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A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean Undertaken by the Command of his Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere to Determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore In his Majesty's Ships the RESOLUTION and DISCOVERY, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780. In Three Volumes Plus the Atlas Volume
by Cook, James and James King
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
London: W. and A. Strahan, 1784. First Edition. Full leather. Very good. 421p, 549p, 556p illustrated with 87 maps and views 63 of which are in the Atlas volume, all but a couple with tissue guards. 24 in the three quarto volumes. Bound in original leather boards, rebacked in the twentieth century in blonde calf not matching the original leather boards. Atlas volume folio with original marbled boards, and rebacked more recently and wearing along the base of the spine, splitting 6 inches down the front board, corners worn, yet still very attractive. Contents fine and with original tissue guards. Light foxing. Small bookplate in each volume, later personal gift inscription 1945 in each volume. This Atlas volume includes the rare plate "Death of Cook" not issued with the book but occurs in some copies
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- Bookseller
- Old New York Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48217
- Title
- A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean Undertaken by the Command of his Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere to Determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore In his Majesty's Ships the RESOLUTION and DISCOVERY, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780. In Three Volumes Plus the Atlas Volume
- Author
- Cook, James and James King
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. and A. Strahan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1784
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Plate
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- Quarto
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- Fine
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- Marbled boards
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- Folio
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
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