Bishop Charles Michael Roe (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Cloth very good. Dj faded and spotted on spine, lightly edge worn. Name in ink on end paper.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition Thus. The Journal And Letters Of Captain Charles Bishop On The North-West Coast Of American, In The Pacific And In New South Wales 1794-1799. Edited by Michael Roe. Cambridge: At the University Press for the Hakluyt Society, 1967. First Edition thus. 8vo. lv,341 pages including Bibliography and Index. Frontispiece, 6 maps (2 folding), Original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Near fine condition, no owner's name, no dj. ; Frontispiece and 6 maps; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 341 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. lvi+342 pages with frontispiece, 6 maps including two folding maps, bibliography and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 6") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial representation of the ship Victoria embossed on front cover with cover and blind stamped ruled edges with original jacket. Edited by Michael Roe. Works issued by the Hakluyt Society, second series, volume 131. First edition. In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master of the Ruby, a trading ship bound for north-west America. He had instructions to procure otter furs fro the Indians and then to proceed to Canton via japan and sell the cargo. During the years 1794-1802, he rounded South America to reach the Pacific coast, then visited the Pacific islands and the coasts of Asia and Australia. In the Moluccas, he sold the Ruby and purchased the Nautilus; correspondingly, the test is divided into two sections. This narrative is Bishop's journal of his voyages and relates a minor epic of adventure, courage and turbulent fortune. The records of his letters and financial accounts show something of the ships' general organization, and the seamen who served such expeditions. Bishop also describes the various ports and peoples he encountered; his experiences typify European contacts in the Pacific, and the reaction between trader, missionary, administrator and local inhabitant. Roe's introduction give the background to the trading voyages of the eighteenth century and describes Bishop's own history. Records of his life continue until 1809, ending tragically in Sydney, where he passed some years in poverty and insanity, before being returned to England. Condition: Jacket spine sunned, light edge wear else very good to fine in like jacket.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Good hardback copy. No dustjacket. lvi,342pp, b/w plates, foldout map. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. As photographed; in beautiful condition, with little sign of use; clean and unmarked; dust-jacket in the original Cambridge blue; boards in blue Hakluyt cloth with gilt decoration and lettering; private ownership; lvi + 342 + 6 maps (1 folding). A very pleasing copy.

Cambridge; published for the Hakluyt Society, at the University Press, 1967. (Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society, Second Series No. CXXXI). 22x15 cm. Frontispiece, lvi, 341, (1) pp. + 5 maps. Publisher's cloth with printed dustjacket. The jacket is slightly creased at extremities and has a few rifts on top of rear panel. Foot of spine and top corners are a little bumped. Contents are fine.

Octavo. 342pp. folding map at rear. The Hakluyt Society, Second Series: No. CXXXI. Minor epic of "adventure, courage and turbulent fortune" taken from the journals, letters, and financial accounts of ship's master Charles Bishop who sailed from Bristol, England in 1794 to buy furs in t he Pacific Northwest with plan to sell in Canton. Bound in light blue pictorial gilt cloth, spine lettering gilt,A handsome copy, near fine in near fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A superb copy, unmarked and unclipped. In a Mylar jacket cover.

Cambridge, At the University Press, 1967. LVI,342 pp. B./w. frontispiece & 53 b./w. maps (3 fold.). Orig. publisher's blind stamped blue cloth over boards, lettered gilt to spine, gilt vignette to upper board. 8vo. - Dustjacket sl. discol. (Works issued by The Hakluyt Society, Second series, no. 131).