Cook John L Captain (6 results)

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).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket.

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.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. 287pp. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some rubbing and edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. 287pp. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some edgewear. Inscribed by the author.

Hardcover. 1st edition. 4to. Leatherbound. This is the first printing, first state, of the famous account of what is now described as 'Cook's First Voyage', although primary credit for the creation of this account is given to John Hawkesworth (who had been commissioned by the Admiralty to edit Capt. Cook's papers). Volume I of our offering ends at page 676, and shows page 139 as numbered 139-360 (as called for in Beddie 648). It contains 18 of the 21 charts and plates called for in this volume, lacking two charts and one plate. Volume II has a tide mark across the top of the first thirdof the text block. Page 189 is misnumbered 191. Old worm hole to margins of pages 119-161. Contains 16 of 22 charts and plates (five folding charts, seven folding plates, and four single page plates). The text is complete in 410 numbered pages. Volume III text commences at page 411 and concludes at page 795. All nine plates and charts are present, including the very large folding chart of New Zealand (Cook was the first to confirm that New Zealand was, in fact, an island). Lack of nine plates/ charts. The text shows foxing, severe on a few pages but, on the whole, the text is perfectly readable and, if professionally restored, the plates and charts would be magnificent. The leather has deteriorated and the boards are loose. charts and engravings (illustrator). …