Resolution Discovery; London: W. and A. Strahan, 1784. 3 vols. 4to, full mottled calf, red labels to spine and titles in gilt. First edition of Cook's last voyage, published five years after his death. Text only with plates removed; lacking atlas volume; book plate tipped in front pastedown; scattered foxing throughout; otherwise fine.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2009-11-19
COOK, JAMES, CAPTAIN (1728-1779) COOK'S VOYAGES: comprising seven volumes, 4to and one volume, folio, first editions, London, 1773-1785, uniformly bound in gilt highlighted tree calf; Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2001-11-10
Cook, James, Capt. (1728-1779), Third Voyage, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean , London, 1785, second edition, three volumes, lacking atlas, gilt tooled tree calf, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-11-15
Glasgow: Printed by Niven, Napier and Khull, 1807-1809. 3 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine labels. Complete with frontispiece portrait, fold-out map, and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-04-10
London: Printed for E. Newbery, 1781. 8vo, rebound in full brown calf, gilt-lettered spine. Second edition after the first John Rickman edition. Complete with folding Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2015-08-05
Engraved Whale's Tooth, early to mid 19th century, the large tooth depicting "South Sea Fishery," with a whaling bark and three long boats pursuing two Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-11-06
