Salem, Massachusetts: The Peabody Museum of Salem, 1981. Quarto. Handsome two volume set which includes every maritime picture received by the Peabody Museum of Salem since its founding in 1799. Oversized hardback books with over 1,500 illustrations of which some are in color.. Dust jacket of volume I shows..... More

London: Hakluyt Society, 1982. 8vo. Four volume set devoted to the journals of the naturalist aboard the second expedition of Captain James Cook to the South Pacific. "When Joseph Banks withdrew at the last moment as naturalist on Cook's second voyage, Forster and his son were appointed to..... More