Keppel captain hon henry (12 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 368 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.76 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 392 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.81 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition.

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First American Edition. Folding black and white map paper uniformly browned, xii + 414pp, two publisher's catalogues of 8 and 4 pages each bound in at rear, appendix. Original blind stamped cloth with gilt device, backstrip chipped and torn with loss as usual. Text sound and clean and binding tight. After meeting James Brooke in Singapore, Captain Henry Keppel took the Rajah to the coast of Sarawak to engage in a campaign against piracy. Throughout the 1840s Captain Keppel was engaged in a number of campaigns against the pirates of Borneo. First American Edition (abridged, from the second London edition) of this first-hand account of the suppression of the Borneo pirate tribes in 1843-44 by Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, Keppel, and other commanders of the British ships of war. …

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Illustrated throughout with tinted lithographs and folding maps, this is a wonderful example of the two volume second edition of Henry Keppel's account of the 1843-44 campaign against Borneo pirates. The second edition of this work, complete in two volumes, and published in the same year as the first edition.An account of the expedition of the H.M.S. Dido to Borneo in the 1840s.It was during this expedition that the author met and became friends with James Brooke, who had been made rajah of Sarawak.Volume I discusses Brooke's time in Sarawak from 1838 to 1842, before he met Keppel. Volume II looks at the exploits of the two men together with Sir Edward Belcher.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, two folding maps, and four tinted lithographs. Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, four folding maps, one folding table, and five tinted lithographs.Collated, complete.Rebacked in morocco, retaining the publisher's original cloth covered boards, and with endpapers renewed. Retaining half titles.With the contemporary inscription of Henderson Black of Woodford to the title page heads, dated 1846.With a publisher's catalogue to the rear, dated June 1846.Written by Henry Keppel, a prominent Victorian Royal Navy officer. He was the commanding officer of the corvette of HMS Dido. Rebacked in morocco, retaining the publisher's original cloth covered boards, and with endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Contemporary inscriptions to title page heads. Pages bright and generally clean, with instances of spotting to plate perimeters, and pages facing plates. Minor loss to leaf edge with neat restoration to leaf a1 of volume II, short closed tear just touching odd letter to leaf e1 of volume II. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

First Edition. Two Volumes. 6 folding black and white maps, 11 plates, folding table and a publisher's catalogue at the rear of each volume dated December 1845. 22 x 14cm. Volume I: xii + 338pp + xxviii, appendix. The map of the Island of Lubuan repaired on the margins. Volume II. viii (i) + 230pp + cii, appendix. Both volumes recased in tan half linen spines with cloth covered boards lettered in gilt on the spines and new endpapers. A few stamps of S. Shepheard - British Hotel Cairo in both volumes, some light age toning to edges and some light foxing to maps with occasional spotting to plates mainly to the margins. Overall, a very good firm set of the first edition. First edition of this first-hand account of the suppression of the Iban people in 1843-44 by Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, Keppel, and other commanders of the British ships of war. After meeting James Brooke in Singapore, Captain Henry Keppel took the Rajah to the coast of Sarawak to engage in a campaign against the Iban who were accused of piracy. Throughout the 1840s Captain Keppel was engaged in a number of campaigns against the Iban.…

First edition, 2 vols., 8vo (214 x 130 mm), xii, [2], 337, [1], xxviii; viii, [2], 230, [2], ciipp., without half-titles, 4 folding plans, 2 folding maps, 1 folding letterpress table and 11 lithograph plates (some heavy spotting), contemporary half calf, marbled boards, corners worn, spine tooled in gilt, contrasting leather spine labels lettered in gilt, a nice set. "Keppel, a British naval officer who had served in the opium War, participated in the campaigns against the Borneo pirates in 1843-44. The first volume concerns itself with Brooke's exploits in Sarawak from 1838-42. Brooke attempted to open Borneo for foreign trade and tried to pacify the tribes. Volume two recounts the military exploits of Brooke, Keppel and Sir Edward Belcher. gives a geographical overview of Borneo, and includes accounts of the Dyaks, the aboriginal Borneo Tribes."Hill. Hill, The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages, 918.…