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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The EXPEDITION TO BORNEO OF H.M.S. DIDO FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY Volume One.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The EXPEDITION TO BORNEO OF H.M.S. DIDO FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY Volume Two.

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Naval and Military Press, 2016. Paperback. New. 368 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.76 inches.

Naval and Military Press, 2016. Paperback. New. 392 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.81 inches.

New York.: Harper & Brothers.. First American Edition.. 1846.. Folding black and white map paper uniformly browned, xii + 414pp, two publisher's catalogues of 8 and 4 pages each bound in at rear, appendix. Original blind stamped cloth with gilt device, backstrip chipped and torn with loss as usual. Text sound and clean and binding tight. After meeting James Brooke in Singapore, Captain Henry Keppel took the Rajah to the coast of Sarawak to engage in a campaign against piracy. Throughout the 1840s Captain Keppel was engaged in a number of campaigns against the pirates of Borneo. First American Edition (abridged, from the second London edition) of this first-hand account of the suppression of the Borneo pirate tribes in 1843-44 by Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak, Keppel, and other commanders of the British ships of war. .

Chapman & Hall, 1887. Third Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). slightly worn, corners bumped with slight tears. 3rd edition, 8vo., original decorative blue cloth, illustrated, 2 vols., Category: Travel & Places; .

London: Chapman and Hall. VG. 1846. Hardcover. Hardbacks in Very Good condition without dust jackets. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Solid bindings; ownership signature; spines faded; foxing mostly to frontispiece and maps. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

London:: Chapman and Hall,, 1847-1846.. Vol I, third edition, enlarged. Vol. II, second edition.. old full calf with elaborately gilt spines featuring ships.. A handsome, clean, tight and sound set with the very slightest use to the leather.. 8vo,. With six maps, one table, and eleven plates, complete.. With Extracts from the Journal of James Brooke, Esq. of Sarawak.

186 Strand, London: Chapman and Hall, 1847. Third Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. HAMERTON RJ. HAWKINS G. WALKER E. VG+, 3rd ed, 2 vols complete, 6 maps, 1 chart, 11 plates. In uniform, half brown calf, grey endpapers, some blind tooling, corners and edges very lightly bumped and worn. Spines, attractive decorative gilt tooling, raised bands, titles in gilt to red and brown leather labels, edges brushed. Internally, brown endpapers, text block edges sprinkled red, no inscriptions, lacking half titles, printed by Robson, Levey, and Franklyn, Great New Street, Fetter Lane, London. Vol 1, frontis, [7], (x-xiv), [1], 2-429 pp, 2 maps (folding), 5 plates. Vol 2, 1847, frontis, [3], (vi-viii), [1], 2-315 pp, 4 maps (folding), 6 plates 1 chart (folding). Some light spotting and offsetting, first published in 1846. A lovely copy! (Allibone 1025.Brunet 20743). Title continues: With extracts from The Journal of James Brooke, Esq. of Sarawak. With an… Read More

London, Chapman and Hall, MDCCCXLVII (1847). . Third Edition; 8vo; Vol. 1; xiv, 429; portrait frontispiece, 2 folding maps, 5 b/w plates; Vol. 2. Viii, 315; 4 folding maps, 5 b/w plates, 1 folding chart; rebound in contemporary full leather binding, title lettered in gilt on spine, previous owner's bookplate on front endpapers, some foxing to first few pages of each volume, otherwise a very good set. 'As an officer of high social rank, great courage, and excellent seamanship, Keppel was too excitable and hasty to be a successful admiral in peacetime. While his diminutive stature only encouraged him to try harder, his social standing made him question those placed in authority over him, most notably Sir Charles Napier in 1854' 'The first volume deals with Brooke's exploits in Borneo from 1838-1842, prior to his meeting with Keppel, particularly Brooke's attempts to open Borneo for foreign trade and pacify the local tribes. The second volume contains an account of the action… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1846. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo (214 x 130 mm), xii, [2], 337, [1], xxviii; viii, [2], 230, [2], ciipp., without half-titles, 4 folding plans, 2 folding maps, 1 folding letterpress table and 11 lithograph plates (some heavy spotting), contemporary half calf, marbled boards, corners worn, spine tooled in gilt, contrasting leather spine labels lettered in gilt, a nice set. "Keppel, a British naval officer who had served in the opium War, participated in the campaigns against the Borneo pirates in 1843-44... The first volume concerns itself with Brooke's exploits in Sarawak from 1838-42... Brooke attempted to open Borneo for foreign trade and tried to pacify the tribes... Volume two recounts the military exploits of Brooke, Keppel and Sir Edward Belcher... gives a geographical overview of Borneo, and includes accounts of the Dyaks, the aboriginal Borneo Tribes."—Hill. Hill, The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages, 918.

London, Chapman and Hall, 1846. . First edition; 2 volumes, 8vo, xii, 337, xxviii, viii, 230, cii (appendix at rear), 11 lithographed plates including frontispieces, 6 folding maps and plans, original blind-stamped blue ribbed cloth, neat repairs to spine extremities, a very good set. Henry Keppel's Expedition to Borneo is a primary account for the suppression of piracy off Borneo.'In August 1841 Keppel commissioned the corvette Dido for the China station, where he served with distinction during the latter part of the First Opium War under Sir William Parker. When peace was made in August 1842 Keppel was sent to Singapore as senior officer on that part of the station. There he made friends with Sir James Brooke, with whom he returned to Sarawak. For eighteen months he co-operated with Brooke for the suppression of Borneo piracy, and, after many engagements, the Dido, together with the East India Company's steamship Phlegethon, destroyed the chief stronghold of the pirates, together with some 300… Read More