The Railway Magazine: July to December 1929 (Vol LXV)

London, Harrison and Sons Ltd. 1929 . First edition. Cloth. A very smart copy of Volume LXV of The Railway Magazine from 1929, with charming illustrations throughout. Bound in a smart red cloth. Comprised of Volume LXV of The Railway Magazine, with articles from July to December 1929.The Railway Magazine was a monthly British periodical directed at railway enthusiasts. It began publication in 1897 and is still running to this day. This particular issue contains articles on the railway in different countries and at different stations, as well as information on various types of trains and signalling. Profusely illustrated throughout, with numerous vignettes. With six full-page plates, including a frontispiece in colour. Collated, complete. Bound in a smart red cloth. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear and the odd mark to cloth. A little fading to the front cover. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean, with the occasional handling mark. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 894Q35

Catalogue: Voyages

Keywords: The Railway Magazine trains railway illustrated trains Not Stated

William Francis Ainsworth

Wanderings in Every Clime; or, Voyages, Travels, and Adventures All Round the World

London, Charles Griffin & Company, 1872. Cloth. A very scarce illustrated work edited by William Francis Ainsworth, wandering throughout the world with illustrations by Gustave Dore. A very scarce work.An immense voyaging work, taking the reader on various travels across the world, vividly described throughout.Illustrated with a frontispiece, fifty-seven plates, and in-text illustrations.Edited by William Francis Ainsworth.Illustrated by Gustave Dore, and other eminent artists.Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso to the front endpaper.Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, boards and spine are lightly marked with some discolouration, marks a little heavier to the rear board. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Small cracks to the joints. Hinges are strained. Prior owner's ink inscription to the verso to the front endpaper. A small amount of loss to the rear endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some odd spots. Pages 323 to 334 are detaching. Light tidemark to the last few pages. Good . Ill.: Various. Good .

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Book number: 766P62

Catalogue: Voyages

Keywords: Wanderings in Every Clime; or, Voyages, Travels, and Adventures All Round the World wanderings in every clime voyages travels wanderings in every clime william francis ainsworth gustave dore Various

Anon

Nouvel Abrege de Tous Les Voyages Autour Du Monde

Not Stated, Alfred Mame et Fils, 1879. Leather. A lovely and scarce pocket-sized two volume collection detailing all journeys around the world until 1832 starting with Ferdinand Magellan, in French. Contains descriptions of the voyages of Sir Francis Drake, Fernandez de Quiros, Samuel Wallis, James Cook, Marion Dufresne, George Vancouver, James Wilson, Frederic William Beechey and Theodore Laplace, as well as many others.Each volume is illustrated with a full plate frontispiece.From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years. He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations. His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration.A handy and scarce little set, providing a brief synopsis of all voyages made around the world between 1519 and 1832. In a quarter crushed morocco binding. Externally, generally smart, with some slight wear to the cloth-covered boards and bumping to the extremities resulting in a touch of loss to the cloth. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages have the odd instance of spotting, but are otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 769R10

Catalogue: Voyages

Keywords: Voyages History of Exploration French Ferdinand Magellan History of Exploration Not Stated

Anon

Recueil de Mãƒâ©Moires, Rapports Et Documents Relatifs a L&Apos;Observation Du Passage de Venus Sur le Soleil

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1885. Leather. A fascinating geological work based on the findings of the expedition to observe the transit of Venus in the late nineteenth century, complete with marvellous colour plates. Lacking the original half title, title page and table of contents.The geological volume.Written by Henri Filhol (1843-1902), a French scientist who served as naturalist and expedition doctor on the Transit of Venus Expedition of 1874 to Campbell Island, six-hundred kilometres south of New Zealand. The expedition sought to observe the transit of Venus, a rare astronomical occurrence. This expedition was one of six French expeditions dispatched.Illustrated with thirteen plates, including a number of magnificent colour plates depicting geological discoveries.A scarce example of this work. In a modern full calf binding. Externally lovely. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Contemporary inscription to the first page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little spotted, but otherwise clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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Book number: 769R35

Catalogue: Voyages

Keywords: Transit of Venus Cosmology Astronomy French Cosmology None

Jules Dumont d'Urville

Voyage Au Pole Sud Et Dans L&Apos;Ocãƒâ©Anie Sur Les Corvettes L&Apos;Astrolable Et la Zãƒâ©Lãƒâ©

Paris, Gide, Editeur, 1841-1846. First edition. Hardback. A beautifully bound, fourth "petite" impression of this complete ten volume set recounting the 1837 expedition in the Astrolabe and the Zelée to the Antarctic and the Pacific, to Australia and New Zealand. The first "petit edition" of this ten volume set, being the fourth impression. In the original French.The full account of the extraordinary voyage was published in thirty two volumes over ten years [1841-1855], this ten volume edition contains the complete history of the voyages of the Astrolabe and the Zélé.Rebound in an attractive quarter calf over facsimile boards in 1996 by Law Bindery, Melbourne. These volumes recount Dumont d'Urville's second and last expedition in the Astrolabe and the Zélé to the Antarctic and the Pacific, to Australia and New Zealand of 1837. This is regarded as one of the most successful expedition of the Great French scientific voyages. With the aim to explore the South Polar regions and the various islands in the Pacific. The expedition reached the ice pack of the South Polar Region in January of 1838 but was unable to penetrate it.These ten volumes include those published during Dumont d'Urville's lifetime; after he died in 1842, the work was continued by M. Dumoulin, who added chapters on anthropology, botany, geology, zoology, physics, and more. Dealing with: the strait of Magellan; the first Antarctic reconnaissance [Shetland Islands, Orkneys Islands, and the Antarctic Peninsula]; Chile, Juan Fernandez, the Gambier Islands, and the arrival in the Marquesas; Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji; New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Caroline Islands, Guam, the Philippines; New Guinea, Australia, Sulawesi, Batavia, Borneo; Singapore, Borneo, Sulu Islands,; Indonesia, Tasmania, Antarctica, return to Tasmania; Timor, and the return voyage to France. With an index to all ten volumes to volume ten. Illustrated with a folding map per volume which present minor marginal closed tears. Lacking the Antarctic map to volume eight. No map issued for volume ten. Printers' error with a duplicate map of the Gambier Island to volume seven instead of a map of New Guinea. From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years.  He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations.  His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration. Rebound in quarter calf binding and illustrated in facsimile paper covered boards. Externally excellent. With the original publisher's wraps bound in with the volume. Kenn Back's bookplate to the front pastedown to each volume. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are lightly foxed throughout and slightly tone aged. Illustrated with a folding map per volume which present minor marginal closed tears. Lacking the Antarctic map to volume eight. No map issued for volume ten. Printers' error with a duplicate map of the Gambier Island to volume seven instead of a map of New Guinea. Very Good . Ill.: Unnamed. Very Good .

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Book number: 769A43

Catalogue: Voyages

Keywords: first editions leather travel voyages leather Unnamed

R. M. Ballantyne

The Battery and the Boiler: Or Adventures in the Laying of Submarine Electric Cables

London, James Nesbitt & Co. Limited, 1883. Cloth. An illustrated scarce edition of this work concerning the laying of submarine electric cables. Scarce edition. Illustrated with 4 plates. Collated complete. Written by Robert Michael Ballantyne, a Scottish author of more than one hundred books and artist specialising in watercolour. Includes 31 pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: 839T55

Catalogue: Voyages

Keywords: Battery Boiler Submarine Ballantyne Boiler None

Joseph Banks; A. M. Lysaght; Prince Philip

The Journal of Joseph Banks in the Endeavour

Guildford; Australia, Genesis Publications Limited; Rigby Limited, 1980. Leather. A striking limited edition facsimile of the travel journals of Joseph Banks, a smart work signed by Prince Philip, who wrote a preface for this edition. A limited edition of five hundred copies, of which this is numbered forty-one.Signed by Prince Philip to the preface of Volume I.Complete in two volumes, with the original slipcases. Slipcases are in a near fine condition. A faithful facsimile of Joseph Bank's original journals. These two volumes contain the journals of English botanist and natural scientist Sir Joseph Banks, who was onboard Captain James Cook's expedition to the South Pacific Ocean on HMS Endeavour, exploring Brazil, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia. During their time in Brazil, Banks made the first scientific description of the now common garden plant 'bougainvillea&apos.Though these journals primarily focus on the Endeavour voyage, Banks does also record notes on his life. Bank was an important naturalist, whose advice to King George III regarding Kew Gardens led to it being the world's leading botanical garden.  Volume I illustrated with a tipped-in frontispiece and twenty-six plates. Volume II illustrated with a tipped-in frontispiece.This edition with a commentary by A. M. Lysaght, a biologist from New Zealand, who is best known for her scholarly work on Banks.Collated, complete. In the original publisher's quarter calf binding with paper to the boards, in the original paper covered slipcases. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Light marks to the slipcases, in a near fine condition. Fine . Ill.: Various. Fine .

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Book number: 894P31

Catalogue: Voyages

Keywords: The Journal of Joseph Banks in the Endeavour joseph banks endeavour voyage joseph banks Various

Raymond Beazley

An English Garner Voyages and Travels Mainly During the 16th and 17th Centuries Vols. I and II with an Introduction by C. Raymond Beazley

London , Archibald Constable and Co. Ltd. 1903. Cloth. A striking blue collection of travel and exploration stories. The spines are decorated with gilt title detailing and gilt stars to indicate volume numbers. Taken from the English Garner which was issued in eight volumes, this edition includes an introduction by Raymond Beazley (1868 - 1955), a British historian. First edition thus. Complete in two volumes. Cloth binding with gilt title detailing on spine. Externally, very smart with some bumping to extremities. Hinges very slightly strained. Internally, Volume II is firmly bound, binding is slightly strained in places in Volume I. Pages are bright and clean, although the pastedowns and free endpapers have some spotting, and there is light spotting to the fore-edge on both volumes. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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Book number: GEN38-E-3

Catalogue: Voyages

Keywords: History Travel Exploration Raymond Beazley Travel None

E. C. Talbot-Booth

What Ship Is That?

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd, 1943. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this detailed work on ships, with folding plates and images throughout. First edition. Illustrated with two folding plates with many in-text figures. A detailed introduction to the study of ship recognition, with chapters on the principal parts of merchant vessels, types of hull, bow, stems, and sterns, superstructure and upperworks, types of merchant vessels, types of warships, estimation of speed or age of ships, range of naval guns and torpedoes, and much more. Compiled, edited, and illustrated by E. C. Talbot-Booth, a British author and editor of Merchant Ships. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good . Ill.: E. C. Talbot-Booth. Very Good .

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Book number: 901T20

Catalogue: Voyages

Keywords: What Ship That Talbot-Booth Ship E. C. Talbot-Booth