Sydney, Australia: Angus and Robertson Ltd, 1971. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with tan boards and pictorial dust jacket, reprint, 400gms 191 pages, blank endpapers. As we follow the story of James' Yorkshire boyhood, his service aboard the colliers of Whitby, his growing interest in mathematics and the chart work he carried out along Canadian coasts (he was present, too, at Wolfe's taking of Quebec), it becomes clear how all this previous experience combined to make him the right choice to command that first, momentous voyage of exploration planned by the Admiralty. Book is in good condition with light general wear and tear and mild page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards are in good condition with only light shelf wear. Dust jacket is in fair to good condition with moderate shelf, chipping and a few small nicks to the corners and edges, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..

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Bookseller: Reading Habit (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: HISFIC22
Title: James Cook, Royal Navy
Author: Finkel, George
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Fair to Good
Edition: Reprint
ISBN 10: 0207952671
ISBN 13: 9780207952678
Publisher: Angus and Robertson Ltd
Place of Publication: Sydney, Australia
Date Published: 1971
Keywords: COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES; HISTORY- CIRCUMNAVIGATION; ENDEAVOR
Bookseller catalogs: General Fiction; Historical Fiction;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Shelf Wear: Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...