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Published by Libraries Board of South Australia, Adelaide, 1968
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
Hardback. Facsimile Edition. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good+ condition. Cream cloth boards, green title patch to spine. Australiana Facsimile Editions No 188. Black & white plates and facsimile documents (2) & fold-out maps and charts. An excellent copy. 400 pages. The first voyage of James Cook was a combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific Ocean aboard HMS Endeavour, from 1768 to 1771. It was the first of three Pacific voyages of which Cook was the commander. The aims of this first expedition were to observe the 1769 transit of Venus across the Sun (3 - 4 June of that year), and to seek evidence of the postulated Terra Australis Incognita or "unknown southern land". Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.
Published by Elliot Stock, London, 1893
Cloth. Condition: Near Very Good. Book measures 27x20.cm. lvi, 400pp, portrait frontis, 6 maps, 2 facsimiles, 2 plates, [ LACKING ONE MAP FROM POCKET ]. Bound in original publishers green cloth, with gilt lines and lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed, abrasion wear on edges, corners. Generally binding in good clean condition. Internally, hinge joints starting to split, slightly loose, some spotting, browning. Pages and maps in good clean condition. A good copy. Size: Small Quarto.
Published by Elliot Stock, London, 1893
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Wharton edition. First Wharton edition. Frontispiece portrait, 4 folding map and charts, 4 plates including two manuscript facsimiles, 3 folding maps in pocket at rear as issued. lvi, 400 pp. 4to. Beddie 683. Provenance: W.K. Bixby (bookplate); Missouri Historical Society (presentation stamp from Bixby and a few other discrete stamps; bookplate) Publisher's green cloth, spine lettered gilt, facsimile signature of Cook in gilt to upper cover. Some soiling to boards, hinges cracked, leaves toned, title page working loose, very good Frontispiece portrait, 4 folding map and charts, 4 plates including two manuscript facsimiles, 3 folding maps in pocket at rear as issued. lvi, 400 pp. 4to.
Published by London Elliot Stock 1893, 1893
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Book First Edition
lvi, 400 pp. Quarto. Original green cloth. Gilt letting on the spine. Gilt border and signature of James Cook stamped on the front board. Light wear to the head and tail of the spine. Top edges trimmed. Other edges uncut and moderately dust soiled. Some staining and light foxing to the extremities inside the volume. Former owner's signature, "E. Morgan, January 1897" on front free end paper. Frontispiece of Cook. Illustrated with seven fold-out maps, two facsimile letters and two full-page black and white reproduction drawings. Three of the maps are in a pocket at the rear endpaper. Some foxing to the maps. Over all, in very good condition. For the collector who wants to collect everything on Cook, this volume is a must own. Firsthand account of Cook's first voyage of discovery to Australia and New Zealand from 1768 - 71. A bookplate on the front pastedown identifies this volume as being from the library of Andrew David, Lieutenant Commander of the Royal Navy. Please note that this is a heavy volume; additional shipping charges may apply.
Published by Elliot Stock, London, 1893
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 400 pages. Index. Three maps in pocket at back. Three fold-out maps, the first of these "Modern Chart of South Pacific Ocean" has been cut in half with each half bound separately at page 32. A portion of this map is detached but present. Two fascimile pages of portions from Cook's original journal. Two plates. Frontispiece illustration of Cook. Sturdily rebound in forest green buckram with covers of the original boards affixed to new boards. Library call number gilt stamped to backstrip. Card pocket adhesive inside front board. Minor bit of peeling to new front free endpaper. Moderate overall wear.