London: Printed for George Nicol. Bookseller to His Majesty, Pall-Mall, 1790. First edition. 88pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Rebound in 3/4 sheep over gray boards with new endpapers. A few tissue repairs to the first fold-out. The pages are quite bright. Folding frontispiece, 3 charts (2 fold-out). Wiiliam Bligh served under..... More

London: Chapman & Hall, 1843. First edition, first issue. Hardcover. 166pp. Two pages of publisher's adverts at the rear. Sextodecimo [17 cm] Brown boards. Rebacked with original backstrip laid over. Corners repaired. All edges gilt. The green pastedowns and free endpapers have been washed. Unbroken "D" in Dickens. Half title..... More

London: Secker & Warburg, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. 91pp. Slim duodecimo [19 cm] Green boards. "First Published May 1945" on copyright page. With a couple of minor chips to the free endsheets along the bottom edge, and a bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown. In a handsome dust jacket, with..... More

Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. 277pp. Duodecimo [20 cm] Black cloth over boards, with a slight warping of the boards. In a dust jacket, which has had discreet restoration to the corners. In a first issue dust jacket (Book-of-the-Month Club selection printed on rear inside flap..... More