A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, Undertaken By the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed Under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery &c., &c.
by Cook, James and James King
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: G. Nicol, 1785 COOK'S THIRD VOYAGE. 3 vols. Folio. original full calf gilt, spine labels (rubbed with wear at extremities, upper hinge vol. 1 starting, some fraying to leather at hinges, mild toning and spotting, bound without half-titles, Bookplates to Vols. 1 & 3 (William John Belt, Bossall Hall), else internally clean and neat); pp. [x], xcviii,, 422, with 7 plates + charts (many folding); [xii], 548, with 11 plates + charts (many folding); [xiv (last blank)], 556, with 6 plates + charts, with folding table; Very heavy set (9 kg), additional postage may be required for international and domestic delivery. A very good unrestored copy, collated and complete, but lacking the atlas volume, as usual. (Holmes, 19). Ex-libris Charles Scobie (ANARE, Macquarie Island, 1948), with his ownership signature dated 6-5-41 to first volume.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. VG-.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 024774
- Title
- A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, Undertaken By the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed Under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery &c., &c.
- Author
- Cook, James and James King
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- G. Nicol
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1785
- Keywords
- James Cook James King Voyage Pacific Ocean Charles Clerke John Gore Pacific Hawaii California Canada Vancouver Bering Straits Siberia Sandwich Islands Exploration Sea
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Castlemaine, Victoria
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