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Price: US$224.59 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 21cm, xv,454,[2]p., (index), with 4 engraved folding maps, and 1 folding view plate (the other half of which is wanting)., original calf boards, worn towards the edges, quarter dark brown linen applied over the spine, faint hand written titles, internal early library stamps, one map split at the main fold, Mercantile Library Association of Montreal bookplate, the front map dust worn and taped on the hinge side panel otherwise very good, generally a working copy (gar). ~ One map has two old neat repairs.
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$380.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 3rd edition, revised and corrected, printed by J Nichols, xxviii 454 [2], with additional leaves *a2 & *a3 (half-title & advert) at front, 3 folding charts and 1 folding plate (all linen backed), early 20th century green quarter morocco library binding, slightly rubbed, library bookplate to front pastedown, few small library ink stamps (including to title & half-title), shelfmark on spine, covers slightly bowed, Sabin 17309, 8vo (13x22cm)
Seller: Flora Books, Mears Ashby, United Kingdom
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo., (8 ½ x 5 3/8 inches). Half title. Fine folding engraved frontispiece map and three folding engraved maps by T. Kitchin (one or two very short tears near mount, occasional spotting). Folding engraved plate (a bit browned and spotted). Contemporary tan calf, the spine in six compartments, with five raised bands, red morocco lettering piece in one (front joint cracked but holding). Provenance: 20th-century bookplate of "W. A. H." to front pastedown. Third edition (first published in 1780). With appendices not in the earlier editions, giving a list of the principal charts representing the Russian discoveries, a specimen of the Aleutian language, and tables of latitude and longitude. "The most important feature of this third edition is the inclusion of the supplement on Captain Cook, titled 'A comparative view of the Russian discoveries with those made by Captains Cook and Clerke; and a sketch of what remains to be ascertained by future navigators.' Coxe also mentions Cook's discovery of Hawaii" (Hill). Coxe was an English historian who travelled widely in Europe and Russia, he records the principal Russian discoveries and explorations made in northwestern America in their attempts to open communications with Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. The voyages and discoveries of Nevodsikoff, Serebranikoff, Trapesnikoff, Pushkareff, Drusinin, Kulkoff, Korovin, Glotoff, Solovioff, Otcheredin, Krenitzin, Levasheff, Synd, Bering, Chirikiv, and several others are also included. Hill cf 391, 392; Howes C-834; Sabin 17309; Smith 2085; Wickersham 5882.
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First published in 1780, this is the Third and Revised Edition of Coxe's Account of the Russian Discoveries, which added "The History of the Transactions and Commerce between Russia and China". According to Sabin, this edition has 3 folding maps and a chart, while Howes records it as having 4 maps and a chart. In any case, this copy has 3 maps and the chart. Later half-vellum over marbled boards. Overall, an attractive copy. Sabin 17309; Howes C-834. (Sabin 17309; Howes C-834.).
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Description: 3 parts in one volume, 8vo., (8 2/8 x 5 inches). 4 large engraved folding maps by T. Kitchin and one engraved folding plate by I. Cheevers (one map and one plate each with small tear near the gutter). Contemporary calf, smooth spine gilt decorated in six compartments, red morocco lettering-piece in one (rebacked preserving the original spine, rextremities worn with minor loss, preliminaries restored at the gutter). Third edition, revised and corrected. With appendices not in the earlier editions, giving a list of the principal charts representing the Russian discoveries, a specimen of the Aleutian language, and tables of latitude and longitude. "The most important feature of this third edition is the inclusion of the supplement on Captain Cook, title "A comparative view of the Russian discoveries with those made by Captains Cook and Clerke; and a sketch of what remains to be ascertained by future navigators" Coxe also mentions Cook's discovery of Hawaii" (Hill). Coxe was an English historian who travelled widely in Europe and Russia, he records the principal Russian discoveries and explorations made in northwestern America in their attempts to open communications with Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. The voyages and discoveries of Nevodsikoff, Serebranikoff, Trapesnikoff, Pushkareff, Drusinin, Kulkoff, Korovin, Glotoff, Solovioff, Otcheredin, Krenitzin, Levasheff, Synd, Bering, Chirikiv, and several others are also included. Hill cf 391, 392; Howes C-834; Sabin 17309; Smith 2085; Wickersham 5882. Catalogued by Kate Hunter
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$849.10 + shipping
Description: Octavo, [2], iii, [2], v-xxviii, 454, [2]pp. Folding plate and four folding maps. Contemporary calf, backstrip gilt with red label. Joints cracked but sound. Very good copy. Third edition. "This was the first edition to contain the important supplement "A Comparative View of the Russian Discoveries with those made by Captains Cook and Clerke" as an integral part of the text. (it had also been printed separately in quarto in 1787)" (Howell). The maps and plate are the same as the first two editions. . Provenance: Bookplate of John Hooper and his ink signature dated 1824.
Seller: Hordern House Rare Books, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia