Keate (George). An Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean. Composed from the Journal and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, 1st edition, London: G. Nicol, 1788. 4to (287 x 230 mm), contemporary half calf, xxvii 378 [2] pp., engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 charts (one folding), 14 plates (including folding panorama), errata leaf, front board near-detached (just held by top cord), plates facing pp. 105 and 127 transposed, a few marks,
Williams (John). A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands, 1st edition, 6th thousand, London: for the author, 1837. 8vo (216 x 132 mm), contemporary half calf, xviii [2] 590 pp., chromolithographic frontispiece, vignette title-page, folding map, 6 engraved plates, frontispiece spotted and offset,
Ellis (William). Polynesian Researches, being a Residence of nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwick Islands, 2nd edition ('enlarged and improved'), London: Fisher, Son, & Jackson, 1832. 4 volumes, small 8vo (158 x 98 mm), contemporary marbled sheep, engraved vignette title-page to each volume, 5 plates including 3 frontispieces, 3 folding maps, 1 folding manuscript facsimile (not listed), advertisement leaf to rear of volumes 1-2, some wear to bindings,
and 5 others, travel, leather-bound (Livingstone, Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa, 1st edition, 1857; Meredith, My Home in Tasmania, 1st edition, 1852, 2 volumes in 1; Trollope, The West Indies and the Spanish Main, 2nd edition, 1860; Lyall, The Life of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, 1st edition, 1905, 2 volumes; Russell, History and Present Condition of the Barbary States, 1st edition, 1835; these not collated) (qty: 12)

Provenance: John Harold Fawcett CMG (1929-2019), British diplomat (armorial bookplates).

ESTC T122142 (Keate).