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Hundreds of adventurous travel stories outside Europe,
by land and sea, ego documents,
most in first published edition
and in original or contemporary binding.
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Shackleton, Sir Ernst
Mijn Zuidpooltocht
Amsterdam, Scheltens & Giltay (1921) first Dutch edition
8vo, original publisher’s cloth, beige variant. 378, [6] pages with a folding map and 88 illustrations. Gift inscription and date 5-12-2021 on half title. Near Fine.
Scarce first edition, not dated, but according to newspaper ads published in november 1921 (“De meest avontuurlijke ontdekkingstocht, welke ooit heeft plaats gehad. Een heldentocht van moed en wilskracht, van bovenmenschenlijken strijd en volharding”). Bound with a round back, later editions with a flat back and different vignets. Translation of “South”.
€ 140
Nicholas, John Liddiard
Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand Performed in the Years 1814 and 1815 in Company with the Rev. Samuel Marsden
London, James Black and son 1817 first edition 2 volumes
8vo, contemporary half calf. xix, (1), 431, (1); xii, 397, (1) pages with 2 maps and 4 engravings. Bound without half titles and ads. Backstrips worn, light foxing. Rare.
8vo, contemporary half calf. xix, (1), 431, (1); xii, 397, (1) pages with 2 maps and 4 engravings. Bound without half titles and ads. Backstrips worn, light foxing. Rare.
In 1814 Nicholas accompanied Marsden to New Zealand on his missionary visit. Nicholas reported plainly and fairly on the voyage made in the brig Active which resulted in the establishment of the first Christian mission to the Maoris and the first transfer of land to white men. On 24 February 1815, as one of two witnesses, Nicholas signed the deed of sale to the Church Missionary Society of 200 acres for twelve axes. He viewed the Maoris sympathetically. It is one of the first accounts of New Zealand.
€ 980
Bruce, James
Reis naar Abyssinie, en te rug door de groote woestijn van Nubie, verkort
Amsteldam, M. de Bruyn 1801 first Dutch edition 3 volumes.
8vo, contemporary half calf with wear. (2), xl, xlviii, 525,(1); (2), vi, 528; vi, 439,(1) pages, complete with a large folding map and 6 plates. A nice copy. Rare.
Intent on reaching the source of the Nile River, Bruce left Cairo on an arduous journey by way of the Nile, Aswān, the Red Sea, and Mitsiwa (now Massawa, Eritrea), eventually reaching the Ethiopian capital of Gonder on February 14, 1770. Despite serious political unrest in Ethiopia, Bruce continued his expedition and reached Lake Tana, where the Blue Nile rises, on November 14. The journey homeward was one of extreme hardship. This vivid account of his travels is considered one of the epics of African adventure literature.
€ 1.200
