GEORGE HARLOW PORTRAIT OF CAPT. JOHNROBINSON FRANCKLINGeorge Henry Harlow (English, 1787-1819) Captain John Robinson Francklin, circa 1805-1815 Oil on canvas 30" x 25" An oil portrait executed by George Henry...
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GAMY MONTAUT LITHOGRAPH, VOYAGE DE BUCA CHARTRESMarguerite 'Gamy' Montaut (French, 1883-1936) and Ernest Montaut (French, 1879-1909) color pochoir lithograph on paper titled "Voyage de Buc a Chartres. Maurice...
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HARVARD CLASSICS ALUMNI EDITIONSet ofHarvard Classics. Alumni Edition, set no. 434. Edited by Charles W. Elliot, LLD. Published by P. F. Collier & Son, New York, 1910. Titles include ìThe Autobiography of Benjamin...
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RARE ENGRAVED GLASS PRESENTATION TUMBLER,ATTRIBUTED TO...Frederick County, Maryland, New Bremen Glassmanufactory of John Frederick Amelung, circa 1788-1792, blown colorless non-lead glass, tapered cylindrical form,...
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ALBUM CONTAINING RARE WHALING EPHEMERATO INCLUDEA MOBY DICK COMIC SIGNED BY GREGORY PECK AND JOHN HUSTON, GOOD CONDITION WITH VERY MINOR DAMAGE. A JOURNAL OF A WHALING VOYAGE ON BOARD SHIP DAUPHIN OUT OF NANTUCKET,...
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TWO 19TH C DOCUMENTS RELATED TO WHALINGTOINCLUDE A CREW LIST FOR THE SHIP CORNELIUS HOWLAND BOUND FOR A WHALING VOYAGE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, NEW BEDFORD 1851, OWNER EDWARD W. HOWLAND. 19" X 11 1/2", SHOWS 6 TEARS...
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ALBUM CONTAINING 10 BROCHURES RELATEDTO WHALINGTO INCLUDE THE WHALEMAN STATUE ON THE GROUNDS OF NEW BEDFORD LIBRARY, THE MURDOCK WHALING VOYAGES AND ENVELOPE, THE WORLD PREMIERE OF DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS, 1922....
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RARE AND FINE CHINESE EXPORT MINIATUREWATERCOLOR PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN JOHN DUKE OF SALEM CIRCA 1809 OVAL, 2.5" X 2" SIGHT. FRAMED 4.25" X 3.5". WATERCOLOR PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN JOHN DUKE OF SALEM, Circa 1809, Attributed...
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WATERCOLOR AND INK PAINTING OF THE AMERICANWHALING BARK “PINDUS” CIRCA 1834-1838 ON PAPER, 12.5" X 15" SIGHT. FRAMED 14.75" X 17.5". WHALING BARK "PINDUS", Circa 1834-1838, Depicts the Pindus of Fairhaven, Massachusetts,...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH SIGNED BY CERESARTISAN EDMUND M. CHANDLER MID-1830S LENGTH 6.5". ARTISAN EDMUND M. CHANDLER, Mid-1830s, A rare example by the "Ceres C" artisan; few have come to market. Obverse depicts...
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FINE SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTEDTO CALEB J. ALBRO LATE 1830S LENGTH 6.5". TO CALEB J. ALBRO, Late 1830s, Obverse with a foliate festoon and banners framing "Ship John Coggeshall" above a whaling scene....
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PAIR OF EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND HISTORICALLYSIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TEETH BY JOSIAH SHEFFIELD, JR., KNOWN AS THE "LOG TEETH" CIRCA 1831-1835 LENGTHS 6" AND 6.25". INCLUDES STANDS. SIGNIFICANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S...
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SIXTEEN BOOKS ON ARCTIC WHALING ANDEXPLORATION EXPLORATION, Sizes, bindings and conditions vary. Most illustrated. Includes: 1) True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World, by A.W. Greely. 2) Arctic Adventure:...
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TWENTY-ONE PUBLICATIONS ON WHALING,SCRIMSHAW AND PRISONER-OF-WAR ARTIFACTS SCRIMSHAW AND PRISONER-OF-WAR ARTIFACTS, Sizes, bindings and conditions vary. Most illustrated. Includes: 1) A Treasury of American...
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JAMES COOK AND JOHN HAWKESWORTH, ANACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES UNDERTAKEN BY THE ORDER OF HIS PRESENT MAJESTY..., 3 VOLUMESJames Cook and John Hawkesworth, An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His...
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CHARLES SIDNEY RALEIGH (1830-1925, WAREHAM,MA)ship's portrait of the steam whaler bark, Belvedere. Oil painting on canvas signed lower left, dated 1880. The painting depicts the Belvedere under sail and steam exiting...
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(6 VOLS) JOHN PINKERTON VOYAGES & TRAVELS,1808(6 vols) "A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in all parts of the world," by John Pinkerton (Scotland, 1758-1826), printed for Longman,...
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AFTER JOHN WEBBER, RA (ENGLAND, 1752-1793),"A MAN AND WOMAN OF SANDWICH ISLANDS"., PENCIL AND INK, 5" X 6.75" SIGHT. FRAMED 11" X 12.75".AFTER JOHN WEBBER, RA, England, 1752-1793, "A Man and Woman of Sandwich Islands"....
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COOK. VOYAGES AND TRAVELS THROUGH THERUSSIAN EMPIRE ... FIRST EDITION. 1770 RUSSIAN EMPIRE ... FIRST EDITION. 1770, [Travel/ Asia and Middle East] Cook, John. Voyages And Travels Through The Russian Empire,...
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GROUP, TWO BOOKS BY JOHN HAY & JOHNBARROWMorocco and the Moors- Western Barbary: Its Wild Tribes and Savage Animals, and Life, Voyages, and Exploits of Sir Francis Drake Author: John H. Drummond Hay and John...
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PINKERTON, JOHN
A GENERAL COLLECTIONOF THE BEST AND MOST INTERESTING VOYAGES AND TRAVELS London: Longman, 1808 [-14]. 17 volumes, 4to, plates and maps, some folding, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, rubbed,...
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? FINE AND RARE CERAMIC 'SYDNEY COVEMEDALLION' BY JOSIAH WEDGWOOD
THE ORIGINAL ISSUE, 1789 modelled from dark brown unglazed earthenware, with crisply moulded decoration depicting a female figure, emblematic...
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20 BOOKS RELATED TO WHALING TO INCLUDE:1.GREYHOUNDS OF THE SEA BY CARL C. CUTLER, 1930, ILLUSTRATED. 2. WHALING AND SEALING, CHATHAM ISLAND BY RHYS RICHARDS, 1982. 3. OPERATIONS OF THE U.S. REVENUE STEAMER NUNIVAK...
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JOURNAL OF A WHALING VOYAGE TO THE PACIFICOCEANON BOARD THE "ELIZA L. B. JENNEY" OF FAIRHAVEN, JOHN CHURCH, MASTER, 1842. THE LOG COVERS FROM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1842 THROUGH MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1846 AND WAS PROBABLY...
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WHALING JOURNAL TO THE PACIFIC ON BOARDTHEWHALESHIP "GOOD RETURN II" OF NEW BEDFORD, DATED MAY 30TH, 1839. 243 HANDWRITTEN PAGES WITH NUMEROUS WHALE STAMPS. THE JOURNAL WAS KEPT BY CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH TABER WHOSE...
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LARGE LOT OF MOSTLY LATE 19TH CENTURYEPHEMERARELATED TO SHIPPING AND WHALING. APPROXIMATELY 250 PIECES TO INCLUDE NUMEROUS ITEMS FROM CAPTAIN JOHN WESLEY THOMPSON OF MAINE. HE WAS BORN IN THE 1830S AND COMMANDED...
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SEAMAN'S JOURNAL KEPT BY CAPT. DAVIDLOW OFNewburyport, on a voyage from Boston to Matanzas on the ship Courser, commanded by John Lore. The voyage began in 1829 and terminated in 1830. The second part of the...
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RARE 16 PAGE WHALING MANUSCRIPT, 1834,extensivelydetailed. Instructions for Captain John Egbert Howell (1813-1840) of the whaling ship Telegraph, Sag Harbor, New York, bound for the Pacific. Signed by his brothers, agents/owners...
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Rare book: Voyages and Travels of theAmbassadors Olearius Adam. THE VOYAGES AND TRAVELLS OF THE AMBASSADORS SENT BY FREDERICK DUKE OF HOLSTEIN TO THE GREAT DUKE OF MUSCOVY AND THE KING OF PERSIA BEGUN IN THE...
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Rare miniature volumes: history andliterature Du Mont Jean. VOYAGES DE MR. DU MONT EN FRANCE EN ITALIE EN ALLEMAGNE A MALTHE ET EN TURQUIE. Vols. I-II. La Haye: Etienne Foulque & Francois 1699. With four engraved...
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Rare books: Ottoman Empire history andreference Edrehi Isaac HISTORY OF THE CAPITAL OF ASIA AND THE TURKS TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE TURKS IN TURKEY. Vol I-III in one. Boston: Isaac...
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3 vols. (Cook, Capt. James - FirstVoyage.) Hawkesworth, John. An Account of The Voyages. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. Second edition. 4to, contemp. calf, rebacked & repaired. With 51 maps, charts...
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Samuel Lawrence Early New York Representative& the Lawrence Family Manuscript Archive An extensive archive of approximately 67 documents of the noted Lawrence family of New York spanning the years 1799 to 1908. Dealing...
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FRANKLIN SIR JOHN Narrative of a Journeyto the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819 20 21 and 22. London: John Murray 1823. First edition. With 30 (of 31) engraved plates of which 11 are hand-colored and four...
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Martin Van Buren ship's paper, partiallyprinted in four languages, signed "M. Van Buren" as President and "John Forsyth" as Secretary of State, later filled in and dated May 22, 1841 in Fall...
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Cary's terrestrial library globe (JohnCary, 1754-1835), brass mounts, marked "Cary's New Terrestrial Globe…With additions and corrections to 1822", includes Cook's third voyage, the voyages of Phipps, 1773,...
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