Marshall Rare Books
Travel & Exploration
Pacific, Americas, Polar, Asia
A French Polished Specimens Cabinet with Brass Handle Engraved ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE No.3
Alfred russel wallace specimens cabinet
Botany of the Speke and Grant Expedition. An Enumeration of the Plants Collected during the Journey of the Late Captain J.H. Speke and Captain (Now Lieut-Col.) J.A. Grant from Zanzibar to Egypt.
Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley … during the years 1846-50, including discoveries and surveys in New Guinea, the LouisiadeArchipelago, etc.
Important Voyages of Naturalist, and Darwin’s Associate, T. H. Huxley
Ost- und West-Indischer wie auch Sinesischer Lust- und Stats-Garten
First edition of this encyclopaedia of curiosities pertaining to America, the East and West Indies and China, with imaginative depictions of plants…
A Fine Autograph Letter Signed (“George Sievers”) to Thomas Tunnard relaying his observations aboard the Belleisle at Trafalgar, 27 October 1805.
First-hand account of the battle of trafalgar, including a contemporary account of the death of lord nelson.
Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discovered, from the Creation Unto This Present. In Foure Parts.
The most important collection of voyages and travels in the english language
A Directory for the Navigation of the Indian Ocean , with Descriptions of its Coasts, Islands, etc., from the Cape of Good Hope to the Strait of Sunda and Western Australia
The general maps of the Indian Ocean depict currents and prevailing winds and monsoon directions. Some of the maps of individual islands derive from…
The Thanatophidia of India. Being a Description of the Venomous Snakes of the Indian Peninsula with an Account of the Influence of their Poison on Life and a Series of Experiments.
Second and Enlarged Edition.The plates were drawn by students at the Calcutta School of Art, after original sketches by Fayrer.
The Poisonous Snakes of India for the use of the Officials and others Residing in the Indian Empire.
The plates are from drawings by Annanda Prosad Bagchee and others who were students at the Government School of Art in Calcutta.
Vazeeri Rupi, the Silver Country of the Vazeers, in Kulu: Its Beauties, Antiquities, and Silver Mines. Including a Trip over the Lower Himalayah Range and Glaciers.
Author’s own copy, pencil attribution on half title, A bright excellent copy with almost all plates hand-coloured.
De Jure Maritimo et Navali: Or a Treatise of Affairs Maritime and of Commerce. In three books. The seventh edition, carefully corrected, with (…) many modern cases never before printed.
For many years this was the standard treatise on international, commercial and maritime law, and went through many editions, the first published in…
The Trial of the Honorable Admiral BYNG, at A Court-Martial held on board His Majesty’s Ship the St. George, in Portsmouth Harbour, Tuesday, Dec.
The trial and subsequent execution of Admiral John Byng after his failure to defeat a French fleet and then relieve Port Mahon was a low point in…
The Lake Scenery of England, with a descriptive letterpress by Llewellynn Jewitt, F. S. A.,
This DeLuxe edition not in Abbey.
Six Views in the Neighbourhood of Port Madoc, Respectfully dedicated to Mrs. Wm. Alexander Madocks and Mrs Gwyne.
Rare coloured copy
Views in the North of France
Extremely decorative views in fine colour.
A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff … with a preliminary Discourse on the Geography and History of the South Sea Islands
Earliest naming of australia
The Historical Register, Containing An Impartial Relation of Transactions, Foreign and Domestick. With a Chronoligical Diary of All the Remarkable Occurrenes, vix.
First hand accounts of encounters with two of the most successful pirates working during ‘the golden age of piracy’
Histoire d’un voyage aux isles Malouines, fait en 1763 & 1764 ; avec des Observations sur le Détroit de Magellan, et sur les Patagons…
A very fine copy in an attractive contemporary binding.
An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries: I. Sir John Narborough’s Voyage to the South Sea… II. Captain J. Tasman’s Discoveries on the Coast of the South Terra Incognita. III.
Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and North. Towards the Streights of Maggellen, the South Seas, the Vast Tracts of Land beyond Hollandia Nova, &c.
Journal du voyage fait a la mer de sud, avec les flibustiers de l’Amerique en 1684 & années suivantes.
The scarce first edition
Collection of the Early Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries of the English Nation
In 1809-12 his Principal Navigations was reprinted with additional material Hakluyt had collected about early voyages.
Ship’s Log & Journal kept on board HM Ship Centaur, from 29 June 1760 to 5 April 1761 and from 22 September 1762 to 6 December 1763
The first cruize of his majesty's ship the centaur in the west indies, off the island of hispaniola 1761
Voyage de découvertes dans la partie septentrionale de l’ocean Pacifique.
A fine copy of the first french edition, first state.