The Life Of Captain James Cook

Basil: J.J. Tourneisen, 1788. Two volumes in one, small octavo; a good copy in half calf over speckled boards. The first continental edition: a Basle reprint of Kippis' biography of Cook, published the same year as the original. The catalogue of the Kroepelien collection points out that this is the first work to have eight chapters rather than seven… Read more about this item

Dublin: Printed for Messrs. H. Chamberlaine, W. Colles, R. Gross, W. Gilbert, W. Wilson, L. White, P. Byrne, P. Wogan, T. Stewart, J. Moore, and B. Dornin, 1788. Hardcover. First Edition, First Impression in Ireland. 4.75 x 8in. [3] xvi. 527 [4]pp. Bound in full leather of the period with blind-stamped titling. New endpapers neatly inserted. VERY GOOD. Shows… Read more about this item

G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, in Pall Mall; & C.G.J. & J. Robinson, Pater-Noster Row, 1788. Hardcover. Good/No jacket. First edition. Leatherbound. Covers worn. Marbled endpapers reinforced with library tape. Missing half-title page. Ex-libris from the Brancroft Library. Bookplate inside front cover. Front hinge cracked. Frontispiece and title page foxed, with mild foxing through the rest of… Read more about this item

Basil: J.J. Tourneisen, 1788. 2 vols. xii, (2), 302; (4), 226 pp. Unusual imprint for this standard life of Cook, first published in London in the same year. See Beddie 33. Two volumes bound together in modern full calf with spine label. Very good condition.

London: CF Cock, 21 Fleet St,: Executrix of the Late W Wetton, 1834. A New Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. [HEATH James?] 1757-1834. VG, 1834, 4 pls, New Edition. In black full calf, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge blind stamped to upper cover, corners & edges… Read more about this item

rebound in full no marks,(brown )Leather, new end paper, very good plus condition, some very light foxing..

Dublin: H. Chamberlain, W. Colles, R. Cross, Etc.. Good+. 1788. First Irish Edition. Hardcover. In very worn original leather. The top of the spine is chipped, and the covers are rubbed. The two endpapers are torn (upper 1/2 missing) , and the frontice is missing. On the other hand, the contents are very good +, with very… Read more about this item

1788. KIPPIS, Andrew. The Life of Captain James Cook. London. 1788. xvi,527,[1]pp. Lacks half-title. Frontispiece portrait. Quarto. Modern half calf, spine gilt, and marbled boards. Light old marginal dampstains to prefatory leaves, minor internal foxing. Small closed tears in margins of pp. 55 & 335. Contemporary manuscript notes and an 18th century magazine article relating to Cook bound in… Read more about this item

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New. Published in 1788 by Andrew Kippis (1725-95), this was the first biography of Captain James Cook (1728-79), although several of Cook's colleagues had written memoirs of their service with him. Kippis draws on the official accounts of Cook's voyages and focuses on Cook's professional life and achievements.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

Cambridge University Press, 2012. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 550 pages. 11.60x8.30x1.20 inches.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Published in 1788 by Andrew Kippis (1725–95), this was the first biography of Captain James Cook (1728–79), although several of Cook's colleagues had written memoirs of their service with him. Kippis draws on the official accounts o

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.