youth and other readers." Kruzenshtern's voyage was the first Russian circumnavigation, and his attempts to open Japan to outside trade were also significant. Harnisch includes a detailed description of Vasily Golovnin's imprisonment by the Japanese. First published in 1815. REFERENCES: Lada-Mocarski 61 & 62. Book.

Condition: as new. Amsterdam : Nico Israel & New York : Da Capo Press, c1968. Facsimile reprint of the 1813-1814 London edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. xxi,362,386 pp, with 42 plates and maps. (Bibliotheca Australiana, 40-41). Condition : as new. Condition : as new copy. Keywords : ,

One of 260 numbered copies, signed by Russell and with a presentation by him to John Tufts, M.D. Octavo. xiv, 158 pp. plus folding map, two portraits and facsimiles of the original title pages. Publisher's quarter tan cloth over blue boards, printed paper spine label. Extra spine label bound in at rear. Small snag to spine and minor edge wear to label (which is easily remedied by using the extra label). Leo Wyatt engraved typographic bookplate (KEH). A very good copy.

Langsdorff, in the capacity of physician and natural historian, accompanied Krusenstern on the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe as far as Kamchatka, which they reached in 1805. Also on the voyage was Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov, Chamberlain of the Czar and Russian ambassador to Japan. On the way out they stopped in Brazil and along the coast of South America. At Kamchatka, Langsdorff and Rezanov left the expedition for Alaska to investigate the Russian-American Company at Sitka and report to the Czar. The following year Langsdorff sailed with Rezanov and Davydov to San Francisco to obtain supplies for the Russian colony. The second volume describes Langsdorff's journey to the Northwest Coast with Rezanov, and his trip back to St. Petersburg via Siberia. Almost seventy pages of this volume are devoted to their stay in San Francisco, including an account of the beginning of Rezanov's ill-fated romance with Dona Concepcion, the daughter of Spanish commandante Jose Arguello. The visit to San Francisco also saw the establishment of the settlement of Ross and of the Russian fort on the California coast in 1812. The handsome plates were engraved after sketches by William Gottlief Tilesius von Tilenau, who accompanied Langsdorff and Rezanov on the voyage. Three plates relate to California, including what is purported to be the first printed view of the Presidio of San Francisco (this plate was not included in the London edition); three plates relate to Alaska, five to Japan, and eight to the Marquesas Islands. Substantial botanical collections were made during the voyage, and Langsdorff was the primary collector. "Together with Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov, chamberlain of Czar Alexander I and Russian ambassador to Japan, Langsdorff accompanied the round-the-world expedition led by Kruzenshtern until it reached Kamchatka in 1805. The first volume of this work contains an account of that famous Russian expedition in the Nadezhda and the Neva. At Kamchatka, Rezanov and Langsdorff left the expedition and proceeded to the Aleutian Islands and to Alaska, to study the Russian-American Company for the Czar. The following year Rezanov, with Langsdorff and Davydov, sailed from Sitka to San Francisco to obtain food supplies for the Russian colony. Langsdorff relates his travels along the northwest coast and his jourey back across Siberia to St. Petersburg. Nearly seventy pages are devoted to the extensive visit by Rezanov to San Francisco and the surrounding Country in 1806. This visit was the occasion of the famous romance between Rezanov and Dońa Concepción, daughter of the Spanish commandante José Arguello, which Langsdorff narrates. Another result of the visit was the establishment in 1812 of the Russian settlement of Fort Ross on the California coast. The German edition is very desirable, since it contains the first view of San Francisco. Langsdorff's account is rich in descriptions of the people sand cultures visited. His description of the Marquesans is particularly important and has become something of a classic. In later years Langsdorff served as consul general of Russia at Rio de Janeiro, from 1813-20, and was well known to visiting scientists. From 182529 he led a Russian expedition across the Mato Grosso to Santarém on the Amazon" Hill. STREETER SALE 3504. WICKERSHAM 6243. SABIN 38895. BORBA DE MORAES, p.388. HILL 968. HOWES L81. LADA-MOCARSKI 69. HOWES L81, "b." FORBES HAWAII 427. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 35. Quarto. Contemporary three-quarter mottled calf over tree-pattern marbled boards, ruled in blind, spine gilt with orange and blue leather labels. Joints rubbed, light bubbling to paper and general shelf wear. Minor foxing, else internally clean. A very good set.