COOK, JAMES Captain
A complete set of Cook's Voyages. 8 volumes, each rebacked in later full calf, the spines stamped with gilt motifs and gilt lettered with red morocco lettering labels. Each approximately 11 3/4 x 9 inches (30 x 23 cm). Comprising: [FIRST VOYAGE]. HAWKESWORTH, JOHN. An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. 3 volumes (without atlas). London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. First edition. 51 engraved plates, charts, and maps (many folding or double-page). Spines dried, edges and boards quite rubbed, foxing to text and plates; [SECOND VOYAGE]. COOK, CAPT. JAMES. A Voyage towards the South Pole and Round the World. 2 volumes (without atlas). London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777. Second edition. Engraved portrait frontispiece of Cook by J. Basire after W. Hodges; 64 engraved plates, charts and maps (most folding or double-page.) Spines dried, edges and boards rubbed, some foxing to text and plates; [THIRD VOYAGE]. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. 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. London: G. Nicol, 1785. 3 volumes (without atlas). Second edition. 24 plates and charts only. Spines dried, edges and boards rubbed, some foxing to text and plates. Each volume bears the bookplate of the prominent mining engineer Alpheus Fuller Williams.
A uniformly bound set of Cook's Voyages.
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