the author's copy
KEPPEL, Henry.
A Visit to the Indian Archipelago in H.M. Ship Maeander, with portions of the private journal of Sir James Brooke.
London, Richard Bentley, 1853.
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The author's copy, with his bookplate, of this important voyage to Borneo and the Philippines.
Keppel (1809-1904), a British naval officer who rose to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet, had served in the Opium War against the Borneo pirates in 1843-44. When he returned to the China station in 1847 he was appointed to convey Sir James Brooke to Labuan, an island off the Borneo coast. Keppel's book treats of the voyage to Labuan, incidents there, piracy in the South China Sea, and gives a description of Manila.
First edition; 2 vols, 8vo (25 x 16.5 cm); the author's bookplate to pastedowns, large folding map, 8 lithograph plates; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine in six gilt compartments with contrasting gilt red and green morocco lettering pieces, all edges and endpapers marbled, a very good copy; xiv, [2], 301, [1]; vii, [1], 286 pp.
Hill 920.
Keppel (1809-1904), a British naval officer who rose to the rank of Admiral of the Fleet, had served in the Opium War against the Borneo pirates in 1843-44. When he returned to the China station in 1847 he was appointed to convey Sir James Brooke to Labuan, an island off the Borneo coast. Keppel's book treats of the voyage to Labuan, incidents there, piracy in the South China Sea, and gives a description of Manila.
First edition; 2 vols, 8vo (25 x 16.5 cm); the author's bookplate to pastedowns, large folding map, 8 lithograph plates; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, spine in six gilt compartments with contrasting gilt red and green morocco lettering pieces, all edges and endpapers marbled, a very good copy; xiv, [2], 301, [1]; vii, [1], 286 pp.
Hill 920.
Stock code 122593
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A Visit to the Indian Archipelago
Regular price
$4,122.00
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$4,122.00
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[AUSTRALIA].
Journal of our Voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne, Australia in the Ship Marco Polo.
22nd June - 8th or 9th November, 1854.
$5,153.00
