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A New Voyage Round The World, In The Years 1768, 1769, 1770, And 1771; Undertaken By Order Of His Present Majesty, Performed By Captain James Cooke, In The Ship Endeavour, Drawn Up From His Own Journal, And Form The Papers Of Joseph Banks… Vol I (of 2).
by John Hawkesworth
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- Hardcover
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- Good with no dust jacket
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NY: James Rivington. Good with no dust jacket. 1774. Hardcover. 18th Century; Maritime; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; [2], 17, [1], 4, [2], 260p pages; A New Voyage Round The World, In The Years 1768, 1769, 1770, And 1771; Undertaken by Order of his present Majesty, performed by Captain James Cooke, In the Ship Endeavour, Drawn up from his own Journal, and form the Papers of Joseph Banks… Vol I (of 2). Contemp leather. Covers scuffed, edgeworn, lacking eps and both plates though small part of folding map is present. Foxed, some stains. Upper blank margin of 2nd leaf roughly removed [list of subscribers], losses to printed area of pp67-68 amounting to a dozen words, the normal tears to printed area of a few dozen leaves, pencil sketches to rear flyleaf and inside of rear cover. Various old ink markings to title page. JCB Annuel Report for 1931, pp. 12-15; Sabin 30936; Evans 13324, Mitchell Library Cook 656; Holmes 9. (2) . Withal a rare and important American edition of Cook's first voyage. Rivington pirated this American edition to undercut the price of the London First Edition in the American market. .
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- A New Voyage Round The World, In The Years 1768, 1769, 1770, And 1771; Undertaken By Order Of His Present Majesty, Performed By Captain James Cooke, In The Ship Endeavour, Drawn Up From His Own Journal, And Form The Papers Of Joseph Banks… Vol I (of 2).
- Author
- John Hawkesworth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- James Rivington
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1774
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