King Captain James (23 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. Limited First edition; one of 650 copies prinited; blue stapled wraps; uncut pages, unpaginated.

Condition: Very Good. 11 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 17 x 24 cms. Category: Mariner's Mirror; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1784, First Octavo Edition. Four volumes in full leather burnings, rebacked, with new headbands, gilt lettering to spines. General wear to exteriors, as shown, with marks and scuffs. Volume one rear joint slightly cracking at bottom of joint, volume three front joint cracked and board loosened. Later endpapers in all volumes. Half titles present. Pages are complete with a total of 52 plates, including one frontispiece, 2 folding charts, and 1 folding plate (death of captain cook), all as called for. Light age toning and a few little marks or spots here and there, otherwise pages are generally clean, as shown. Vol. I - viii, v-xii, 370pp, frontispiece, 1 folding chart, 17 plates, Vol. II - xii, 359pp, 12 plates, Vol. III - xii, 400pp, 17 plates (2 folding), Vol. IV - xii, 310pp, [62], 4 plates.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition; lacking the Atlas volume of plates as is common. This set from the library of John Angerstein; Angerstein's estate was purchased by King George IV and Prime Minister Lord Liverpool to found the National Gallery. Volume I is illustrated with five folding plates and two plates besides; volume II with six folding plates and five plates besides; volume III with four folding plates (incl. a folding table) and three plates besides, as well as with one leaf of publisher's advertisements bound to rear. Bound in contemporary full speckled calf. Gilt spine labels and bands to each volume. The joints are particularly worn and tired, with the cords exposed and losses along the joints; there are losses at the spine ends similarly exposing the headbands and tailbands, and the extremities are rather bumped and rubbed. There are spots and marks throughout, including a large damp splash mark to the front board of volume I. Bookplate of John Angerstein to each front pastedown. Bindings are generally firm throughout, bar straining to the hinges after the endpapers, occasionally with cords visible. The pages have occasional spots, but are generally very bright, bar minor offsetting to leaves opposite engraved plates. An important first edition documenting Captain Cook's final voyage, before his death in Hawaii.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. THIRD EDITION, * A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World, Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, Two Volumes, Published, 1779 *. * A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. undertaking by the Command of His Majesty, 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, Three Volumes, Third Edition, Published,1785 *. FIVE VOLUMES QUARTO AND FOLIO ATLAS. TOGETHER SIX VOLUMES. Text volumes complete, with the required plates, Frontispiece portrait of 'Cook', lower margin shaved, sporadic light spotting, Handsomely uniformly bound 19th polished calf, gilt, triple leather titles, gilt ruled, later bookplate. Atlas Volume. 'Atlas Folio', complete, containing the Two large Charts and the 61 engraved plates [light spotting, occasional light soiling].[Three of the plates are margin trimmed, housed loose within the atlas with library stamp]. Contemporary half calf, rebacked, marbled boards. Together Excellent.…

The atlas of Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861) with dark early impressions. Currer was an eminent book collector, with a reputation for books in fine condition, and is often described as 'the head of all female collectors in Europe' (ODNB). The second edition text is completely reset, and the title pages are embellished with the Royal Society Medal. It is considered be be typographically superior to, and printed on better paper than the first edition. 'The official publication of Captain Cook's Third Voyage, and arguably the single most important book on the Hawaiian Islands, this documents all aspects of Hawaiian culture at the point of discovery by Europeans. It is a magnificent summation of all the public and private journals, logs, drawings, and other observations made during the course of the voyage and is as an important a record of the exploration of the North Pacific as Cook's first two voyages had been for the South Pacific. It is in fact one of the most important English books published in the last quarter of the eighteenth century' (Forbes). Cook's third and final voyage was an expedition in search of the Northwest Passage with a remarkable crew including William Bligh, George Vancouver, and James Burney. After calling at Tasmania and New Zealand Cook sailed north, discovering Christmas Island and the Sandwich Islands, later to be named the Hawaiian Islands. Cook charted the American west coast from Northern California through the Bering Strait before being stopped by pack ice at latitude 70° 44'. It was whilst wintering over at Hawaii that he was killed in a fracas with natives over a boat. Second edition; 4 vols: atlas folio (supplied) with 63 engraved plates & charts (2 large folding) & 3 vols 4to text with, 24 engraved plates & charts, some folding, folding letterpress table, some occasional light toning to plates, bookplates to pastedown and endpaper of atlas; (text) contemporary polished calf boards gilt ruled with gilt roll to turn-ins, spine gilt flat, joints restored, (atlas) half calf to style, marbled boards, a very good set. Provenance: Frances Mary Richardson Currer (bookplate); F.A. Barrett (bookplate); Carl Wendell Carlsmith (bookplate). Beddie 1552; Forbes 85; Hill 361; Holmes 47; cf. Lada-Mocarski 37; Sabin 16250.…

Finely bound example of Cook's Third Voyage, "one of the most important English books published in the last quarter of the eighteenth century. considered typographically superior to the first edition" (Forbes). Quarto, three volumes bound in three quarter morocco over marbled boards by Bayntun with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, nautical gilt stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, engraved medallion vignette to each title page, illustrated with engraved maps and charts (mostly folding), folding letterpress table, without 63 of the plates that the publisher instructed booksellers to issue separately in a folio volume (not present). Beddie, Mitchell Library 650, 1216, 1543; Forbes 62; Hill 782, 358, 361; Holmes 5, 24, 47; PMM 223; Rosove 77.A2; Sabin 30934, 16245, 16250. Second edition. In near fine condition. An attractive example of this important work, which significantly advanced European understanding of the geography and peoples of the Pacific. For his last Voyage, Cook was ordered to seek a North-West Passage and to return Omai to Tahiti. From Cape Horn they sailed to the Kerguelens (named Desolation Island by Cook), Tasmania, and New Zealand, charting and mapping all the way, then north, discovering the Hawaiian Islands (which Cook considered his most valuable discovery) and Christmas Island. Cook charted the American West Coast from Northern California through the Bering Strait to 70 deg. 44â N. He returned to Hawaii for the winter and was killed in an "unhappy skirmish" with the natives over a boat. Also on board were James Burney, William Bligh, James Colnett, and George Vancouver, who all made their own great contributions to navigation and discovery. The present work resulting from their voyage is âarguably the single most important book on the hawaiian islands, that documents all aspects of Hawaiian culture at the point of discovery by Europeans⦠and is in fact one of the most important English books published in the last quarter of the eighteenth centuryâ (Forbes). âCook 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 centuryâ (PMM).…

Condition: Acceptable. Three volumes: Volumes II, III and IV (lacking volume I; was originally a 4 volume set). 1784. Octavo. All volumes are bound in matching brown leather. Gilt decoration and lettering to spines with red and green leather backstrip labels. Marbled endpapers. Some wear and cracking to bindings, especially on the spines and hinges; front board and endpapers are detached on the 4th volume. Pages are mostly clean with some scattered foxing; some discolouration to outer edges. Woodcut illustrations throughout including a fold-out map and fold-out illustration. "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken by Command of his Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere : Performed un 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. Written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. and Captain James King, LL.D. and F.R.S. Illusrated with cuts. London: Printed for John Stockda.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. [Cook's Voyages, extra illustrated] An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern hemisphere : and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, esq. Overall Condition: VERY GOOD+ IMPORTANCE & SCARCITY First Dublin Edition in beautiful fine binding with multiple plates added from a later printing. This is the only Dublin edition I see for sale with ANY illustrations. The first Dublin edition did not have plates in its 3 octavo volumes but rather a fourth Quarto--VERY SCARCE--Atlas volume containing 52 plates. The first Dublin edition was printed at the same time as the first English edition. BOOK INFO Published by A. Leathley, et al. in Dublin in 1773. First Dublin edition, first printing. Textually complete in three volumes. Without the VERY SCARCE fourth Atlas Volume of illustrations. Rebound circa 1810 in beautiful, dark forest green fine full morocco binding: single ornamental gilt fillet paneling; five gilt-patterned raised spine bands with compartments tooled with gilt emblems and lettering; all edges stained a dark blue-green; gilt dentelles; pale yellow endpapers. Octavo. 8" x 5.25." Each volume collated and complete, including original blanks and publisher ads (at the end of volume 3). Refreshed endpapers. With six added plates - three foldout and three one-page. ABOUT THE AUTHOR/EDITOR John Hawkesworth LLD (c. 1715 - November 1773) was an English writer and book editor. He was commissioned by the Admiralty to edit Captain James Cook's papers relative to his first voyage. For this work, "An Account of the Voyages undertaken," Hawkesworth is said to have received from the publishers the sum of 6000 pounds, an unprecedented amount at the time. An Account of the Voyages would go on to become one of the most popular travel books of the eighteenth century. Hawkesworth, an eminent London author, was chosen by Lord Sandwich and commissioned by the Admiralty to prepare these narratives for publication. He was expected to add polish to the rough narratives of sea men and to present the accounts in a style befitting the status of the voyages as official government expeditions, intended to embellish England's prestige as a maritime power. Although the book was a huge success, fast becoming a best-seller, it was disastrous for its editor. He was publicly attacked on three different counts: by the captains for tampering with the texts of their journals, by prudish readers for reprinting descriptions of the sexual freedoms of the South Sea islanders, and by devout churchmen for impiety in the general introduction to the work. CONDITION REPORT Exterior is NEAR FINE for a 215-year-old binding. Square spines, firm hinges and joints, fairly sharp corners, tight pages. Boards are colorful, supple, glossy and unfaded or soiled. Spine tips unrubbed. Light rubbing to the edges, corners and spines. Rubbed boards. Gilt work intact and glossy. Stained edges in great condition. Quite beautiful! The Interioris VG+ Refreshed endpapers. Former owner's bookplate dated April 1810 on front pastedown of each volume. Offsetting from dentelles onto FFEPs and from the inserted plates onto adjacent pages. Embossed stamp of "Fort Frederic, Virginia, Co. Cavan" on title page and a few other pages of Volume I. No writing, damp staining or worming. Pages range from clear and bright white to lightly toned and sometimes a bit darker. Light foxing overall with occasional areas of heavier foxing. Some light signs of handling - a small margin tear or two, a few smudges and ink stains, a few slightly bent page corner tips. Overall, the highest graded and most complete copy I see for sale of this uncommon first Dublin edition, and in the finest binding. No other copy with plates. A beautiful collectible set.…

8 Volumes, 4to; Atlas, folio. Vols: (11 1/4 x 9 inches). Atlas: (22 x 16 inches). Contemporary tan calf paneled with gold floral tooling, spines elaborately decorated with gilt foliate in six compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece in second compartment with brown letter-piece in third compartment giving the years covered in each volume in gilt. Atlas bound to matching style in half-calf with contemporary marbled paper boards, spine in seven compartments with red morocco lettering-piece in second compartment and brown morocco lettering-piece in third compartment Provenance: Bookplates of Rev. William Goodall, Samuel Alexander Cooke, and G. N. R. A magnificent complete set of Cook's three voyages in eight volumes with very fine uniform original full calf bindings, paired with an unusually fine atlas. "Captain Cook's three great voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was the first really scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge." (Hill) The set comprises: An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. Vols. I-III. London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1773. Three volumes. Second edition. Vol. I: [12] [i]-xxxvi [12] [1]-456. 21 cuts. 516 pp. Title, Dedication, Contents, Introduction, Nautical Terms, Cuts Description, Cuts Placement, Preface, Byron, Wallis, Carteret, Compass Table. Vol. II: [i]-xiv [1]-410. 22 cuts. 424 pp. Title, Contents, Introduction, Cook's Voyage. Vol. III: [1]-395. 8 cuts. 395 pp. Title, Contents, Cook's Voyage. 51 engravings, folded maps, and charts. A classic work of exploration, this is the official account of Cook's first voyage commanding the Endeavour, edited from his journal by Hawkesworth. It also contains the official accounts of the voyages of Commodore John Byron (1723-1786), Captain Samuel Wallis (1728-1795), and Captain Philip Carteret (1733-1796). Cook herein travels to Tahiti where he observed the Transit of Venus, then mapped New Zealand and the east coast of Australia. [With] 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. Vols.I-II. London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand. 1784. Two volumes. Fourth edition. Vol. I: [i]-xl [1]-378. 37 engraved plates. 418 pp. Frontispiece portrait by J. Basire after William Hodges, Title, Contents, Introduction, Plate List, Voyage Towards the South Pole. Vol. II: [8] [1]-396. 27 engraved plates. 404 pp. Title, Contents, Advertisement, A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Around the World. 64 engraved plates of maps, portraits, and views, many of which folding. "The voyage where Cook proved there was no 'Terra Australis' which supposedly lay between New Zealand and South America and was the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. This voyage produced a vast amount of information concerning the Pacific peoples and islands, proved the value of the chronometer as an aid in finding longitude, and improved techniques for preserving scurvy, in addition to the aforementioned discoveries." (Hill). [With:] 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 His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Vols. I-III and Atlas. London: Printed by H. Hughs; for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785. In three volumes 4to with an atlas folio. Second Edition. Vol. I: [10] [i]-xcvi [1]-421. 7 engraved plates with the rest in the Atlas. 528 pp. Title, Contents, Introduction, To the Memory of Captain James Cook, List of the Plates with Directions for Placing Them, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Vol. II: [14] [1]-548. 11 engraved plates with rest in Atlas. 562 pp. Title, Contents, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Vol. III: [14] [1]-556. 6 engraved plates with the rest in the Atlas. 570 pp. Title, Contents, Appendix, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, Appendices I-VII. Atlas: 63 engraved plates including 2 fold-out maps. Cook's third and final voyage was a search for the Northwest Passage, during which he anchored in Hawaii, explored the Alaskan coast, the Bering Strait, and the Arctic Circle. On his southerly return, Cook was killed in Hawaii. The expedition was then taken over by Charles Clerke, and following Clerke's death, John Gore. While en transit back to the UK, the voyagers sighted Japan, anchored in China, and circled the Cape of Good Hope. Provenance: William Goodall (1757-1844), Lord of the manor, Dinton Hall, Buckinghamshire, and an English artist known for his detailed watercolor illustrations of birds and animals. Beddie 648-50, 1216-7, 1543, 1552. Forbes, Hawaiian National Bibliography, 62, 85. Hill 358, 361, 782-3. Holmes 5, 24, 47A. Howes C729a. Howgego I C174. Jenks, The Great Events, Vol XVII, p.238. Kroepelien, 535. Lada-Mocarski 37. Mitchell Library, Cook, 648. O'Reilly, Tahiti, 433. Printing and the Mind of Man 223 (Second voyage). Rosove 77 (Second voyage). Sabin 16245, 16250, 30934. Spence 314.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 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.…

4 volumes (text: 3 volumes, 4to [12 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches];atlas: 1 volume, folio [23 1/2 x 17 inches]). Text: engraved medallion vignettes on titles, 1 folding letterpress table. Atlas: 87 engraved plates, plans, maps and charts (1 folding, 1 double-page, and including the 24 small format plates usually found in the text, here on unfolded full sheets. Extra-illustrated, with very rare (and possibly unique) impressions of the 24 engraved plates on wove paper watermarked 1801, bound into the text. Original paper-covered boards, expertly rebacked to style with contemporary brown paper. All contained within dark blue morocco-backed boxes. A fine unsophisticated set of the third edition of the third voyage, with the plates in their most desirable form: all the plates usually found in the text volumes are here bound unfolded and uncut, in the atlas volume. In addition, this set extra-illustrated with a duplicate set of those plates, being unrecorded 1801 impressions on wove paper. "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 . Cook's third voyage was organized to seek the Northwest Passage and to return [the islander] Omai to Tahiti. Officers of the crew included William Bligh, James Burney, James Colnett, and George Vancouver. John Webber was appointed artist to the expedition. After calling at Kerguelen Island, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Cook, Tonga, and Society Islands, the expedition sailed north and discovered Christmas Island and the Hawaiian Islands, which Cook named the Sandwich Islands. Cook charted the American west coast from Northern California through the Bering Strait as far north as latitude 70 degrees 44 minutes before he was stopped by pack ice. He returned to Hawaii for the winter and was killed in an unhappy skirmish with the natives over a boat. Charles Clarke took command and after he died six months later, the ships returned to England under John Gore. Despite hostilities with the United States and France, the scientific nature of this expedition caused the various governments to exempt these vessels from capture. The voyage resulted in what Cook judged his most valuable discovery - the Hawaiian Islands" (Hill). The typography of the third edition is similar to the second edition, which is generally considered superior to the first: Hughs took over the printing from Strahan and re-set all the text). In addition the third edition includes the first appearance of William Wales's "A Defence of the Arguments advanced, in the introduction to Captain Cook's last Voyage, against the existence of Cape Circumcision" (vol.III, pp.557-564). This fine set in boards comprises the rarest and most desirable form of the third voyage, with the 24 plates intended for the text volumes to be bound uncut and unfolded into the atlas. Thus plates which are generally severely trimmed close or into the image to fit into the text, are here on full sheets with wide margins. An early owner of this set, however, has extra-illustrated his text with early 19th century impressions of those plates. This issue of the duplicate set of plates appears unrecorded, being on wove paper watermarked 1801. That the plates were added is confirmed by the fact that the plates are tipped-in, rather than sewn or guarded into the text. Cf. Beddie 1543; cf. Forbes Hawaiian National Bibliography, 62; cf. Lada-Mocarski 37; cf. Printing and the Mind of Man 223; cf. Sabin 16250.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj as Issued. 1st American Edition. a rare 1st American edition of Captain Cook's 3 Voyages around the world, the in 4 volumes, the first 3 volumes are original in the original full calf and the fourth volume compiled after the Death of Cook, is a substitute volume covering the end of the voyages. issued in Philadelphia, circa 1818. again full calf and complete with all the copper engravings and maps, note the death of Cook fold out plate is repaired and there some hand water color on some plates. Captain Cook (illustrator).…

, in 3 volumes (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 Cooke Clerke and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the Years 1776 1777 1778 1779 and 1780), 2 plates with titles (Vol I engraved frontispiece portrait, folding Table of Numerals), armorial bookplate to each volume New Edition , some wear to all volumes, bumping to corners, splits to joints and boards loosely held in places, chipping to spine edges, vertical split to spine of Vol III, very slight splitting to hinges, small section missing upper free endpaper Vol I, marking to endpapers, interiors in good condition, exteriors in fair condition , full calf, gilt decorative border to boards, gilt decoration and rules with titles on labels to spines, blindstamped decorative turn-ins, green edges, octavo, 22 x 13.5 cms Hardback ISBN.…

Hardcover. 1st edition. 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 numbered pages xci to xcvi (see above). Some of the illustrations are foxed. This volume lacks three charts (nos. I and VI from vol. I, and no. XXXVI from vol. II). There is foxing (off-setting, really) on the pages facing the plates and charts, and occasional marginal foxing to the text, but the latter is hardly untoward. Beddie, Bibliography of Captain James Cook (BCJC) 1543, Streeter 3478. Sabin 16250, Howes 729a, Sotheby's London sale 11/21/91 lot #377 (three vols only). charts, engravings (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 3 volume set in uniform contemporary full calf, with gilt titles to spine labels - including Vol. III, IV & V to spines. This was previously paired with another separate work by Cook, with all 5 volumes bound in uniform bindings to create a larger set by a previous owner. 2nd edition 1785. 4to. Complete with 24 engraved plates, maps and charts. Volume 1: (x), xcvi, 421pp. 7 plates and charts. Volume 2: (xiv), 548pp. 11 plates and charts. Volume 3: (xiv), 556pp. 6 plates and charts. Bindings rubbed and cracked, heraldic bookplate of Benjamin Clay on front free end-papers in each volume. Lacking the Atlas volume printed to accompany these volumes. A rather splendid set. A heavy set, additional postage will be required for tracked orders outside the UK. (q34).…

Full-Leather. Condition: G - VG. This four volume set is the first octavo (5 1/4" x 8 1/4") edition of the voyage, published in 1784 also being a copious, comprehensive, and satisfactory abridgement of the voyage. It contains 50 plates of which two are fold out (one a map of Karakakoo Bay/Chart of the Sandwich Islands and the other the death of Capt. Cook) plus one frontispiece per the binder's instruction. However, also listed is a General Chart (map) of the Three Voyages to follow the introduction which was not included in this set. As I understand it, the books were put together quickly because of strong demand and some of plates might be missing in some copies which I believe has happened to this map plate for it shows no evidence of plate being removed. Volume 4 contains the List of Plates and Subscription List at rear. The full original calf covers are worn, but all are tight and intact. Each of the volume's spines have red labels with faint gilt title & gilt bands. Volume 1 has been professionally restored in regard to front and back covers being reattached, Volumes 2 - 4 have spine hinges slightly beginning but are still tight. The text and plates for all volumes are generally clean with scattered light toning to some pages. This is the third and last voyage of Captain Cook, in which he searched for the Northwest Passage and discovered the Sandwich (Hawaiian) Islands where he met his demise. Overall condition is good to very good. It is unusual to find a complete set of the first edition, and even more so to find them in their original binding. Plus, the volumes are in nice clean condition. A rare item.…

Being a copious, comprehensive, and satisfactory Abridgement of the Voyage written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. and Captain James King, LL.D and F.R.S. Illustrated with Cuts. In Four Volumes: textblocks all four volumes in very good condition, though age toned and with some foxing and offsetting (esp. at cuts); cuts closely trimmed in the binding process; former owner's bookplate on ffep; leather covered board bindings all four volumes dilapidated (boards loose, spines gone); set needs to be re-backed or preferably rebound; Vol. I with 370 pages, plus; vol. II with 359 pages, plus; vol. III with 400 pages, plus; vol. IV with 310 pages, plus; illustrated with engraved cuts, all of which are present in good condition (closely trimmed); all maps called for present (large fold-out in vol. I has three inch tear at joint) in good condition; index, subscribers, directions to binder and 2 pages of adverts in vol. IV. once re-backed or rebound, a better looking example of this classic imprint will be hard to find; priced to reflect the binding faults.…

Condition: Very Good. Print for cook's third voyage. Print measures 38x23, plus margin. Lightly dust marked, small pinhole Print on good clean condition.

Condition: Very Good. Print from Cook's third voyage. Print measures 38,5x22.5.cm, plus margin. Some light dust marking, mainly to margin. Print in good clean condition.

Condition: Very Good. Print from Cook's third voyage. Measures 39x22.cm, plus margin. Light stain mark on margin, light dust marking. Print in good clean condition.

Set of Cook's three voyages, with the plates and maps bound separately in three atlas volumes Second, third, and second editions. 8 quarto volumes, of text (first and second voyages: 290 by 230mm), (third voyage: 235 by 300mm), 3 folio atlases, (1st voyage: 455 by 280mm), (second voyage: 480 by 310mm), (third voyage: 545 by 400mm); 180 charts and plates, including Bartolozzi and Byrne's 'The Death of Captain Cook' (1785); uniformly (not identically) bound in full eighteenth century tree calf, spines elaborately gilt, with double red and green lettering-pieces. An excellent set of Cook's three voyages with three separate atlases. Cook (1728-1779) was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and despatched by the Admiralty at the insistence of the Royal Society to observe the 1769 transit of Venus across the face of the sun and to seek out the much discussed southern continent. Accompanying Cook were Joseph Banks (from the Royal Society), the Swedish naturalist Dr. Daniel Carl Solander and the artist Sydney Parkinson. Sailing via Madeira and Tierra del Fuego Tahiti was reached in April 1769 where the transit was successfully recorded in June of that year. From Tahiti Cook sailed to the South Pacific in search of the new continent, first striking the Society Islands, before reaching New Zealand, whose coast he surveyed. From thence Cook proceeded to New Holland surveying the whole East Coast, before returning home via Batavia, proving once and for all the New Guinea was not a part of Australia, a fact first shown by Torres in 1607. He finally reached England in 1771, anchoring off the Downs on 12th June, having lost one third of his crew. In July of the following year Cook, now promoted to the rank of Commander, set out once more for the southern Pacific in the Resolution with the Adventure. This voyage was particularly important since Cook made the first crossing of the Antarctic Circle and finally determined once and for all that the Southern Continent did not exist. In addition Cook secured the medal of the Royal Society by successfully irradicating scurvy through diet and better hygiene. Only three shipboard deaths (all resulting from accidents) were recorded on this voyage - a dramatic reduction from the one third who died on his first voyage. Cook's third voyage began in July 1776 and concentrated on the North Pacific, resulting in the discovery of Hawaii, which Cook considered to be his greatest feat. In addition the theory of a Northern passage connecting the Pacific to the Atlantic was also disproved. With him travelled George Vancouver who later charted the North West Coast of America and also the artist John Webber who provided Europe with many images of the Pacific. Cook however was killed on 14th February, 1779 in a shoreline skirmish. The tragic event is illustrated in Bartolozzi and Byrne's iconic separately published engraving, 'The Death of Captain Cook' (1785), included here, after the original painting by Webber. Captain King subsequently took over command of the expedition, which returned to England in 1780. Provenance: With the engraved armorial bookplates of Alexander Speirs of Eldersley. Literature: Beddie, 'Bibliography of Captain James Cook', 650, 1216, 1552; Hill, 'The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages', 783, 358, 361.…