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Published by Heron Book J.M .Dent & Son
Seller: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Undated. Photograph available on request.
Published by Dorrance, 1973
ISBN 10: 0805919252ISBN 13: 9780805919257
Seller: Bill's Book Shed, Waterville, ME, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. book has corner & edge wear, DJ has holes at the corners & ends of spine with edge wear, author inscription, VG+, ship by MediaMail. Inscribed by Author(s).
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Published by LRB, 2005
Seller: Shore Books, London, United Kingdom
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 44 pages. Sara Roy "A Dubai on the Mediterranean" / Sheila Fitzpatrick "Comrade Pavlik: The Rise and Fall of a Soviet Boy Hero" / Adam Phillips on Edmund White / John Kinsella "Intermitting" (poem) / James Davidson "Captain Cook's Mistake" / Lorraine Daston "Predicting the Weather: Victorians and the Science of Meteorology" / David Garrioch "The Abbe Gregoire and the French Revolution" / D Graham Burnett "Rhumb Lines and Maps Wars: A Social history of the Mercator Projection" / Robin Robertson- poem / Fatema Ahmed "Wodehouse".
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. The story Cook's 25 months in Vietnam as an advisor in the district of Di An, and his work with the Phoenix Program which was designed to destroy the infrastructure, the political organisation of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces. First edition, hardcover, review slip laid in, top page edges soiled, otherwise a Near Fine copy in lightly soiled but otherwise VG+ dustjacket.
Published by KENNETH MASON, EMSWORTH, 1987
ISBN 10: 0859373339ISBN 13: 9780859373333
Seller: booksonlinebrighton, Brighton, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. GARY COOK (illustrator). 1st Edition. Blue boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 185 x 250 mm approx. Landscape format. 264 pp. 8 double page plans on 12 pp, 4 colour plates as called for and many other unspecified b/w illustrations being photo reproductions and detailed line drawings by Gary Cook. First Edition 1987. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Very Good(Book- no previous owner name or insc. mild shelf wear/ soiling to bottom edge of book block. Dust Jacket - Gilt main title to spine and front faded/ rubbed. 1 cm tear to top rear pane, minuscule dot scuff to front panel, else negligible rubbing, non price clipped - cover £ 18.95. No other defects to book or jacket).
Published by Dorrance & Company, Philadelphia, 1973
ISBN 10: 0805919252ISBN 13: 9780805919257
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 287pp. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some rubbing and edgewear.
Reprint of Black's Boys & Girls Library Edition; 8vo; pp. 417, (ii); colour frontispiece, 3 other colour illustrations, other small b/w illustrations throughout text; original full leather binding; red label with title in gilt on spine, leather a little worn; presentation label on front pasted endpaper; a very good copy.
Published by London, A & C Black Ltd,, 1930
Seller: Librería Miau, Sevilla, SEVIL, Spain
8vo. 417 pp. In original decorated cloth binding. Slightly rubbed but still in very good condition.
Published by J. G. Ferguson Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1975
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Fine condition faux red leather boards with elaborately illustrated gold front cover perimeter and spine decorations, gold front cover lettering, and gold spine lettering over a black block border. Includes Editor's Comment and Acknowledgments. Major chapter headings are as follows: Wisdom; Benjamin Franklin; History; Beauty; and Business. "Sometimes it seems almost futile to try to write anything new because it has all been said before - and so well said. Of course, any such defeatism must lead to a dead end of accomplishment in terms of literary effort. Fortunately for the living and those to come, there are many bright new stars on the panel of contemporary writers. They are skillfully telling the story of these eventful days and their words will be read with relish by future generations. In fact, the printed word today is so prolific, and the competition with the book, the magazine and the newspaper is so great, future generations will require anthologies in great number to know what our bright literary stars have said. In this anthology there has bee no effort to be erudite, consistent, unusual or educational. The prime purpose is to amuse by exposing the reader to many things he has read before and may wish to read again. Perhaps that poem he [or she] HAD to learn, to pass freshman English, is here. He may even enjoy rereading it under different auspices. It is not possible to include only those things that appeal to him. If he dislikes poetry in any form, we hope he will please forgive us. Some of us like the "well-turned couplet." On the other hand, there are those who love Shakespeare, but just cannot understand how his hallowed words should appear with some of the more commonplace choices that have arrived in this selection. It takes all kinds you know - and we have tried to select all kinds of literature." - excerpt from Editor's Comment.
Published by Chapman & Grimes, 1937
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. First Edition. Spine,cover and edges shows shelf wear. Front page shows tanning. Pages are clean and intact.
Publication Date: 1810
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United Kingdom
Book
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Engraved By Cook (illustrator). A fine original engraved portrait. Mounted and ready to frame, this is a wonderful opportunity to purchase this splendid portrait. Decorative and attractive.
Published by J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1961
Seller: Makovski Books, Southampton, United Kingdom
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint. No.99 of 'Everyman's Library'. Green/gilt cloth hardback - bumped - in blemished/chipped/creased/slightly edge-torn DJ. xx + 485pp.+ 4pp. entitled: "Everyman's Library - A Selected List, arranged under Authors". Decorated eps. Pale orange to page top edges. A trace of foxing to vertical page edges. Blemish to bottom page edges. Other than DJ, Good.
Published by (Landsdown Slattery & Company), (Mona Vale, NSW), 1978
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Facsimile Reprint. 8vo. Pp. xlii, [3], 4-526. Introduction by F. M. Bladen. Frontis. reprints an engraving of Capt. James Cook. Illustrated with a couple other reproductions, including a fold-out facsimile of a Cook log entry. Tables. Index. Bound in brown cloth, blindstamped decoration on front board, gilt lettering on spine. The top corner of a couple leaves were bumped, leaving small dog-ears, now mellowed. A bright copy. First published in Sydney, 1893. Includes Cook's log for the period, as well as reports from his lieutenants (listed in the as authors, above) as well as an anonymous report. An eminently presentable copy of a handsome book production. Dust jacket is now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
Published by Dorrance & Company, Philadelphia, 1973
ISBN 10: 0805919252ISBN 13: 9780805919257
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 287pp. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some edgewear. Inscribed by the author.
Published by N. Israel Amsterdam / Da Capo,New York, 1968. Bibliotecha Australiana, 1968
Seller: Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, Australia
Small 4to. hardcovers. 362pp,336pp. + indexes. Vol.1: 6 b/w plates, b/w frontis. Vol.2: 1 folded map & 5 b/w plates. Near Fine copies.
Published by Caliban Books, London, 1984
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Edited and Introduced by Christine Holmes. Pp. xxxii+98(last blank) 24 plates, 3 full page maps; small demy 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Caliban Books, London, 1984. First edition thus. *Elliot served as Midshipman on the Resolution with Cook. The section of his journal, first published here, describes his childhood, and his voyage with Cook. The second narrative, by Third Lieutenant Richard Pickersgill, is the first publication of the complete transcript of an unfinished journal, two sections of which were previously published in Beaglehole's edition of Cook's Resolution journal.
Published by Chapman & Grimes, 1937
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed by author. Bound in publisher's cloth. Minor shelf wear. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 2 preliminary leaves, 3-4 pages, 2 leaves, 7-314 pages, frontispiece, plates, portraits. Maps on lining papers. Corner clipped from end page. Signed.
Published by Boston: Chapman & Grimes, 1937
Seller: Trilby & Co. Books, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 314 pages. Affixed to the second endpaper is a print of Capt. Cook and underneath the print it is SIGNED Capt John A Cook. The book is also inscribed and SIGNED by Samson S. Pederson on and beneath a print of him which is affixed to the half title page (following the title, preface, and illustration pages). The volume is edge rubbed, with bumped corners (faintly exposed) and lightly frayed spine ends. The top page corners are bumped and there is light overall toning. 18 pages of illustrations including the one for page 354 (see above page count) which is actually on page 254. Signed.
Published by N. Israel Amsterdam / Da Capo,New York, 1968. Bibliotecha Australiana, 1968
Seller: Dial-A-Book, NARRABEEN, NSW, Australia
Small 4to. hardcovers 539pp, 531pp. + index. Charts & Plates includes b/w maps & illus & one folding map. Near fine copies, light foxing to outer page edges of Charts & plates volume.
Condition: Very Good. This fascinating engraving is from Captain James Cook & John Hawkesworth's Relation des Voyages entrepris par ordre de Sa Majesté Britannique. Or A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, In the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. In which is included Captain Furneaux's Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships. The work was published in Paris by Hotel de Thou from 1778 to 1785. It is an account of Cook's second voyage on which he was directed to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible to search for any southern continent. "The famous accounts of Captain Cook's three voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was really the first scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge." (Hill) "Cook earned his place in history by opening up the Pacific to western civilization and by the foundation of British Australia. The world was given for the first time an essentially complete knowledge of the Pacific Ocean and Australia, and Cook proved once and for all that there was no great southern continent, as had always been believed. He also suggested the existence of antarctic land in the southern ice ring, a fact which was not proved until the explorations of the nineteenth century." (Printing and the Mind of Man p.135) "The success of Cook's first voyage led the Admiralty to send him on a second expedition, which was to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search of any southern continents . The men of this expedition became the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. Further visits were made to New Zealand, and on two great sweeps Cook made an astonishing series of discoveries and rediscoveries including Easter Island, the Marquesas, Tahiti and the Society Islands, Niue, the Tonga Islands, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, and a number of smaller islands. Rounding Cape Horn, on the last part of the voyage, Cook discovered and charted South Georgia, after which he called at Cape Town, St. Helena and Ascension, and the Azores . This voyage produced a vast amount of information concerning the Pacific peoples and islands, proved the value of the chronometer as an aid to finding longitude, and improved techniques for preventing scurvy." (Hill p.123) 20 1/2" by 10 1/4.
Published by Chapman & Grimes, Boston, MA, 1937
Seller: Osee H. Brady, Books, Assonet, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Smaller 8vo. 8" x 5 1/2". Dark blue cloth with bright orange cover and spine printing. Mount Vernon Press, Boston, MA. (1937). 314p. Black and white photo frontis plus 15 other pages black and white photo illustrations (some pages have 2 photos). Misprint to "List of Illustrations" photo page #354 (should be 254). Few grey spots on fore edge; pages uniformly age tonned; else contents clean and tight. One page dog earred. Spine cloth little darkened, else blue cloth covers VG, clean and bright. Printed map/sketch of the Arctic to front eps. Signed and Inscribed on half title page by both authors. "To our esteeemed friend This book is dedicated by the Author Capt John A Cook .Sampson S Pederson.Coral Gables, Florida.Sept 15, 1937". Further details upon request. Signed by Both Authors.
Published by The International News Company, New York, 1925
Book First Edition
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Very Good. Somerfield, T.; Drigin, Serge; Sutcliffe, Norman; Holloway, Cyril; Cameron, John; Hiley, F.E.; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth (illustrator). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi (priest) and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated article on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer, H.W. Millard, G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas, only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there, the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith, a young soldier in the American Army, stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners, customs, and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga, or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua, with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter, formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos, thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville, Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.
Published by Ward Lock, London, 1877
Seller: Tinakori Books, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Book
Original Pictorial Cloth. Condition: Nearly Very Good. John Proctor (illustrator). xvi, 344 pages, 54 steel plate engravings and many woodcuts. Spine ends and corners a little rubbed, endpapers split in gutters but binding very firm. Covers clean with strong colours. Occasional interesting pencil annotations (from an expert!!) A much extended edition with chapters on all aspects of the game including manufacturers of tables, balls, etc. Also a bibliography of works on Billiards. A very desirable book on billiards.
Published by W. Strahan and T. Cadell, London, 1785
Seller: Muir Books -Robert Muir Old & Rare Books - ANZAAB/ILAB, PERTH, WA, Australia
Full Calf. William Bryne and George Stubbs (after) (illustrator). 3rd edition. 3rd ed. (first octavo edition), two volumes (of four). Vol.III: pp.(viii), 416, five fold engraved plates, closed tear along upper fold and tape remains to rear of 'Endeavour' plate, some darkening to folds, light off-setting opp. plates, lacking r.f.e.p. Vol.IV: pp.(vi), 429, (ii, publisher's adverts), two engraved folding plates, lacking r.f.e.p. and creased f.f.e.p., water-staining to edges of prelims, t.p. and contents, not affecting text. Prev owner's ink signature and date to f.f.e.p. of both volumes, "George Mundy, Sept. 19th, 1790" (1792 in other volume) with his contemporary book-plates (G.M.) to front paste-down in each volume. Both volumes full calf, cnrs and edges rubbed, spine worn, green and red titled leather labels to each volume. Engraved folding plates in volume four, "A View of Endeavour River on the Coast of New Holland" and "The Kanguroo, an animal found on the Coast of New Holland". Very good and generally clean condn, the two volumes complete with all plates. First English octavo edition, volumes 3 and 4 only, with the two folding plates, "A View of Endeavour River"on the Coast of New Holland" and "The Kanguroo". Beddie 665.
Published by Dublin, 1781
Seller: Bruce Marshall Rare Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dublin, 1781, Contemporary calf gilt,rebacked, with a folding engraved map and 5 engraved plates, one folding which is the first representation of Hawaii. The first Dublin edition of the first published account of Cook s last voyage, preceding the authorized version by three years. This work is attributed to Lieutenant John Rickman, who served as second lieutenant on the Discovery , Charles Clerk, Commander. This is the first full account in English of Cook s third voyage and has an important description of the death of Cook in Hawaii.It was first published in 1781, three years before the official account. This anonymous journal, of Captain Cook s third voyage, was once believed to have been written by John Ledyard, who had actually made liberal use of Lieutenant Rickman s account; hence the confusion. This narrative anticipated the government s authorized account by two years. All the journals kept on board were claimed by the Admiralty, thus the author remained strictly anonymous. The text, especially as regards details of Cook s death, differs considerably from other accounts. Hill Hill, 1453; Holmes 53; Howes R276; Streeter 3474.
Published by Price, Whitestone, Chamberlain, et al., Dublin, 1781
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Dublin edition. First Dublin edition. Complete with 5 engraved plates (including frontispiece plate of the Death of Cook) and large folding map. [4], xlvii, [1], 396 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First Dublin edition. The first Dublin edition of the first full account in English of Cook's third and final voyage. Rickman was a second lieutenant aboard the Discovery. "It provides an important supplement to the official account of the Third Voyage published in 1784" (Forbes). Howes R-276, "aa"; Forbes 36; Wickersham 6555a; Davidson, p 64; Kroepelien 1078; Beddie 1608 Contemporary calf rebacked to style, marbled endpapers. Occasional spotting and dustsoiling, better than very good Complete with 5 engraved plates (including frontispiece plate of the Death of Cook) and large folding map. [4], xlvii, [1], 396 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
Published by 1774, 1774
Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB), Stockholm, Sweden
First Edition
4to. Pp. (iv), iv, (ii), v-xvi, xxxii, 388 with 16 folding engraved maps and plates; pp. (vi), 536 and 16 engraved maps and plates, of which many folding; pp. (vi), 394, (1) and 17 engraved maps and plates, mostly folding; pp. viii, (ii), 367, (1) and 3 folding engraved maps and plates. A few plates with small tears at fold and one leaf in volume four (pp. 359/60) reinforced at outer margin without loss of text. Contemporary full calf, spines with five raised bands, decorated in gilt and with title labels, worn. Extremities rubbed, hinges weak and cracked (volume four upper board detached), and first volume's title label vanished. Occasionally some browning but overall a good copy. First French edition of this early important compilation of British maritime expeditions, edited by Hawkesworth, translated from the original English published in the previous year. Includes the first official account of Cook's first voyage during which he visited Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus across the disk of the sun, discovered the Society Islands, explored and surveyed New Zealand, and the eastern coast of Australia, naming it New South Wales. Other voyages included are: Byron's voyage to the Gilbert Islands, Wallace's discovery of Tahiti and Moorea, and Carteret's discovery of Pitcairn Island. The beautiful plates depict sea views, landscapes and natives. The maps show the new discoveries in the Pacific and the different routes of the ships. Many new areas were charted and several islands and coastlines were recorded for the first time. Borba de Moraes 395. Cf Hill 783. Sabin 30940.
Published by W. Strahan and T. Cadell, London, 1773
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: VG-. First Edition. Cook's First Voyage. 3 vols. 4to. modern full black leather gilt, blindstamped raised bands (new endpapers, some toning and marking, bound without half-titles, leaf edges a little thumbed, occ. misfolding to plans and charts, marginal tear to final leaf with only slight loss, occ. pencil marginalia, else generally clean and neat); pp. [xii (last blank)], xxxvi, [iv ('Directions for Placing the Cuts and Charts', last blank), 1-39, 360-676, with folding frontispiece + 19 other views, charts and plates (many folding, lacks 'Chart of the Streight of Magellan', as is usual in the first edition); xvi (last errata), 1-410 (last blank), with 21 views, charts and plates (lacks 'Chart of Cook's Streight in New Zealand'); vi (last errata), 411-800 (last blank), with 9 views, charts and plates; Very heavy set (7 kg), additional postage may be required for international and domestic delivery. A very good copy in a new binding. (Holmes, 3). Ex-libris Charles Scobie (ANARE, Macquarie Island, 1948), with his ownership signature dated 19-9-41 to first volume and his occasional pencil marginalia.
Published by W. Strahan and T. Cadell, London, 1785
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Third edition. Third edition. Large folding general chart of the expedition, folding chart of the Island of Otaheite, and 9 folding plates. [lvi], 362; [10], 447; [8], 416; [6], 429, [3] pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Cook's first voyage. Third edition of this chronicle of important English south-seas expeditions, including Cook's monumental first voyage, which is covered in volumes 2-4. The aim of Cook's first voyage was to sail to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus; having done so Cook left Tahiti and discovered the Society Islands, explored New Zealand at great length, as well as the eastern coast of Australia, which he charted for 2,000 miles and named New South Wales. The expedition lasted from 1768-1771 and resulted in the annexation of both Australia and New Zealand by Britain, won Cook fame, and led to his two subsequent voyages. Beddie 665; ESTC T165111 Modern calf over marbled paper boards. Occasional foxing and minor offset, a very clean copy Large folding general chart of the expedition, folding chart of the Island of Otaheite, and 9 folding plates. [lvi], 362; [10], 447; [8], 416; [6], 429, [3] pp. 4 vols. 8vo.