Isbn: 9780904180107 - the Resolution Journal of Johann Reinhold Forster, 1772-1775: Volume I: 1-4 (hakluyt Society, Second Series) (35 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Light discoloring; light staining to the foreedge, a sound binding; else very good shape. The jacket has some discoloring and wear, staining. Volume 4 only. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Exploration; ISBN: 0904180107. ISBN/EAN: 9780904180107. Inventory No: 203624. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Dust jacket has a dark border stain around the outer edge of the front flap and minor wear at the spine ends. Volume 2 only. ; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 370 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Jacket has minor wear at spine bottom. Volume 1 only. ; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 182 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dustwrapper is protected by a layer of clear, non adhesive plastic.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dustwrapper is protected by a layer of clear, non adhesive plastic.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dustwrapper is protected by a layer of clear, non adhesive plastic.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Volume 153.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Volume 152.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Volume 154.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Volumes 1 & 2 only of the 4-volume set. Clean unmarked copies in little shelf worn dust wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. (Second Series, No. 1520 Two volumes, quality blue cloth covers, very bright gilt logos of sail ships at center fronts, embossed borders to fronts, gilt lettering very bright on spine. Volume I: pages 1-182, with fold-outs between pages xv-xvii, 116-117. Volume I has light surface wear to DJ front tips, spine top and bottom edges. Volume II pages 183-370, a fold out between pages 358-359, glossy photo illustrations throughout both volumes. DJ has tiny surface tear near bottom front tip, very slight surface wear at spine edges. Near Fine DJ/Very Fine book.…

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition Thus. Complete 4 volume set, Fine in Near Fine dust jackets with light edge wear. Please use media mail option, priority mail and international orders please email for additional shipping charges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Four Volume Set. Second Series Volume 152,153, 154 & 155.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 554pp, plates, maps (1 folding), d/ws in removable protective plastic sleeve. Second Series Nos.152-154.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Slim 8vo(9"tall)Four Volumes. Bue cloth with gilt titles and design. First Printing, 1982. All Fine. * *NOTE: A large and heavy set that will require extra packing and postage.**.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Complete four volume set of the Hakluyt Society's edition of Forster's journal of his voyage to the South Pacific. All volumes are in very good+ condition. Absolutely minimal wear to the blue cloth boards. Light foxing to top page edges. Interiors are uniformly immaculate: all leaves clean and unmarked with a crisp, tight binding. Due to the size and weight of this set, additional shipping charges will be required.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Volume 155.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1982. 4 volumes complete. Nice Firm Clean copy ! 204 pages. 6204.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Worn. clean, unmarked four volume set.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Books vg, D/Js only good. Rubbing to edges and corners of D/J with slight chipping to head and tail of D/J spines. Some stains/marks to D/Js.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in good condition. Pages in great condition. Volume 1 to 4. Pages excellent. Pull out maps present. Hardcover. English. Pub Year 1982, See images for condition. About the book >.>.> Edited by Michael E. Hoare, The Resolution Journal of Johann Reinhold Forster 1772-1775 presents the detailed journal of J. R. Forster, the principal naturalist on James Cook?s second voyage. While overshadowed for nearly two hundred years by his son George Forster?s literary and scientific accomplishments, J. R. Forster was considered by many of his contemporaries to be one of the 'universal geniuses' of the late eighteenth century. His extensive and varied body of work reflects a talent that spanned comparative anthropology, linguistics, geography, and zoology, particularly in relation to the Pacific, Africa, North America, and Europe.Despite his potential to establish himself as a pioneering figure in these fields, J. R. Forster's career was marred by disputes and controversies, leading to many of his significant works remaining as obscure manuscripts rather than achieving the recognition they warranted. After his death in 1798, his vast personal library was sold to the Royal Library of the King of Prussia, now known as the Prussian State Library, where his six-volume journal is preserved. This journal provides a unique and candid perspective on daily life and relationships during this notable voyage, which is recognised for its scientific rigor and epic nature.Furthermore, Forster's journal served as the foundation for his son George's influential travelogue, A Voyage round the World (1777), which impacted both science and literature across various translations. This collection is essential for understanding the complexities of life at sea and the intellectual landscape of the period, making it a significant resource for scholars and readers interested in the age of exploration and scientific discovery. (MP).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Four-volume set (831pp + 46 pls/figs), as photographed; very slight rubbing to dust-jacket edges; front matter of vol I has very slight crease; otherwise in as new condition, showing no signs of use; completely unmarked, crisp and clean throughout in bright jackets; Hakluyt blue boards with gilt decoration and lettering; the vols are notable for the interest of the plates; private ownership; Vol I: coloured frontis. xv+182+figs.1-6;(2 folding);Vol II: viii + 183-370+figs.7-19 (1 folding); Vol III: viii+371-554+figs.20-33; Vol IV: viii+555-831+figs.34-46. A very pleasing set.…

Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4 volume set. A little shelf wear to books and dust jackets. Otherwise these are solid, unmarked volumes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4 Volumes: xvii+182 pages with frontispiece, 5 plates (some folding) and 1 folding map: viii+183-370 pages with 8 plates and 5 maps; vii+371-553 pages with 9 plates and 5 maps; vii+555-831 pages with 9 plates, 6 maps, appendixes and index. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") issued in blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine and gilt sailing ship to front cover. Second Series, volumes 152-155 and 139. First edition. Overshadowed for nearly two hundred years in European scholarship by the literary and scientific achievements and reputation of his eldest son George Forster, the author of this journal, J R Forster, Principal naturalist on James Cook's second voyage, was nevertheless recognized by many contemporaries as one of the 'universal geniuses' of the late eighteenth century. Despite Forster's diverse, prodigious and sometimes brilliant output, the constant circumstances of his career and personality were such that his work was dogged by debilitating disputes and vendettas, with the result that those many longer, more epoch-making and polished works, which would have established him as the leading pioneering comparative anthropologist, linguist, geographer and zoologist of the Pacific, and a most competent student in those disciplines of Africa, North America and Europe (especially Russia) have remained only as obscure and seldom-used manuscripts. After Forster's death in 1798 his books and manuscripts - 'there has never been . a private library in Germany to compare with it.' wrote the royal Librarian in Berlin - were sold to the royal Library of the King of Prussia (later the Prussian State Library). Among the numerous Forster 'treasurers' deposited in Berlin as his six volume journal in the Resolution. As the journal o a highly literate landsman-at-sea it offers many new typically unrestrained insights into the day-to-day relationships, life and thinking and theory-testing on this, the most scientific and epic of Cook's three voyages. It is also the fundament upon which George Forster wrote his classic travelogue A Voyage round the World (1777), that humane influence - in many translations - upon science and belles-lettres. It is, too, the key to the science and anthropology of this voyage, the central document to understanding the naturalists' day-to-day work and finds. Set alongside the journals of Cook and his other principals - which it often surpasses intellectually and empirically - anthropologists, ethnolinguists, geographers, geologists, botanists, zoologists (especially ornithologists) and medical and literary historians, as well as students of James Cook and the eighteenth century mind, will find much new observation and theory. For the two Forsters fashioned forces to influence Alexander von Humboldt and foretell Charles Darwin. Condition: Jackets with light edge wear, spine ends rubbed else very good to fine in like jacket. …

Hardcover. A complete as-new set, hardbounds in Hakluyt style (blue cloth boards gilt) and enclosed in the dust jackets, in very good condition. Second Series, nos. 152-155.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Second Series Nos. 152-155. 4 vols.: xvii, 182; viii, 183-370; viii, 371-554; viii, 555-831 p. 23 cm. Colour frontispiece in vol. 1. B&w illustrations and maps. Blue cloth in mylar-covered dustjackets. Jackets have moderate wear to extremities, includng a few scuffs on spines. Series numbers handwritten in ink on jacket spines. Pertains to J. R. Forster, naturalist on Captain Cook's second voyage, regarded as one of the "universal geniuses" of the 18th century.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copies all in very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrappers, now mylar-sleeved. Remains a strong and well-preserved set overall; internally tight and clean. Series; Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd series, nos. 152-155. Physical description; 3 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Vols. 1-2 and 4 of 4. Edited by Michael E. Hoare. Includes bibliographical references (volume 4, pages 783-786) and indexes. Contents; v. 1 (no. 152) v. 2 (no. 153) v. 4 (no. 155). Subjects; Forster, Johann Reinhold (1729-1798) Diaries. Cook, James (1728-1779) Travel. Resolution (Ship). Voyages around the world Early works to 1800. Scientific expeditions History 18th century. Pacific Ocean Discovery and exploration. Antarctica Discovery and exploration. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Near fine cloth copies all in very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrappers, now mylar-sleeved. Remains a strong and well-preserved set overall; internally tight and clean. Series; Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; 2nd series, nos. 152-155. Physical description; 3 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Vols. 1-2 and 4 of 4. Edited by Michael E. Hoare. Includes bibliographical references (volume 4, pages 783-786) and indexes. Contents; v. 1 (no. 152) v. 2 (no. 153) v. 4 (no. 155). Subjects; Forster, Johann Reinhold (1729-1798) Diaries. Cook, James (1728-1779) Travel. Resolution (Ship). Voyages around the world Early works to 1800. Scientific expeditions History 18th century. Pacific Ocean Discovery and exploration. Antarctica Discovery and exploration. 1 Kg.…

Product Bundle. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Same ISBN but 1982 edition. Full set of 4 volumes. Some fading and wear to dust jackets. Dust jackets in protective sleeve. Same day dispatch (Mon- Fri) from the UK if ordered by 1pm.