“As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.” Herman Melville
Sea travel has always been synonymous with adventure and discovery.
London: Richard Bentley [Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty], 1849. Very Good. First Edition. 8ov [8.75x5.75in]; Vol. I - [iii-vii], viii-xiii, [1], 2-432 pp., woodcut frontispiece of Valpariso, 9 illustrations in text, Vol. II- [i-v], vi-ix, [1], 2-415 pp., woodcut frontispiece the Valley of Fatawa Taheite, 12 illustrations in text..... Item #13450
![Item #12971 Gold Rush Steamers [of the Pacific]. Ernest A. Wiltsee](https://davidspilmanfinebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/12971.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1547089923)
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1938. Near Fine. First Edition. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press. limited to 500 [10x6.75in]; [4], x, 367 pp., Frontispiece color illustration of burning ship, 49 illustrations of ships, persons and facsimile mail envelopes, index; Burnt orange cloth on covers with cream buckram cloth spine, Black..... Item #12971