‎HUXLEY (Aldous)‎
‎ISLAND‎

‎Treasure Island. - [CREATING THE PREVALENT IMAGE OF THE PIRATE AND PIRACY]‎

‎London, Cassell & Company, 1883. Bound (with the original cloth binding also) in an exquisite full dark green morocco binding with single gilt line-borders to boards and gilt spine. Single gilt line to edges of boards and to inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Binding signed Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Bound in at the end is the original green cloth binding, which has been carefully mounted, baords on arch their leaf, and the spine on its own. The spine is also very well kapt and has all the original gilding. First and last leaves with a bit of light brownspotting, otherwise just and some minor, light scattered brownspotting. All in all a very nice and fresh copy. Frontispiece map of Treasure Island printed in three colours. ‎

‎First edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's landmark work, with the following first issue points: ""dead man's chest"" not capitalised on pages 2 nor 7, the first letter of ""vain"" broken in the last line of page 40, the full stop not present following ""opportunity"" in line 20 on page 178, ""worse"" in line 3 of page 197, and the 8 pp. of advertisments correctly numbered 5R-1083. P. 83 has retained the 8 in the numbering, and p. 127 has the 7, but it's more clearly stamped and not in line with the ""12"" that comes before. For most people, ""Treasure Island"" needs no further introduction. It is the epitome of the pirate history, has enduringly influenced the way we think of pirates and provided us with the archetypical image of pirates and pirate talk. While it introduced nearly all concepts that are now associated with pirates - one-legged seamen, black-sailed ships, treasure maps marked with an ""X,"" the frightening black spot, and parrots yelling ""pieces of eight"" -, the preeminent adventure tale ""Treasure Island"" is also an enduring coming-of-age story, as Jim both navigates life-and-death situations and encounters moral lessons. ""When we think about pirates, there is a nearly universal image that comes to mind, which has been perpetuated throughout pop culture. Pirates have developed quite the reputation for saying things such as ""Shiver me timbers!"" and ""Arrr!"" and for having a peg leg-maybe even sporting a parrot on their shoulder. This idea of pirates, both in the way they speak and the way they look, derives mostly from the popular novel Treasure Island and one of its movie adaptations. Unfortunately, it probably doesn't have much bearing in reality.Treasure Island was serialized in a magazine from October 1881 to January 1882 and published in book form in 1883. It was written by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson under the pseudonym ""Captain George North."" The novel follows teenage protagonist Jim Hawkins, who finds himself in possession of a map that leads to buried treasure. Sounds familiar, right? Jim leads the reader on a wild adventure, encountering pirates such as the one-legged Captain Long John Silver and Israel Hands, who want to take the treasure for themselves."" (Encycl. Britt.). ‎

‎Reise igiennem Island. Foranstaltet af Videnskabernes Sælskab i Kiøbenhavn, og beskreven af forbemeldte Eggert Olafsen, med dertil hørende Kobberstøkker og et nyt forfærdiget Kart over island. 2 vols. - [EXCELLENT COPY OF OLAFSEN'S FOUNDATIONAL WORK ON ICELAND]‎

‎Sorøe, Jonas Lindgrens, 1772. 4to (260 x 214 mm). 2 volumes, uniformly bound in two nice contemporary half calf bindings with five raised bands and gilt title- and tome-labels to spines. Ex-libris (Hjalmar Hartmann) pasted on to pasted down front end-paper in both volumes. Previous owner's stamp (Hvedholm Castle) to upper part of title-page in both volumes and two small paper-labels (stating respectively 1592 and 1593 - indicating the booknumber in Hvedholm Castle's catalogue) to lower compartment on spines. A few leaves in vol. 1 with brown stripe in upper margin. An excellent and wide-margined copy. (12), 618 pp. Pp. (2), 519-1042, (62), 20, (2) + 51 engraved plates (numered I-L, with 2 plates numbered XXX) and 1 large folded map. ‎

‎First edition of Olafsson’s landmark work, which is considered the foundation for all later researches on Iceland. The authors travelled around Iceland between the years 1752 and 1757 describing the geology, geography, zoology, botany, archaeology, mineralogy, etc. as well as the economic conditions - an expedition initiated by the Royal Danish Society. “His account is characterized by a certain independence from external references or foreign images he points out differences and yet confers equal value. This emancipation from a world view that exalts uniformity and homogeneity rather than difference and alterity is demonstrated in the auto references Eggert uses. Instead of continuously comparing Iceland to Denmark or other “civilized” cultures, he compares one part of the island with another Icelandic region or the Icelandic status quo with the situation in the past.” (Schaer, From Hell to Homeland, Eggert Olafsson’s Reise igiennem Island and the Construction of Icelandic Identity). Unlike earlier travel accounts, Eggert structures his description in accordance with his actual travels. Thus, he does not give general statements about the land or the people, but he divides his work into four chapters which correspond to the four districts of the country and treats them according to his travels. The survey is generally characterized by a wish to note everything remarkable and does not discriminate between strange and easily-explainable phenomena.“In his detailed description of a natural environment profoundly different from the European one, Eggert does not in any way deny or dismiss the immense effect Icelandic nature must have had on the foreign visitor. But he discovers that discussion of hetero stereotypes, rather than adoption of these foreign views, is necessary to create an auto image. When examining the Icelandic glaciers on behalf of the Danish Academy of Sciences, he does not underestimate the impression these glaciers would have on a foreign spectator. He explicitly states that somebody who sees them for the first time in their life must be more impressed than the native Icelander. The intimidating effect of Icelandic nature thus becomes an attribute dependent on the recipient’s cultural background. Finally, Eggert states that one “does not need the poetic terms of speech of the older days to imagine those effects of nature.” (ibid., p. 101) It is neither necessary to stress the Icelandic nature’s intimidating and terrifying aspect nor to defend the glaciers variance from European or Danish nature by declaring them something more valuable, or even supernatural.” (Schaer, From Hell to Homeland, Eggert Olafsson’s Reise igiennem Island and the Construction of Icelandic Identity). In Iceland, Eggert Ólafsson is also known for his moralist poems, some of which even today enjoy considerable popularity, and he is still considered one of the earliest founders of Icelandic nationalism. The work was later translated into German, French and English. An appendix on Icelandic plants (Flora Islandica) by Johan Zoega is at the end of vol. II.Fiske I 439.Klose 598.Biblioteca Danica III, 613.Regarding the map see Hermansson: The Carthography of Iceland p. 53.‎

‎Reise igiennem Island. Foranstaltet af Videnskabernes Sælskab i Kiøbenhavn, og beskreven af forbemeldte Eggert Olafsen, med dertil hørende Kobberstøkker og et nyt forfærdiget Kart over island. Første Deel (af 2).‎

‎Sorøe, Jonas Lindgrens Enke, 1772. 4to. Samtidigt hellæderbind. Ophøjede bind på ryggen. Rig rygforgyldning. Forgyldt titeletiket på ryg. Kapitæler slidte. lettere kantslid. (12),618 pp. De første ca. 50 blade med en gl. fugtskade i ydre margin, delvist reparerede. Ellers ren og på skrivepapir. Med det store kobberstukne foldekort (Nyt Carte over Island, ved Erichsen og Schönning, 1771), 42 kobberstukne plancher (= planche I-IX, XII-XLIII + XXX bis). Kortet med en mindre rift (uden tab) og reparert på bagsiden.‎

‎Originaltrykket af den monumentale Islands-beskrivelse, men uden bind II. I det tilbudte første bind forefindes langst størstedelen af værkets 51 plancher. Bindet omfatter Sønder-Island og Vester-Island.Fiske I,439 - Klose, 598.‎

‎Rock Island City (Illinois) - Rock Island Illinois USA steel engraving antique print‎

‎ 1840 Original-Stahlstich von ca. 1840 - Blatt-Maße: ca. 23 x 15 cm -- Bild-Maße: ca. 14 x 10 cm -- gut erhalten -- original steel engraving from around 1840 -- otherwise in good condition. | Dies ist ein Original! - Kein Nachdruck! - Keine Kopie! -- This is an original! No copy! - No reprint! ‎

‎The Progress and Prospects of Prince Edward Island, written during the Leisure of a Visit in 1861.‎

‎Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Printed by the Queen's Printer, 1861. Small 8vo. Orig. printed boards, the fragile backstrip preserved, but with afew tears. Some overall browning to leaves and binding.‎

‎Scarce first edition, and printed on the island, containing description of its geology, flora and fauna, the main industries as fishing etc. - Not in Sabin.‎