King Captain Phillip (8 results)

Cloth. Condition: Fine. The first thus of this collection of diary entries, letters and reports to share the history of the H. M. S. Beagle. First thus of A Narrative of the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle edited by David Stanbury in the original publisher's cloth binding and slipcase.Being passages from the 'Narrative' written by Captain Robert FitzRoy with extracts from his logs, reports and letters.Also includes material from the diary and letters of Charles Darwin, notes from Midshipman Phillip King and letters from Batholomew Sulivan.Illustrated with twelve colour plates based from drawings by Conrad Martens. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's cloth binding and slipcase. The slipcase is very good indeed with some slight wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Fine. Conrad Martens; Various (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. The first thus of this collection of diary entries, letters and reports to share the history of the H. M. S. Beagle. First thus of A Narrative of the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle edited by David Stanbury in the original publisher's cloth binding and slipcase.Being passages from the 'Narrative' written by Captain Robert FitzRoy with extracts from his logs, reports and letters.Also includes material from the diary and letters of Charles Darwin, notes from Midshipman Phillip King and letters from Batholomew Sulivan.Illustrated with twelve colour plates based from drawings by Conrad Martens. Collated, complete.Prior owner's small doodle to the bottom corner of the front pastedown. In the original publisher's cloth binding and slipcase. The slipcase is very good, the rear board is slightly loose and there is some slight wear to the extremities. To the binding, there is some very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Prior owner's small doodle to the bottom corner of the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine. Conrad Martens; Various (illustrator). book.…

Facsimile ed. Hardback small octavo, no jacket as issued, good condition, marbled boards, half-bound light brown cloth (spine & both corners), maps, rear pages little foxed, limited edition label at rear little creased & foxed (faint glue mark reverse side of page), string bookmark, small bookshop sticker. In cloth slipcase (minimal flecking). 134 pp. A facsimile of the very first book published in Australia, 1802, by the Government Printer, Sydney (only 3 copies are known to exist). This facsimile edition starts with selected standing orders issued by Governors Arthur Phillip and John Hunter (12 pages), followed by general orders and proclamations by Governor Philip Gidley King (122 pages, separately numbered). Some examples [edited]: John Simmonds has been sentenced to hard labour for 12 months. There being only 12 weeks salt meat remaining in the stores, [none for] all women, children and those men not actively employed until further notice. The days for grain being received into the stores from individuals at Sydney, Parramatta and Hawkesbury are Fridays. (No. 65 of a limited edition of 150 copies, by History Books Australia, 1983. ISBN not printed in book. 12 + 122 pages.).…

Two volumes, 8vo. xlii+452 and viii+638pp. with illustrations and 13 plates (two folding) and 2 folding maps. Original vinyl boards. A near fine copy. The facsimile issue of the 1827 original. 457 copies issued (Peade A.30).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1969 (facsimile edition)/ 1827. Octavo, two volumes, [ii], xlii, 452 and [ii], viii, 638 pages with 2 illustrations plus 13 plates (two folding) and 2 folding maps. Synthetic cloth; free endpapers a little discoloured, with one rear pastedown slightly marked; an excellent set. Peade A30: only 457 sets. [2 items]. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 2012 (facsimile edition)/ 1827. Octavo, two volumes, xxxvi (last one the original errata), 452 pages; and [vi] (last one the original errata), viii, 637 pages with several illustrations and a map plus 15 plates (2 folding), a folding map and a tipped-in limitation slip. Colour-pictorial cloth; edges slightly marked; leading margin of two consecutive leaves in the second volume lightly creased; bottom inside corner of the first half of the textblock of the first volume slightly bumped (clearly before it was bound, as the cover is undamaged); two tiny marks to the verso of the first front free endpaper; an excellent set. Number 92 of only 125 sets of the subscriber's edition, 'hand-bound, with pictorial covers and endpapers designed by Stephen Bowers'. The introduction by Marsden Hordern (21 pages) and the bibliographical note by Paul Brunton (6 pages) are new to this edition. [2 items].…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Fourth Edition. Boards are scuffed and soiled. Both front and rear boards are separating from the text block - but still intact. ; Rebound in full , thick leather, with gilt lettering and borders on spine. Patterned endpapers. Text is mostly tight and fairly clean - no markings or writing. A survey map of North Chincha Island, and two tables are in the text. Rare. Charles Darwin was associated with the authors in the past. "With this edition, Captain P. P. King's Directions for Patagonia and for the Strait of Magellan have been incorporated, so as to give a continuous account of the whole coast from the River Plata to the Gulf of Guayaquil. These sailing directions were critical for 19th-century mariners, providing detailed coastal descriptions, currents, winds, harbors, and hazards. ; B & W Map; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 440 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First. Excerpted from The Journal of Royal Geographical Society, Vol. I, pp. 155-176. London: John Murray, 1831. Octavo (8 7/16" x 5 1/8", 214mm x 130mm). [Full collation available.] With a folding engraved map of Tierra del Fuego. Bound in quarter calf over blue marbled boards. On the spine, three panels. Title, author, and date gilt to purple morocco in the second panel. Foxing and offsetting to the map and to N6r. Excerpted from The Journal of Royal Geographical Society Vol. I. and rebound to stand alone. Captain Phillip Parker King (1791-1856) was an Australian-born British naval officer, hydrographer, and explorer; his father Philip [sic] Gidley King was the third governor of New South Wales. King entered the Royal Navy in 1807 and undertook several exploratory missions along the Australian and South American coasts, during which he recorded detailed surveys of the land and seas. From 1826 to 1830, King co-commanded the British survey of the coasts of South America, including Tierra del Fuego and the Strait of Magellan, aboard HMS Adventure and HMS Beagle. This voyage later played host to a young Charles Darwin, who joined the Beagle's ranks in 1831. King's excerpted article outlines navigational hazards and geological studies, and features a map of previously uncharted inlets, headlands, and bays. John Murray's Journal of the Royal Geographical Society was a scientific periodical that published exploration narratives. It ran from 1831 to 1880 before merging with Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society to become The Geographical Journal, which remains in print today. Theodore "Ted" Benttinen (1948-2023) was an MIT-educated oceanographer and explorer who went to both poles on research missions. Benttinen amassed a formidable collection of books of exploration, particularly strong in Pacific voyages as well as in polar accounts. The present volume was lot 87 in the Sotheby's New York 9 December 2024 sale of his library.Catalogued by GR Murdock.…