Laperouse, Signed (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+, Not Price Clipped. Canadian First. Inscribed on front end paper by Russell Shelton; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; illustrated with black and white photographs, reproductions of paintings and maps. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. This is a near fine hardcover first edition copy, heavy blue linen binding, endpaper maps, in a blue pictorial DJ that has a touch of edge rubbing. Flat signed by the author on the half title page on 11-19-'59. A ripping good adventure story. And if you go to Wikipedia you can find out all about the disappearance. Many recent discoveries. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. First Edition, First printing. Inscribed by author! FINE IN VERY GOOD++, PRICE CLIPPED DJ WITH SLIGHT EDGEWEAR.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Very little wear, the first flyleaf has been removed. Dust jacket shows little or no wear. Author signed the titlepage. Quite clean. Illustrated. 228 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. SIGNED by author w/gift inscription. A bumped corner. Slight wear, otherwise very good. Signed by Author w/ Gift Inscription. Book.

[1-55021-010-6] 1987. (Small 4to) Very good in near fine dust jacket. 228pp. Signed by the author. Maps, photographs, illustrations, bibliography, index. The front free endpaper is missing. "In this fascinating history, Russell Shelton recounts the global voyage, and the efforts to uncover the fate, of a hero of 18th century Pacific exploration long familiar to Australians and Europeans, but little known to North Americans". Book about Count Jean Francois de Galaup & Laperouse. Time Period 18th Century. (Transportation, Archaeological Expeditions, Exploration, Frigates, Naval History, Ships, Shipwrecks, Voyages and Travels).

Cartonnage Éditeur. Condition: Très bon. Dust Jacket Condition: Très bon. In-8° Fort volume de 629 pages sous cartonnage d'édition et jaquette illustrée en couleurs, orné d' une riche iconographie en n&b ( Cartes et photos). L'amiral de Brossard a fait de nombreuses recherches historiques sur les récits de voyage de Lapérouse, biographie complète sur la vie et les aventures de ce grand marin français. Ouvrage en très bon état enrichi de la dédicace de l'auteur en page de faux titre. Dédicacé par l'auteur.

Couverture souple. Condition: Comme neuf. 312 PAGES-IN 8-NOMBREUX DOCUMENTS-ENVOI DE L'AUTEUR SUR 6 LIGNES AVEC NOM DU DESTINATAIRE COUPE (MARGE SUP)-(16F). Dédicacé par l'auteur.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 228 pages. Bibliography. Index. Black and white photographic plates. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. "Recounts the global voyage, and the efforts to uncover the fate, of a hero of 18th century Pacific Exploration long familiar to Australians and Europeans, but little known to North Americans." - from dust jacket. Light wear to tight and square book. Moderate wear to dust jacket. Contents and dust jacket tanned with age. A quality copy. Signed by Author(s).

Couverture souple. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Tallandier. 2000. Broché. 296 pages. Format 14x23. DEDICACE de L AUTEUR en page de faux titre. Etat. Couverture : coins frottés. Intérieur : exlibri sur page de garde sinon comme neuf. Dédicacé par l'auteur.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Limited Edition. 89 pages, colour photos, maps. No. 12 of the limited edition 10 copies on Keyakolour Parchment. Signed by the author on the title page. An aacount of archaeological excavations between 1999 and 2003. Vanikoro is an island in the Santa Cruz group and part of the Temotu Province of Solomon Islands. The French explorer Jean-François de La Pérouse was stranded on Vanikoro after both his vessels, La Boussole and the Astrolabe, struck the then unknown reefs of the island in 1788. It is reported that some of the men were killed by the local inhabitants, while the surviving sailors built a smaller vessel and left the island, but were never seen again. Those that remained on the island died before the wreck site was discovered in 1826. Signed by Author(s).

1st edition in Voyages et Découvertes series. Tome I: XIII, 315 PP with 75 b/w & colour illustrations, plus a folded chart (in three parts) in rear pocket. Tome II: XIII, 512 PP with 192 b/w & colour illustrations. Both volumes bound in blue cloth with colour vignette on front cover, gilt title on front board and spine, and contained in an illustrated cloth slipcase. Dedicatory note on half title page of Volume I, dated and signed by the author. Endpapers of Volume II split at the gutter. Faint foxing. French text. A near fine set. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 30.5 x 22.

4to. 1 1/2 pp. Mit eigenh. Adresse auf Respektblatt. Rotes Siegel. Einschnitt am oberen Rand vertikal verlaufend (etwa 4 cm). Letter to his sister Mme. Labessiere. In part (translated): "I have received your letter my dear sister, I swear that I feel as acutely as you the pleasure to be reunited with my family and to ease them a little, I felt sure to embrace you all without delay, but the time is pushed back for different works that I am obligated to do with the minister regarding missions I was put in charge of and I do not know the moment when I will be free which infuriates me. You do not give me news of your family. How many children do you have, what are they doing, their age, their education, their progress your views on them.I know nothing however nothing interests me more, and if I could contribute to their progress it would be a pleasure to do so. I am at this time in good terms with the minister, and I have acquaintances who could be useful to your family. Write me with detailsPlease remember me to your husband who has maybe already forgotten me. I will inform you about the time of my arrival in Albi. It could even be very possible that from Montauban I could set outbut it is not quite certain yet. Adieu my dear friend, I embrace you and I love you with all my heart." Addressed on the reverse of the second integral page in his own hand. In very good to fine condition, with a vertical slit to the top affecting nothing, and seal-related paper loss to the integral address leaf. - Occupied by naval expeditions in the Indies, Laperouse had been away from his home in Albi for five years at the time he wrote this letter. Unfortunately, he received a lukewarm welcome as his parents vocally disapproved of the woman he hoped to marry. Not wanting to betray his family, Laperouse put off the marriage and returned to the sea, commanding ships against the British during the American Revolution. After finding great success therehe captured two British forts on the coast of Hudson Bayhe returned home a war hero. His family finally consented to his marriage, and in 1785 King Louis XVI appointed Laperouse to lead a scientific exploration around the worlda voyage from which he did not return.