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The Life of Captain James Cook
by Beaglehole, J. C
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Sebastopol, California, United States
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About This Item
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1974. First Edition, 1st Printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. American edition, [9.5x6.5in]; xi, 760 pp., 44 illustrations including frontispiece color portrait of Cook, five maps with one fold out, bibliography and index; Royal blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed, Light blue ink stain to top edge, gray end papers; Dark green dust jacket with pale yellow lettering on front and spine, color illustration of ship on spine and profile of Cook on front; Minimal shelf wear to book or dust jacket, price clipped. John Cawte Beaglehole (1901-1971) was a New Zealand historian with Victoria University. He is mainly known for his comprehensive work editing the Journals of Captain James Cook and writing this biography in his last years. From 1955 to 1968, the edited Journals were published by the Hakluyt Society and quickly became a definitive resource and reference work for scholars on the Cook voyages. This book was also published in London by the Hakluyt Society in 1974 as Volume IV to the Journals.
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- Bookseller
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13685
- Title
- The Life of Captain James Cook
- Author
- Beaglehole, J. C
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Stanford, CA
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Cook, navigator, pacific, exploration
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- History;
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David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
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About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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