Abridgement Captain Cooks First Second (5 results)
Published by Printed for G. Kearsley,, 1788
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Seller: Island Books, Thakeham, West Sussex, United KingdomIsland Books
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8vo., Fourth Edition, with engraved frontispiece and 7 engraved plates, some light offsetting to title; contemporary calf, expertly rebacked to style, new red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, an unusually bright, clean, crisp copy in sympathetically restored period binding. This account is extracted from the quarto edit…ion. It covers the First Voyage (HMS ENDEAVOUR 1768-1771), the Second Voyage (HMS RESOLUTION 1772-1775), Captain Furneaux's Narrative, Phipp's Narrative, an extract from Forster's Introduction to his History of Northern Discoveries on the Progress of Navigation, and an expanded Index. Complete with Index and publisher's catalogue (continuously paginated). VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Beddie [NSW] 30.
More imagesPublished by G. Kearsley, London, 1788
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- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Leather. Condition: Very Good. First edition. The fourth edition of this single volume abridged edition of Captain James Cook's account of his famous first two voyages. The fourth edition of this work.Illustrated with a frontispiece and seven further engraved plates. Collated, complete.A single volume abridged edition of the acc…ounts of Cook's famous voyages, covering the first voyage of 1768-1771, and the second voyage of 1772-1775.Including an abridgement of Capt. Furneaux's narrative, and of the narrative of Commodore Phipps.With nineteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear.A wonderful late eighteenth century account of Cook's voyages aboard the HMS Resolution and HMS Endeavour, published less than a decade after Cook's death. In a full calf binding. Significant rubbing to back strip and board perimeters. Small losses of leather to back strip head and tail. Joints starting, with boards firmly held. Vertical splits in back strip leather. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned due to paper type, but otherwise generally clean, with instances of light spotting, most concentrated to pages surrounding plates. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by G Kearsley, London, 1788
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Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United KingdomBarter Books Ltd
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Brown hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. Sixth Edition. G : in good condition. Modern rebind. Neat ownership signature on title page and first page of text. 180mm x 110mm (7" x 4"). viii, 430pp. 8 engraved plates, some trimmed along fore edge. The text ends on page 429, with only one advertisement page; apparently 448pp. cal…led for.
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Seller: Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Armadale, VIC, AustraliaDouglas Stewart Fine Books
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The first performed in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771 ; the second in 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775. For making discoveries in the northern hemisphere, by order of his majesty. Extracted from the quarto edition, in five volumes. Containing a relation of all the interesting transactions; including an abridgement of Captain Furneaux…'s narrative of his proceedings during the separation of the two ships; to which is added a narrative of Commodore Phipp's (now Lord Mulgrave) voyage to the North Pole; also an extract from Forster's introduction to his history of northern discoveries on the progress of navigation. London : G. Kearsley, 1788. Fourth edition. Octavo, full tree calf (corners rubbed), flat-panelled spine ruled in gilt, contrasting Morocco title-label lettered in gilt (wear to head and foot of spine); armorial bookplate for Heineken to front free-endpaper, with the motto Si Deus pro nobis quis contra nos, early owner's name Heineken dated 1822 to front free-endpaper; pp. viii, 448;frontispiece portrait of Omai, 8 leaves of plates; small loss to margin of pp. 5-6, small neat tear to margin and letters of pp. 229-32, one quire slightly sprung, else a very good copy. A scarce early edition of Cook's first and second voyages. The fourth edition is held in the SLV; the sixth edition (with 430 pages rather than 448), is SLNSW; theseventh edition (with 328 pages only) is held in the NLA. Beddie 30.
More imagesSeller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, London, United KingdomMaggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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Sixth edition. Folding frontispiece, folding map and six full-page plates. 8vo. Calf, rebacked, some foxing and browning. Former owner's initials to title-page. viii, 442, [xxviii]pp. London, Printed for G. Kearsley.
