PACIFIC, THE AMERICAS AND THE BOUNTY


BEECHEY (FREDERICK WILLIAM) Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to Co-Operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom, in the Years 1825, 26, 27, 28, 2 vol., second edition, 3 folding maps and 23 engraved and lithographed plates, some foxing (mainly to plates), without half-titles and advertisements, contemporary red half morocco [Hill 93; Sabin 4347], 8vo, Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831--SHILLIBEER (JOHN) A Narrative of the Briton's Voyage to Pitcairn's Island; including an Interesting Sketch of the Present State of the Brazils and of Spanish South America, second edition, 12 etched plates (2 folding including view of Rio de Janeiro, one in sanguine), untrimmed in modern blue half morocco, gilt panelled spine with red labels and floral motifs [Ferguson 697; Hill 1563; Sabin 80484], 8vo, Law & Whitaker, 1817--MITFORD (MARY RUSSELL) Christina, the Maid of the South Seas; a Poem, FIRST EDITION, errata leaf at end, without half-title, modern half morocco, gilt panelled spine, g.e. [Sadleir 1744], 8vo, F.C. and J. Rivington, 1811--The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, Christopher Bentham, 1820; Dangerous Voyage of Captain Bligh, T. Courtney, 1822, 2 works in 1 vol., wood-engraved frontispieces and 8 full-page illustrations, contemporary half calf, 12mo, Dublin; and 2 others on Pitcairn and the Bounty (7)
|Provenance: First work, Paul Beilby Thompson and Philip Gosse, bookplates.