Baltimore: published by F. Lucas, Jr., 170 Market Street, [1845]. 8vo, pp. x, [2], xi-xii, [2], 11-334, [2]; frontispiece and 4 chromolithograph plates of signal flags; contemporary full sheep neatly rebacked, new black morocco label on spine; the plates lightly spotted but on the whole very good and sound. This..... More

Boston: October 2, 1816. Folio, 1 page of manuscript on the recto of the first leaf of a bifolium; previous folds; very good. This unfortunate loss of cargo occurred after the brig, with Captain Babson at the helm, left in March of 1816 for Cadiz, Spain, and was in August..... More

San Francisco: John H. Carmany and Co.; New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1874. First edition, 4to, pp. 319, [1], v (index); lithographic frontispiece of a whaling scene in the California lagoon, 26 lithograph plates (6 double-p.) by Britton & Rey, numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text (1 full-page, and..... More

New York: Dodd, Mead, 1913. First American edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, pp. xxiv, 443, [1]; xiv, [2], 376; photogravure frontispieces, 6 photogravure plates, 18 colored plates, 5 folding photographic panoramas, 2 facsimiles, 8 maps (4 folding), and 260 full page and smaller photographic illustrations; original green cloth lettered in gilt..... More

London: for the author by J. Debrett, 1801. First edition, folio, pp. [2], [i]-ii, [v]-vi, 144, [6]; likely original marbled boards, rebacked in gilt-paneled brown calf, original red morocco label preserved; minor spotting; a very good, sound, and attractive copy. The subscribers' list contains 171 names taking 191 copies, so..... More

London: Griffith and Farran, 1879. First edition, 8vo, pp. viii, 484, 24-p. Griffith and Farran catalogue at the back; hinges starting, old guest house rubberstamp on first leaf of text, the whole a little shaken, but otherwise a good, bright copy in orig. blue cloth stamped in red and gilt..... More

Stanley, Falkland Islands: St. Mary's Press, 1969. Small 8vo, pp. 44; illustrations, title page in red and black, text printed from typescript; original staplebound tan pictorial wrappers, spine edge of upper cover toned, else a very good copy. Inscribed by the author and dated Stanley, Oct. 1969. Four in OCLC..... More

New York: Dodd, Mead, [1964]. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, [4], 271; near fine in jacket with nicks at head of spine. More

Boston: Yankee Publishing, 1944. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2]-319; frontispiece; illus.; fine copy in jacket with slight wear along fore-edge. Includes map of Boston Bay. More

New York: Dodd, Mead, [1966]. 8vo, xiii, [1], 274; very good copy in jacket with minor wear. More

[East Lansing]: Michigan State University Press, 1975. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 251, [1]; 4 full-page maps; fine copy in a near fine, unclipped dust jacket. The conclusion here is that "the Chinese were not only more numerous than the Japanese in piracy and smuggling, but also were its ringleaders"..... More

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1835. Harper's Stereotype Edition, 12mo, pp. xii, 309, [3]; engraved portrait frontispiece; original green cloth (back cover a bit soiled), blind-tooled leaves and flowers, gilt-lettered spine; ex-Minnesota Historical Society with usual markings, general light shelf wear, spine a bit darkened; frontispiece toned, previous bookseller's ticket..... More

[Plymouth, U.K.]: Wild Nature Press, [2017]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 288; maps and illustrations throughout, some in color; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Bookplate and ownership signature of James Mead, Curator Emeritus of Marine Mammals at the Smithsonian. The basking shark is the second largest fish on the..... More