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1786399London: Alex. Hogg at the King's Arms No. 16 Pater-noster-Row 1786. First Edition First State. Full calf. Near fine. The Anderson Edition of Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World published in 1784. Folio 15.25 x 9.75 i title ii blank iii-iv preface 5-650pp 651-653 tables 654-655 "Concluding Remarks by the Editor" and "Contents of this Work" Directions to the Bookbinder 2pp subscribers list. First state with date 1784 appearing on title page. Expertly repaired spine raised bands gilt title over red morocco. Frontispiece portrait of Captain Cook. 150 illustrated copper plates 41 Maps/Elevations 109 Illustrations including large foldout map titled "A General Chart." Plates in near fine condition with only occasional toning. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper. Includes directions to bookbinders and 2pp list of subscribers. Forbes 61. This copy lacks the "Death of Captain Cook" illustration. Beddie 19. This important work is a compilation Captain Cook's three voyages. It also includes voyages by Carteret Anson Drank and others. This version does not include the copy of "The Death of Captain Cook" #27. An attractive copy of this rare folio. Alex. Hogg at the King's Arms, No. 16, Pater-noster-Row unknown books
1790310846London: Printed for Alex. Hogg at the King's-Arms No. 16 Paternoster-Row; and sold by all Booksellers and news-carriers in town and country 1790. An entire new edition taken from the original journals as published in quarto by government at a most extravagant price. The whole now revised corrected and improved and published on reasonable terms by Capt. John Hogg late of the Royal Navy. Illustrated with 115 engravings. Without large folding map charting the three voyages. 4 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full tree calf. Lacking folding chart of voyage hhinges loose on several two covers detached internally very good. Booklabels of J. Sellick Bookseller Binder Plymouth. An entire new edition taken from the original journals as published in quarto by government at a most extravagant price. The whole now revised corrected and improved and published on reasonable terms by Capt. John Hogg late of the Royal Navy" Illustrated with 115 engravings. Without large folding map charting the three voyages. 4 vols. 8vo. Not in Beddie. Published in 80 weekly parts from 1784 to 1786. This scarce edition is revised from that of 1785 ESTC cites four copies only two of which are complete: a complete copy in the National Library of Ireland; a copy in a private collection; a copy at the Boston Athenaeum in fact an incompete copy of the 6 volume ed of 1795; and a copy at St. John's University which is vol 4 only. ESTC T206666; not in Beddie cf. 21 & 22 Printed for Alex. Hogg at the King's-Arms, No. 16 Paternoster-Row; and sold by all Booksellers and news-carriers in town and cou unknown books
177725578London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1777. 2 volumes quarto. 11 x 9 inches. Engraved portrait of Cook by J. Basire after Wm. Hodges 63 engraved plates maps and charts 15 folding 16 double-page 1 folding letterpress table. A few plates trimmed close as usual. Contemporary calf covers with decorative borders tooled in blind expertly rebacked to style spine with raised bands in six compartments red and black morocco labels in the second and fourth the others with a repeat decoration in gilt<br/> <br/>First edition of Cook's second voyage on which he was directed to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible to search for any southern continent.<br/> <br/>"Cook 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 century" Printing and the Mind of Man p.135. "The success of Cook's first voyage led the Admiralty to send him on a second expedition described in the present work which was to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search of any southern continents . the men of this expedition became the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. Further visits were made to New Zealand and on two great sweeps Cook made an astonishing series of discoveries and rediscoveries including Easter Island the Marquesas Tahiti and the Society Islands Niue the Tonga Islands the New Hebrides New Caledonia Norfolk Island and a number of smaller islands. Rounding Cape Horn on the last part of the voyage Cook discovered and charted South Georgia after which he called at Cape Town St. Helena and Ascension and the Azores . This voyage produced a vast amount of information concerning the Pacific peoples and islands proved the value of the chronometer as an aid to finding longitude and improved techniques for preventing scurvy" Hill p.123 "This the official account of the second voyage was written by Cook himself . In a letter dated June 22nd 1776 to his friend Commodore William Wilson Cook writes: - 'The Journal of my late Voyage will be published in the course of the next winter and I am to have the sole advantage of the sale. It will want those flourishes which Dr. Hawkesworth gave the other but it will be illustrated and ornamented with about sixty copper plates which I am of the opinion will exceed every thing that has been done in a work of this kind; . As to the Journal it must speak for itself. I can only say that it is my own narrative .'" Holmes pp.35-36.<br/> <br/>Beddie 1216; Hill 2004 358; Holmes 24; Printing and the Mind of Man 223; Rosove 77.A1. W. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown books
178535359London: H. Hughs for G. Nicol and T. Cadell 1785. 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.<br/> <br/>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.<br/> <br/>"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.<br/> <br/>Cf. Beddie 1543; cf. Forbes Hawaiian National Bibliography 62; cf. Lada-Mocarski 37; cf. Printing and the Mind of Man 223; cf. Sabin 16250. H. Hughs for G. Nicol and T. Cadell unknown books
178519946London: H. Hughs for G. Nicol and T. Cadell 1785. 4 volumes Text: 3 vols. quarto 11 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches; Atlas vol. of plates: 1 vol. large folio 22 x 16 inches. Text: Engraved medallion vignette on each title 1 folding letterpress table 24 engraved maps coastal profiles and charts 13 folding. Atlas vol.: 63 engraved plates plans and maps one double-page one folding. Text: contemporary calf expertly rebacked at an early date incorporating the original labels; atlas: expertly bound to style in half speckled calf over contemporary marbled paper-covered boards spine in eight compartments with raised bands each band flanked by triple gilt fillets red morocco lettering-piece in the second compartment green morocco in the fourth the others with simple repeat decoration in gilt<br/> <br/>A fine copy of the second and best edition of the official account of Cook's third and last voyage including images of and text on the exploration of Hawaii and the west coast of America Canada and Alaska.<br/> <br/>"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" Hill. The typography of the second edition text of the third voyage is generally considered superior to the first Hughs took over the printing from Strahan and re-set all the text. Contemporary support for this view is reported by Forbes who quotes an inscription in a set presented by Mrs. Cook to her doctor Dr. Elliotson which notes ".the second edition being much superior to the first both in paper & letterpress." "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 pp.61-62.<br/> <br/>Cf. Beddie 1543; cf. Forbes Hawaiian National Bibliography 62; cf. Lada-Mocarski 37; cf.Printing and the Mind of Man 223; cf. Sabin 16250. H. Hughs for G. Nicol and T. Cadell unknown books
177325577London: printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1773. 3 volumes quarto. 11 x 8 5/8 inches. 51 engraved plates maps and charts 41 folding. Some small repaired tears. Contemporary calf gilt border to covers expertly rebacked to style spine with raised bands in six compartments red and green morocco lettering pieces in the second and fourth compartments the others with a repeat decoration in gilt period marbled endpapers<br/> <br/>Provenance: Earl Fitzwilliam Milton House Cambridgeshire book label armorial bookplate<br/> <br/>The Fitzwilliam set of the first edition first issue of Hawkesworth's account of the most important mid-18th century English voyages of exploration to the southern hemisphere including the official account of Cook's first voyage. A fascinating narrative intended to "embellish England's prestige as a maritime power" Hill and describing events that were to be major factors in the shaping of Pacific exploration.<br/> <br/>The first volume contains accounts edited by Hawkesworth of the voyages of Byron Wallis and Carteret with the remaining volumes dedicated wholly to Cook's first voyage. "The first voyage under . Captain Cook's command on the Endeavour was primarily of a scientific nature. The expedition was to sail to Tahiti in order to observe the transit of Venus across the disk of the sun to determine the earth's distance from the sun and also to carry on the geographical discovery that John Byron had started. Entering the Pacific around Cape Horn Cook reached Tahiti in 1769 and carried out the necessary astronomical observations . Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel C. Solander carried out extensive ethnological and botanical research. Leaving Tahiti in July Cook discovered named and charted the Society Islands and then heading southwest explored New Zealand which resulted in . a detailed survey of the country. Cook then headed toward Australia and discovered and charted the eastern coast for 2000 miles naming the area New South Wales . Both Australia and New Zealand were annexed by the British as a result of this voyage which began in 1768 and ended in 1771. Cook had charted upwards of 5000 miles of coastline under great difficulties. Cook's discoveries won him prominence promotion and the opportunity to sail again. They also ensured John Hawkesworth's position in maritime literary history as the official chronicler of Cook's first voyage. 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" Hill. This copy is bound without the "Directions for placing the cuts" or the "Chart of the Strait of Magellan" in vol. I both not required in the earliest issues.<br/> <br/>Beddie 648; Hill p.139; Holmes 5; Sabin 30934. printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell unknown books
1786320931London: Alexander Hogg 1786. First one-volume collected edition of the three Voyages. With engraved portrait frontispiece large folding map and 155 copper engraved maps charts and plates. Pp. iv 5-655 656 directions to binder 4 list of subscribers. 1 vols. Folio. Contemporary reversed calf red morocco spine label. Ownership signature of Joshua Baskitt. Title page shaved along foot with loss of part of a line in imprint minor marginal paper flaws to plates facing 45 450 546 643 not affecting image. A sound and clean copy. Very good plus to near fine. First one-volume collected edition of the three Voyages. With engraved portrait frontispiece large folding map and 155 copper engraved maps charts and plates. Pp. iv 5-655 656 directions to binder 4 list of subscribers. 1 vols. Folio. First one volume edition of Cook's voyages begun soon after the publication of the official account of the Third Voyage and issued in eighty serial parts with plates. The volume also includes accounts of the voyages of Drake Anson Byron Carteret Phipps and Wallis. The page of directions to the bookbinder lists the engravings 157 in all which accompany the text. A few plates are bound out of order; the plate of the Death of Captain Cook a frequent casualty is present here at p. 587.<br/><br/>An attractive copy in original condition. Beddie 19; Hill 18; Forbes 61; Sabin 52455 Alexander Hogg unknown books
17831851Hartford CT: Printed and sold by Nathaniel Patten 1783. First edition. Octavo in fours 6 5/8 x 4 3/8 inches; 169 x 111 mm. 1-208 pp. Map absent as is almost always the case see note. Contemporary full brown sheep. Red morocco spine label lettered in blind. Original stab holes present indicating that this copy was once in original wrappers with seemingly original endpapers. Boards with some rubbing and edges bumped. Inner hinges with some minor professional repairs. Date "1783" in blue ink on title-page. Front free endpaper with old ink notes. A bit of toning and staining however considerably clean and bright unusual for an American book of this period. In a custom oatmeal cloth clamshell. Overall a very good copy. <br/><br/>The first American book on the Northwest Coast and likely the first American book on Hawaii written by a significant figure in the history of American contact narratives in the South Seas. This edition "preceded publication of the official London narrative by more than a year. The author a corporal of the marines aboard the Resolution was one of several Americans on the voyage but the only one to publish an account. As all hands were ordered at Macao to ‘deliver up their journals and every writing remark or memorandum on pain of the severest punishment in case of concealment' for forwarding to the Admiralty. Ledyard relied in great part on a copy of the Rickman narrative in drawing up this account. He however includes details of the voyage not available elsewhere. The account of his stay at Hawaii including his inland expedition and the death of Captain Cook at Kealakekua Bay occupies 64 pages of the text" Forbes. An enthusiastic and detailed account of Cook's voyage.<br/><br/>Concerning the absence of the map we read in the Hawaiian National Bibliography: "The map is particularly rare and is almost always lacking even in otherwise very good copies. Due to the erratic nature of American printing of the period it may well be that the map was not produced until the work was well under way or that it cost extra to purchasers as some copes show no evidence that it was ever present as is the case with this copy. In the American Antiquarian Society copy the map is bound on a stub at page 161 the beginning of Part III. This appears to be added evidence that the map did not appear until the last part of the publication was issued" 44. <br/><br/>Evans 17998. Hawaiian National Bibliography 52. Hill I pp. 176-177. Sabin 39691. Lada-Mocarski 36. Kroepelin 717. Howes L-178. Printed and sold by Nathaniel Patten unknown books
178513730Paris: Hotel de Thou 1785. First French Edition. Map. Very Good. Map 10.5x8.25in on 12.375x9.75in Sheet; Plate No. 37 uncolored copper engraving; Mild soiling with age toning at fore edge horizontal fold crease. Beddie 1543 and 1714-37 London 1556 Paris. This plan of the entrance to Nootka Sound was surveyed by Roberts and drawn in 1778. It is an important chart of a disputed area between the Great Britain France and Spain and published in the London 1784-85 and Paris editions in 1785. However there is some controversy on the survey sources of the original draft. The 22 year old William Bligh 1754-1817 was the Master on the 'Resolution' and argues that Roberts copied Bligh's surveys and took credit with the Admiralty. Lieutenant Henry Roberts 1756-1796 accompanied Captain Cook on the third voyage of the 'Resolution' and 'Discovery' 1776-1780. This voyage was to the islands of the Pacific Australia the Pacific Northwest America Alaska Kamchatka and Hawaii. In Hawaii Cook was killed in a misunderstanding with the natives at Kealakekua Bay. Hotel de Thou unknown books
17842022London: printed for G. Nicol bookseller to His Majesty in the Strand; and T. Cadell 1784. First edition. Three quarto volumes 11 7/16 x 9 inches; 290 x 230 mm. plus large folio atlas volume 21 3/4 x 15 15/16 inches; 552 x 405 mm. 8 xcvi 421 1 blank; 12 549 1 blank; 12 558 1 advertisement 1 blank pp. Volume III bound with the final leaf of advertisements for Cook's First and Second Voyages. Three text volumes with twenty-four engraved plates and charts thirteen of which are folding and appendix with 1 folding letterpress table facing p. 528 in Volume III. Sixty-three large plates and charts one folding one double-page in the folio atlas volume eighty-seven total. With tissue guards. The text volumes bound in contemporary tree calf. Spines each with two black leather spines labels lettered in gilt. Spines stamped and ruled in gilt. A bit of rubbing and flaking to leather. Volume one rebacked with the original spine laid down. Each volume with some minor offsetting. Trivial foxing generally to preliminary leaves. Charts occasionally causing some offsetting. Publisher's advertisement in volume three with lower corner torn but not affecting text. Overall text is extremely clean. Atlas in contemporary marbled paper boards. Rebacked and recornered with half polished calf. Spine tooled in gilt. Generally the plates are exceptionally clean. Overall a very good set with beautifully clean text and plates. <br/><br/>"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 who 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" Hill. printed for G. Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty, in the Strand; and T. Cadell unknown books
178421446London: W. & A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. Cadell 1784. 4 volumes. Text: 3 vols. quarto 11 3/16 x 9 inches; Atlas: 1 vol. large folio 23 1/2 x 17 inches. Text: 1p. publisher's advertisements at end of vol.III. 1 folding letterpress table 24 engraved maps coastal profiles and charts 14 folding extra-illustrated with a duplicate folding engraved "Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia" which is also present in the atlas. Atlas vol.: 63 engraved plates plans and maps one double-page one folding uncut. Text: contemporary tree calf expertly rebacked to style the flat spines divided into six compartments by double fillets enclosing a neo-classical roll red/brown morocco lettering-piece in the second compartment green morocco label with onlaid disc of red/brown morocco with volume number the remaining compartments elaborately tooled in gilt with stylised foliage cornerpieces around various large centrally-place tools; Atlas: expertly bound to style in half calf over marbled paper-covered boards the flat spine elaborately tooled in gilt uniform to the text.<br/> <br/>A fine set of the first edition of the official account of Cook's third and last voyage: a cornerstone among travel and voyage literature on the exploration of Hawaii and the northwest coast of America Canada and Alaska. This copy particularly desirable with the plates in the atlas uncut.<br/> <br/>"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" Hill. "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.<br/> <br/>Beddie 1543; Forbes Hawaiian National Bibliography 85; Hill 2004 361; Lada-Mocarski 37; cf.Printing and the Mind of Man 223; Sabin 16250. W. & A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. Cadell unknown books
1782310848London: G. Robinson J. Sewell and J. Debrett 1782. First edition. Engraved folding map and 21 engraved plates. x 358 2 pp; 6 347 pp. Half-title volume 1 instructions to binder at end of volume 1. 2 vols. 8vo. Modern morocco. Faint foxing occasional toning neat repair to bound edge of title and half title a few small neat repairs to folding map with small tape ghost to bottom edge of same some mostly marginal worming at middle of vol 2 very good. First edition. Engraved folding map and 21 engraved plates. x 358 2 pp; 6 347 pp. Half-title volume 1 instructions to binder at end of volume 1. 2 vols. 8vo. Cook's Third Voyage. First edition of this account of Cook's final voyage. "Ellis was a surgeon's mate during Cook's third voyage first on the Discovery and later on the Resoultion and gives quite a good history of this expedition. This account was published two years before the official narrative . It appears that needing money Ellis sold his narrative to a bookseller for fifty guineas. The fine plates are among the earliest published on the Hawaiian Islands Alaska and the Northwest" Hill. The plates include eight of Hawaii two of Alaska and three of the Northwest Coast. Beddie 1599; Forbes 41; Hill 555; Howes E-122; Sabin 22333 G. Robinson, J. Sewell, and J. Debrett unknown books
1785310841London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1785. Third edition. Large folding general chart of the expedition folding chart of the Island of Otaheite and 9 folding plates. lvi 362; 10 447; 8 416; 6 429 3 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Modern calf over marbled paper boards. Occasional foxing and minor offset a very clean copy. Third edition. Large folding general chart of the expedition folding chart of the Island of Otaheite and 9 folding plates. lvi 362; 10 447; 8 416; 6 429 3 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Cook's first voyage. Third edition of this chronicle of important English south-seas expeditions including Cook's monumental first voyage which is covered in volumes 2-4. The aim of Cook's first voyage was to sail to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus; having done so Cook left Tahiti and discovered the Society Islands explored New Zealand at great length as well as the eastern coast of Australia which he charted for 2000 miles and named New South Wales. The expedition lasted from 1768-1771 and resulted in the annexation of both Australia and New Zealand by Britain won Cook fame and led to his two subsequent voyages. Beddie 665; ESTC T165111 W. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown books
1788310845London: Printed for G. Nicol and G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1788. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. xvi 527 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary speckled calf boards with later morocco spine. Light foxing and offsetting to frontispiece some toning and scattered foxing but a clean copy overall. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. xvi 527 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF COOK. The first edition of this highly influential first English biography of Cook by the Anglican clergyman Kippis one of the leading biographers of his day. In addition to describing the three great voyages in depth Kippis also deals with Cook's earlier experiences including his duties aboard the Mercury during the siege of Quebec and his Newfoundland and Labrador surveys. Most of Samwell's narrative of Cook's death is included as well.<br/>While Kippis did not appear to be entirely insensitive to the long-term effects of European contact with Pacific peoples he championed Cook's humanitarian cultural and intellectual mission in the circumnavigation of the globe. In a study of European exploration of the Pacific Lynne Withey concluded that this volume by Kippis became a prominent justification for the involvement of Europeans in the Pacific islands for years after Cook's death Withey 406-407. <br/>The second appendix includes "The Moral an Ode" by the British poet novelist and religious dissenter Helen Maria Williams an old family friend of Kippis. Hill 935; Sabin 37954; Beddie 32; Holmes 69; Kroepelien 647; Lada-Mocarski 40; Howes K179 "aa."; Forbes 149. Provenance: John Thornhill armorial bookplate; The Beaufoy Library bookplate Printed for G. Nicol and G. G. J. and J. Robinson unknown books
1783310851Hartford: Nathaniel Pattern 1783. First edition lacking the map as in almost all copies. 208 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary sheep over boards finely rebacked with period spine to style. Highest quality conservation repairs to edges of first four leaves of text and to corner margins on last two leaves. Very good copy in a handsome binding. First edition lacking the map as in almost all copies. 208 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Rare. "This is not only the first American book on the Northwest Coast but also the first American book on Hawaii" Streeter. <br/><br/>Ledyard is distinguished in many respects he was the only American to sail on Cook's third voyage which explored Alaska and discovered Hawaii. He was also in the boat that carried Cook ashore on the morning of his death. Indeed this work contains a detailed account of Cook's death "distinguished by its evident authority" Hill.<br/>The purpose of Cook's third voyage was twofold. Ostensibly it was to return Omai to his homeland in French Polynesia but the main purpose was to search for the Northwest Passage. The Resolution and Discovery departed Plymouth in 1776 and made their way via the Cape to New Zealand and Tahiti. It was from there that Cook discovered Hawaii which he regarded as his greatest achievement. The boats then proceeded to the Pacific Northwest and commenced their search for a route to the Atlantic. They returned to Hawaii for the winter of 1778-9. Their initial warm welcome soon wore off and tensions between the Hawaiians and the British resulted in Cook being killed on the shore of Kealakekua Bay on February 14 1779. Charles Clerke assumed command of the expedition and proceeded north once again to pursue the voyage's objective. The two ships returned to England in 1780.<br/>A Connecticut native after the voyage Ledyard remained in England until 1782 when he was posted to the North American station - the Revolutionary War was ongoing. He promptly deserted and returned to Hartford where this account was published. This work preceded Rickman's by a matter of months though in fact Ledyard made "liberal use of the first English edition of Rickman's account in his own narrative" Hill. This is not to deride Ledyard unnecessarily; in addition to his account of Cook's death his keen observations on the fur trade in the Pacific northwest are of great value.<br/><br/>Ledyard's account is one of the rarest works on Cook's third's voyage and Hill confirms that "only a few copies still have the map." It was wanting in both the Streeter and Brooke-Hitching copies. Beddie 1603; Evans 17998; Sabin 39691; Forbes 52; Hill 991; Howes L-181 "d"; Lada-Mocarski 36; Smith 5797; Streeter Sale VI:3477 Nathaniel Pattern unknown books
1773310853London: Printed for Stanfield Parkinson 1773. First edition with the very rare "Explanatory Remarks" by Fothergill and postscript. Complete with frontispiece and 27 engraved plates including 1 map. xxiv 22 212 2 pp. Imperial 4to. Contemporary tree calf finely rebacked with gilt spine to period style. Fine. First edition with the very rare "Explanatory Remarks" by Fothergill and postscript. Complete with frontispiece and 27 engraved plates including 1 map. xxiv 22 212 2 pp. Imperial 4to. With The Rare Explanatory Remarks by Fothergill. First edition of this important account of Cook's first voyage based on the journal of Parkinson who had been engaged by Sir Joseph Banks to serve as natural history draughtsman aboard the Endeavour. Parkinson died of dysentery on the homeward voyage and his account was transcribed and published by his brother Stanfield Parkinson who was forced by injunction to delay publication until Hawkesworth's official account appeared. "Parkinson made numerous drawings of botanical and other subjects including landscapes and portraits of native chiefs . Banks spoke highly of his 'unbounded industry' in making for him a much larger collection of drawings than he anticipated. His observations too were valuable and the vocabularies of South Sea languages given in his journal are of great interest" Hill. <br/>This copy includes the rare "Explanatory Remarks" by John Fothergill a Parkinson family friend who mediated an agreement between Stanfield Parkinson and Banks both of whom laid claim to the journal which would allow for the publication of the book. When Stanfield Parkinson included a scurrilous preface attacking Banks and misrepresenting his actions an offended Fothergill purchased the remaining copies inserting into them these 22 pages of remarks which sought to set the record straight. In 1784 he brought out a new edition of Parkinson's account which included the remarks but copies of the first edition which include them are scarce on the market. Beddie 712; Hill 1308; Holmes 7; Howgego C173; Du Rietz 944; Sabin 58787 Printed for Stanfield Parkinson unknown books
1781310852Dublin: Price Whitestone Chamberlain et al. 1781. First Dublin edition. Complete with 5 engraved plates including frontispiece plate of the Death of Cook and large folding map. 4 xlvii 1 396 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked to style marbled endpapers. Occasional spotting and dustsoiling better than very good. First Dublin edition. Complete with 5 engraved plates including frontispiece plate of the Death of Cook and large folding map. 4 xlvii 1 396 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First Dublin edition. The first Dublin edition of the first full account in English of Cook's third and final voyage. Rickman was a second lieutenant aboard the Discovery. "It provides an important supplement to the official account of the Third Voyage published in 1784" Forbes. Howes R-276 "aa"; Forbes 36; Wickersham 6555a; Davidson p 64; Kroepelien 1078; Beddie 1608 Price, Whitestone, Chamberlain, et al. unknown books
1781Embry 151275Printed for E. Newbery London: 1781. Second edition. Occasional light foxing throughout short tear to folding map overall near fine in fine but simple modern binding. Five plates including two folding and one supplied in facsimile. Folding map. Rebound in modern brown morocco spine simple gilt. Folding frontis depicts Cook's death. Printed for E. Newbery, London: 1781. Second edition. unknown books
1784318236London: Printed and Sold by J.Jackson and J. Dodsley 1784. Fourth Edition. 25 pp. 4to. Modern brown buckram. Fourth Edition. 25 pp. 4to. SIGNED. Signed "Anna Seward" at the bottom of the last page. Seward wasknbown as the Swan of Litchfield. She remained single and recently scholars have argued she was a lesbian. ESTC T95493 Printed and Sold by J.Jackson and J. Dodsley unknown books
1796WRCAM46432Philadelphia: W. Woodward for B. Johnson 1796. 252pp. 12mo. Modern pink paper boards printed paper label. Light dampstaining and soiling to text heavier in some places. Good plus. "Faithfully abridged from the quarto edition." An abridged children's version of Captain James Cook's third and final voyage on which he was murdered by natives. The third voyage was undertaken to continue the British survey of the Pacific but most particularly to search for a northwest passage from the western side. Sailing in 1776 the expedition called at Kerguelen Island Tasmania New Zealand and the Cook Tonga and Society islands then sailed north and discovered Christmas Island and the Hawaiian Islands. They then thoroughly explored and charted the Northwest Coast from the Bering Straits along the coast of Alaska and Canada as far south as present northern California. Returning to Hawaii in 1778 the expedition was at first received warmly; but after departing and being forced to return to repair a mast trouble developed which led to a tragic series of events in which the great navigator was killed. Relatively scarce with fewer than ten copies listed in ESTC. EVANS 30276. ESTC W37314. FORBES 257. REESE BEST OF THE WEST 14 ref. W. Woodward, for B. Johnson hardcover books
1785WRCAM29328Paris 1785. Map 18 x 12 inches. Single vertical fold through center four- inch tape repair near bottom edge. Minor browning at edges. Very good. Archival matting and protected with Mylar sheet. This is the general map of the Northwest Coast from the atlas volume of the first French edition of Cook's third and final voyage. The Aleutian Islands are shown in particular detail while the entrance to the natural harbor of Nootka is displayed in an inset. FORBES 90 ref. unknown books
1784271442London: James Cook 1784. unbound. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 16" x 27.25".<br/><br/> This important and scarce 1784 map of the North Pacific covers the northwest coast of America including Alaska east as far as the Hudson Bay and the northeast coast of Asia including Kamchatka. The map is from the first edition of the official account of Captain James Cook's Third Voyage in the HMS Revolution between 1778 and 1779. The route of his journey is depicted in detail with depth soundings noted along the route. Several Capes islands and bays are labeled. This map is among the first to accurately map the coastlines of the region.<br><br>It was during this voyage that Cook encountered an 'impenetrable wall of ice' in the Arctic as he searched for the Northwest Passage thus putting to rest the hopes for the discovery of an Arctic Northwest Passage. Map was engraved by T. Harmer for the official account of Cook's voyages. The map is in fair condition. Right margin is extended and filled in. Minor loss near bottom margin not affecting printed area. Shows wear along original fold lines. Minor foxing. Verso repair near top left. Lined with archival paper.<br><BR>Captain Cook 1728 -1779 was among the most famous and important explorer navigator cartographer and captain of his time whose scientific and geographical knowledge influenced his successors well into the 20th century. He started sailing as a teenager and went on to join the Royal Navy in 1755. In 1766 he was commissioned to explore the Pacific and went on the sail thousands of miles across largely uncharted regions of the world. These three historic voyages led him to some of the first sightings of Antarctica his discovery of many Polynesian islands including the Hawaiian Islands first European contact with east Australia the circumnavigation of New Zealand and the first correct mapping of the Pacific Northwest.<br/><br/> James Cook unknown books
1785291039Paris 1785. Engraving. 9 x 18 1/4 inches. Margin trimmed to neat line on left folded as issued.<br/><br/> Lively scene with groups of people at work in front of a village on the Hawaiian Village on the Island of Kauai. The island is the oldest of the Hawaiian Islands and the fourth largest of the archipelago. From the French edition of the Official Report of Cook's 3rd voyage.<br/><br/> unknown books
17706043241770. of Captain James Cook. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" hinged to a sheet 6" x 9 1/2". Light foxing very good. ca. 1770. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. unknown books
1784WRCAM54194London: Printed by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nichol and T. Cadell 1784. Three quarto text volumes plus large folio atlas. Text: Twenty-four engraved maps coastal profiles and charts thirteen folding; folding letterpress table. Atlas: Sixty-three engraved plates charts and maps including one folding map and one double- page map. Text: Contemporary speckled calf gilt ruled expertly rebacked in matching gilt calf with gilt leather labels all edges painted red. 20th-century bookplates on front pastedowns. Light offsetting from plates light tanning and scattered faint foxing. Atlas: Expertly bound to style in half calf and marbled boards spines gilt black morocco label. Contemporary ink inscription on verso of final plate. Marginal light foxing and dust soiling. A very good set. A lovely set of the first edition of Cook's Third Voyage with a note of presentation in the atlas volume by Captain James King: "Thomas Venables The gift of Captain King." King was the author of the third text volume in the set and the preparer of Cook's journals that comprise the first two text volumes. Venables was probably a member of an ancient Cheshire landowning family later involved in early Australian settlement. King began Cook's final expedition as the expedition's astronomer and as a lieutenant on the Resolution but by the end of the expedition had been promoted to command of the Discovery and second-in-command. "At the time of Cook's death at Hawaii 14 February 1779 King was on shore in charge of the observatory. He had with him only a few men but was reinforced by some of a boat's crew who had been rowing off the mouth of the bay before the disturbance with the Hawaiians began. This brought the number of the party up to twenty-four and fortifying themselves in a neighbouring heiau or open-air temple they succeeded in repelling the attack of the Hawaiians until they were relieved two hours later by the ships' boats" - DNB. 6/10/2019 <br> <br> "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. 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. <br> <br> An excellent set of one the great Pacific voyages inscribed by one of its ultimate commanders and the partial author of the present published account Capt. James King. BEDDIE 1543. FORBES 62. HILL 361. HOWES C729a "aa." LADA-MOCARSKI 37 later issue. PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 223. SABIN 16250. STREETER SALE 3478. REESE BEST OF THE WEST 14. DNB online. Printed by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nichol and T. Cadell hardcover books
