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Arguably the most important voyages of exploration and discovery from the 18th century.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Complete set of Cook's Voyages: An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. [Together with:] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775 [Together with:] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere.

Complete set of Cook's Voyages...

London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773, 1777, 1785. First edition, First edition, Third edition. First edition of the 1773 Hawkesworth edition, complete with the "directions for placing the cuts"... (Item #1748)

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The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri, Consisting of the Inferno - Purgatorio - and Paradiso.
The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri, Consisting of the Inferno - Purgatorio - and Paradiso.
The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri, Consisting of the Inferno - Purgatorio - and Paradiso.
The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri, Consisting of the Inferno - Purgatorio - and Paradiso.
The Divina Commedia of Dante Alighieri, Consisting of the Inferno - Purgatorio - and Paradiso.

The Divina Commedia of Dante...

London: A. Strahan for T. Cadell, 1802. First English language edition. A lovely set of the first complete translation into English of Dante's "Divine Comedy." Full contemporary tree calf, spines... (Item #1435)

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“No better study of a nation’s institutions…has ever been written” – NY Times
Democracy in America [with] Democracy in America. Part the Second.
Democracy in America [with] Democracy in America. Part the Second.
Democracy in America [with] Democracy in America. Part the Second.
Democracy in America [with] Democracy in America. Part the Second.
Democracy in America [with] Democracy in America. Part the Second.
Democracy in America [with] Democracy in America. Part the Second.
Democracy in America [with] Democracy in America. Part the Second.
Democracy in America [with] Democracy in America. Part the Second.
Democracy in America [with] Democracy in America. Part the Second.

Democracy in America [with] Democracy...

London: Saunders and Otley, 1835, 1840. First English language editions. Four octavo volumes (pages: 221 x 142mm) collating: xliv, 333, [1]; vii, 462; xv, 333; viii, 365 pp. Half titles... (Item #1847)

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DICKINSON'S COMPREHENSIVE PICTURES OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851, from the Originals Painted for H.R.H Prince Albert, by Messrs. Nash, Haghe, and Roberts, R.A.
DICKINSON'S COMPREHENSIVE PICTURES OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851, from the Originals Painted for H.R.H Prince Albert, by Messrs. Nash, Haghe, and Roberts, R.A.
DICKINSON'S COMPREHENSIVE PICTURES OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851, from the Originals Painted for H.R.H Prince Albert, by Messrs. Nash, Haghe, and Roberts, R.A.
DICKINSON'S COMPREHENSIVE PICTURES OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851, from the Originals Painted for H.R.H Prince Albert, by Messrs. Nash, Haghe, and Roberts, R.A.
DICKINSON'S COMPREHENSIVE PICTURES OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851, from the Originals Painted for H.R.H Prince Albert, by Messrs. Nash, Haghe, and Roberts, R.A.

DICKINSON'S COMPREHENSIVE PICTURES OF THE...

London: Dickinson, Brothers, 1854. First edition. Two volumes in one. Large folio (584 x 425 mm) with 55 chromolithographs, handfinished and heightened with gum arabic. Two title pages printed in... (Item #765)

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The Raven
The Raven
The Raven
The Raven

The Raven

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1884. First American edition. A Fine copy of the book, beautifully preserved in original(?) plain paper dust wrapper and illustrated box. Bright and unworn, with... (Item #1355)

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The very rare first edition in English of Dostoevsky’s masterpiece.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

London: William Heinemann, 1912. First English language edition. One of the towering classics of Russian literature. First translated into English in the 20th century by Constance Garnett, as the first... (Item #1434)

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A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1890. First American edition. First issue of Sherlock Holmes' debut in America, in the original, unrestored printed-paper wrappers (preceding the clothbound edition by 6 months). Spine mostly perished... (Item #972)

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