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San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, 1940. Limited First edition; one of 650 copies prinited; blue stapled wraps; uncut pages, unpaginated. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8 vo.
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean...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; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780. the Second by Cook, Captain James; Captain James King - 1785
by Cook, Captain James; Captain James King
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean...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; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780. the Second
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London, England: H. Hughs for G. Nicol; T. Cadell, 1785. Hardcover. Good. London: H. Hughs for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785. Complete text in 3 volumes, 4to, 11 1/2 x 9 1/8 inches. Atlas volume, issued separately, is not included. Full leather with leather labels. Spines rubbed, with small chip at head of volume II. Leather labels are whole and good. Text block is tight, sound and square. Pressed flora laid in (mostly ferns) with small label: "Brandywine Banks, Chester Co. Penna Sept 20th, 1877. Boards are detached, with some rubbing and scraping, else good. Boards are held in archival acetate jackets. Engraved medallion on two title pages; 24 engraved maps, coastal profiles, and charts, 13 of which folding - complete, as required. Text and plates heavily foxed throughout. This is the second and best edition of the text of the official account of Cook's third and last voyage, reset by Hughs, "...the letter press of the second edition being much superior to the first both in paper & letter press" (citing Mrs. Cook). In 1778 Cook became the first European to travel to the Hawaiian Islands. The Voyage included the west coast of America, Canada and Alaska. "Cook's third voyage was organized to seek the Northwest Passage and to return to Tahiti. Officers of the crew included William Bligh, James Burney, James Colnett, and George Vancouver. [Southeby references for this edition cited - Beddie 1552; Forbes 85; Hill (2004) 361 (first edition); Lada-Mocarski 37; Sabin 16250]. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Not available for priority/expedited shipping. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges may apply for international shipping.
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The Death of Captain Cook (Pacific Adventures Number six)
by Cook, James (Captain) King, James (Captain)
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A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, Etc. (Volume Three Only)
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Dublin: By Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Good. 1784. First Irish Edition. Full leather. Covers are rubbed at the corners, chipped at the top of the spine. Front hinge is separating. Folding table (appendix 2) is present and very good or better. Contents are near fine to fine, with no foxing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 559 pages .
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A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere: Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Being a Copious, Comprehensive, and Satisfactory Abridgement of the Voyage. Four Volumes in Two
by Cook, Captain James and Captain James King
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Good/None as issued. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere: Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Being a Copious, Comprehensive, and Satisfactory Abridgement of the Voyage. London: Printed for John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy, 1784. First octavo edition. Leather bound. Good. Four-volume set bound in two. 370pp, 359pp, 400pp, 310pp. 42 plates including frontis plus one folding map. Uniformly bound in three-quarter leather with marbled boards. Gilt imprint on spine partially missing. Binding remains sound and interior is clean. Front board on volume one has one inch split at base. Top edge is darkened; bottom edge lightly soiled in two places. Calls for 49 plates; missing plate with Death of Captain Cook. Folding map plate includes Sketch of Karakakooa and Chart of Sandwich Islands. Both volumes in Good…
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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 . In his Majesty's Ships the 'Resolution' and 'Discovery,' in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 (3 Volumes)
by Cook, Captain James (Vols I & II); King, James (Vol. III)
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Dublin: Printed for H. Chamberlaine, W. Watson, Potts, et al.. First Irish Dublin Edition. With provenance. 3 Volumes. Full calf with five raised bands on spine. Volume 1: titles worn from spine, worn , front cover starting, back cover detached but present. Lovely engraved copper plate frontispiece portrait of Captain Cook, reinforced from behind. Volumes 2 & 3: wear to boards. Signed twice and previously owned by Reverend Doctor Hugh Knox (1733-1790), mentor to Alexander Hamilton. Signed multiple times by Hugh Knox. Knox was famously the man who mentored Hamilton on St. Croix, urged him to go to America, and reached out to friends there on Alexander Hamilton's behalf. Extremely scarce provenance. Additional shipping required for this set. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1784.
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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 ... In his Majesty's Ships the 'Resolution' and 'Discovery,' in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780
by COOK, Captain James and Captain James KING
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London: W. and A. Strahan, 1784. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, W. and A. Strahan, 1784 [first edition]. Quarto, three volumes, collating complete with the 18 engraved maps (9 folding), 6 folding engraved plates of views, a folding table and an advertising leaf at the rear of the third volume. Contemporary full tree calf, spine gilt-decorated with contrasting title-labels; leather on the hinges and some corners renewed at an early stage, with some wear now to the extremities; inner hinges reinforced; a few old (ink?) splashes to the leading edges; endpapers and adjacent leaves a little discoloured around the edges by the leather turn-ins; charts and adjacent leaves a little foxed or offset, with occasional foxing to a few isolated sections; small blank bottom corner pieces missing from two leaves; trifling signs of use and age; a very good set. The large folio atlas is not present with this set of the official account of Cook's third and final voyage. The first two volumes were written…
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A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by Command of his Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere: Performed un der the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the Years 1776,1777, 1778,1779 and 1780. Being a copious, comprehensive & satisfactory Abridgement of the Voyage, written by Capt. J.Cook, and Capt.J.King.
by COOK, CAPT. JAMES/ KING, CAPT. JAMES:
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John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy 1784 (1st. 8vo. edition).. Complete in 4 vols; Very attractive half calf with gilt decorated spines, each with contrasting morocco labels & raised bands. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to edges. New endpapers. Inside some light tanning, each volume has contemporary related small note tipped in. Volume I pages 17 to 26 have faint water mark. Else generally very clean & tight. Size 8.5 x 5.25 inches 370pp, 359pp, 400pp, 310pp + index. Large folding map, folding map of Hawaii, engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook, 48 [17+11+16+4] full-page engravings, including folding plate of the death of Cook, index, list of subscribers. Volume 1 contains transactions from the beginning of the voyage,till our departure from New Zealand,22 chapters in 3 books,370 pages. Volume 2 contains; Occurrences at Otaheite and the Society Isles; and prosecution of the voyage to the coast of North America,17 chapters in 2 books,359…
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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 the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780
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London: Strahan, 1784. First. hardcover. good. 4 volumes -- 3 quartos, and 1 atlas folio. [8], xcvi, 421; [11], 549; [12], 558, [1]; 59 pages. Illustrated altogether with 85 plates and maps of which 24 are in the text and 59 in the atlas. Original leather bindings, beautifully rebacked in brown calf with black leather spine labels. London: W. and A. Strahan, 1784. A very good copy. The atlas volume has some foxing and dampstains in the upper margin, the interior is generally clean.<br/> <br/> First edition of the official account of Cook's last voyage. "This third voyage differed from the other two in that the scene of discovery shifted from the South Seas to the North Pacific and the west coast of North America, and had as one of the objectives the attempt at a Northwest Passage to Europe. On the way north the voyagers touched (discovered) the Sandwich Islands, so named after Lord Sandwich but later called the Hawaiian Islands, where Cook met his death on his return from the…
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A Voyage of Discovery to the Pacific Ocean
by Cook, Captain James [Vols. I and II] / Captain James King [Vol. III] / [Vol. IV - plate volume]
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London: W. and A. Strahan, 1784. 1st edition. Hardcover. charts, engravings. 4to. Complete four volume set of the first edition. In the original boards, but boards detached. Overall, the contents remain tightly-bound and in remarkably good condition. Vol. I complete but for The List of Plates (pp. xci to xcvi - however, included in the fourth volume - see below), and all seven maps on six plates (four folding), and one folding plate, are present. Vol. II complete with all eleven maps or views (six folding). Vol. III shows an early worm hole to the first few pages, not affecting text. All six maps and plates are present (two folding), plus the folding table at the end, but with no advertising leaf included. Vol IV contains 61 engravings of people, places, and animals visited by Capt. Cook in what is now Hawaii (described as the Sandwich Islands), Western British Columbia, and Alaska. Forty of the plates are folding; 21 are large single-page plates. The volume begins with 'The List of Plates', and is…
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Cook's Voyages, complete in nine volumes including atlas
by Cook, Captain James; James King; and John Hawkesworth
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Eight folio volumes in original boards with new spines and spine labels, plus elephant folio atlas.One of the major works in the literature of travel and exploration.
Complete with all maps, plates, and illustrations. The atlas that accompanies Voyage to the Pacific Ocean is in extra-illustrated state, containing all plates called for plus duplicates of all the plates contained in the three folio volumes.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES UNDERTAKEN BY THE ORDER OF HIS PRESENT MAJESTY FOR MAKING DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
John Hawkesworth
In three volumes
London: Printed for W. STRAHAN; and T. CADELL, 1773 [Second Edition]
A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE, AND ROUND THE WORLD
James Cook
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London: Printed for W. STRAHAN; and T. CADELL, 1784 [Fourth Edition]
A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. UNDERTAKEN, BY THE COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY, FOR MAKING DISCOVERIES IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
James Cook and James King
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A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 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; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780
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London: H. Hughs for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785. 4 volumes (Text: 3 vols., quarto [11 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches]; Atlas vol. of plates: 1 vol., large folio [22 x 16 inches]). Text: Engraved medallion vignette on each title, 1 folding letterpress table, 24 engraved maps, coastal profiles and charts (13 folding). Atlas vol.: 63 engraved plates, plans and maps (one double-page, one folding). Text: contemporary calf, expertly rebacked at an early date, incorporating the original labels; atlas: expertly bound to style in half speckled calf over contemporary marbled paper-covered boards, spine in eight compartments with raised bands, each band flanked by triple gilt fillets, red morocco lettering-piece in the second compartment, green morocco in the fourth, the others with simple repeat decoration in gilt A fine copy of the second and best edition of the official account of Cook's third and last voyage, including images of and text on the exploration of Hawaii and the west coast of America, Canada and Alaska.…
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