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Natural History of the Strait of Magellan and West Coast of Patagonia -
Robert O. Cunningham
1871 - Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh - First Edition
A superior example of the first edition, illustrated with folding colour map and 21 lithograph plates, some in colour.
‘The Scottish naturalist Robert O. Cunningham (1841-1918) began his 1866 voyage to South America in inclement weather, and, by the eleventh day of travel, noted a 'pond' forming in his tiny cabin aboard HMS Nassau. With never-failing humour, Cunningham presents here a record of the zoological, botanical and geological observations made across the three years he spent at sea.
As the ship's naturalist (recommended for the post by Joseph D. Hooker), his time was given wholly to research and exploration, and his findings are both fascinating and thorough. Included are his anecdotal records of seamen's slang, research into the history of the changing landscapes he visited, which had been previously documented by travellers as diverse as Drake and Darwin, statistical data on various species of animals and plants, and numerous original images. An absorbing testament of the breadth of the explorer-naturalist's interests. [C.U.P.]
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1871 - Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh - First Edition
A superior example of the first edition, illustrated with folding colour map and 21 lithograph plates, some in colour.‘The Scottish naturalist Robert O. Cunningham (1841-1918) began his 1866 voyage to South America in inclement weather, and, by the eleventh day of travel, noted a 'pond' forming in his tiny cabin aboard HMS Nassau. With never-failing humour, Cunningham presents here a record of the zoological, botanical and geological observations made across the three years he spent at sea.
As the ship's naturalist (recommended for the post by Joseph D. Hooker), his time was given wholly to research and exploration, and his findings are both fascinating and thorough. Included are his anecdotal records of seamen's slang, research into the history of the changing landscapes he visited, which had been previously documented by travellers as diverse as Drake and Darwin, statistical data on various species of animals and plants, and numerous original images. An absorbing testament of the breadth of the explorer-naturalist's interests. [C.U.P.]
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The Works -
Theodore Roosevelt, Hermann Hagedorn (editor), under the Auspices of The Roosevelt Memorial Association
1923-6 - Charles Scribner's Sons, New York - The National Edition
A finely bound twenty volume set of Roosevelt’s works. With additional notes to the beginning of each volume, sometimes biographical sometimes Roosevelt’s own notes.
The complete set of writings and essays including: The Rough Riders, Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail, The Winning of the West, African Game Trails, Through the Brazilian Wilderness, Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter, etc.
Roosevelt was an historian, a biographer, a statesman, a hunter, a naturalist, and an orator. His prodigious literary output includes twenty-six books, over a thousand magazine articles, thousands of speeches and letters. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1906, in his position as President of the United States of America and collaborator of various peace treaties.
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1923-6 - Charles Scribner's Sons, New York - The National Edition
A finely bound twenty volume set of Roosevelt’s works. With additional notes to the beginning of each volume, sometimes biographical sometimes Roosevelt’s own notes.The complete set of writings and essays including: The Rough Riders, Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail, The Winning of the West, African Game Trails, Through the Brazilian Wilderness, Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter, etc.
Roosevelt was an historian, a biographer, a statesman, a hunter, a naturalist, and an orator. His prodigious literary output includes twenty-six books, over a thousand magazine articles, thousands of speeches and letters. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1906, in his position as President of the United States of America and collaborator of various peace treaties.
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A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro -
Alfred Russel Wallace
1853 - Reeve and Co., London - First Edition
First edition, finely bound, illustrated with one colour lithographed frontispiece, eight lithographic plates by and after Wallace, one map, and a folding letterpress vocabulary table.
In 1848, spurred by their shared reading interests in natural history, Wallace, 25 years old at the time, and Henry Walter Bates boarded a ship for the Amazon basin and his first fieldwork expedition to the Amazon, 1848-1852.
Upon Wallace's return in 1852, his ship caught fire and sunk in the Atlantic, destroying all of his notes and collections. Remarkably, he was able to compile both works, Palm Trees and this narrative of his journey. “That one might demonstrate the fact of evolution through a detailed tracing out of individual phylogenies over time and space was apparent to [Wallace] early on, and the Amazon was to afford a natural laboratory to this end" [ODNB]
‘Meticulous in its detail and impressive in its scope, Wallace’s Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro documents a four-year expedition that launched his scientific career. Wallace's sharp observations of Amazonian geology, topography, flora, fauna and peoples provide a stimulating account of the region.’ [OUP]
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1853 - Reeve and Co., London - First Edition
First edition, finely bound, illustrated with one colour lithographed frontispiece, eight lithographic plates by and after Wallace, one map, and a folding letterpress vocabulary table. In 1848, spurred by their shared reading interests in natural history, Wallace, 25 years old at the time, and Henry Walter Bates boarded a ship for the Amazon basin and his first fieldwork expedition to the Amazon, 1848-1852.
Upon Wallace's return in 1852, his ship caught fire and sunk in the Atlantic, destroying all of his notes and collections. Remarkably, he was able to compile both works, Palm Trees and this narrative of his journey. “That one might demonstrate the fact of evolution through a detailed tracing out of individual phylogenies over time and space was apparent to [Wallace] early on, and the Amazon was to afford a natural laboratory to this end" [ODNB]
‘Meticulous in its detail and impressive in its scope, Wallace’s Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro documents a four-year expedition that launched his scientific career. Wallace's sharp observations of Amazonian geology, topography, flora, fauna and peoples provide a stimulating account of the region.’ [OUP]
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Price HK$ 28,000