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1970f97fy1970. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Heavy extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. 2 volume set. Facsimile edition. No 191. The boards are shelf rubbed. They are strong and sturdy. Internally there is a previous owners signature on the front end page of both volumes. There is a robin castell sticker on the front pasted down of both volumes. Otherwise clean. Tightly bound. ak. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. hardcover
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1970422304Adelaide : Adelaide Libraries Board of South Australia 1970. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Very good copies in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. The set remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Australian Facsimile editions ; no. 191. Physical description2 vol set. Notes: Facsimile reprint 1777 printed for Strahan and Cadell in the Strand. Subjects: Australia History; Explorations 18th century. Adelaide : Adelaide Libraries Board of South Australia hardcover
17849032664Dublin: H. Chamberlaine W. Watson Potts Williams et al. 1784. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. First Irish Edition of Cook's third voyage. Lacks atlas. Volumes I and II written by Captain James Cook Volume III written by Captain James King. Bound in tree calf. Volume III has a fold-out table of comparative language for multiple islands intact and without damage. Text blocks are clean and bright. First and last few pages of each volume have minimal sunning and foxing last 80 pages of volume I has very light stain to top outside corner. Wear to extremities spine edges and heads through calf. 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches. 1529 total pages. <br/><br/> H. Chamberlaine, W. Watson, Potts, Williams, et al. hardcover
17841401795London: Printed for John Stockdale.et. al 1784. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo four volumes bound in two books. In Good minus condition. Bound in full tree calf. Brown spines have red and black labels with gilt lettering and ornamentation. Spines have moderate cracking and chipping mild red rot a loss of leather to spine head/tails resulting in exposed endbands all endbands present and missing the black volume number labels. Gilt ruled boards and gilt ornamentation to edges. Boards have cracking to joints moderate rubbing wear minor soiling minor worming chipping to edges and bumping to fore corners resulting in exposed boards. Volume 1 front board is almost fully detached from the spine. Textblock has marbled end papers and the bookplate of Plowden Weston 1821-1864 the 50th Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina on the front pastedowns. Textblock has age toning light plus foxing and soiling to some pages throughout creasing to corners of some pages and bumping to edges. Volume 1 has pencil marks on some pages from page v to 48 and minor yellow discoloration to some fore edges of pages from the front free end page to page 66. Volume 2 bound in book 1 is missing the top corner of page 96 and has moderate foxing to pages 62-82. Volume 3 bound in book 2 has very small tears to the top edges of pages 211-214. Lacking plates and maps. CGT Consignment. Shelved in Room A. <br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> CONTENTS: <br /> Book I: Contains volumes 1 and 2; VOL. I xii 370 pages plus an illustrated frontispiece;-- VOL II xii 359 pages. Book II: Contains volumes 3 and 4; VOL III: xii 400 pages;-- VOL. IV: xii 310 60 pages. "A Voyage To The Pacific Ocean." is an official account of Cook's third and last voyage. While searching for the Northwest Passage across America he traveled to Hawaii and mapped the shore of the Pacific Northwest. "A Voyage To The Pacific Ocean" remains a valuable piece of travel and voyage literature on the exploration of Hawaii and the northwest coast of America Canada and Alaska. 1401795. Special Collections. Printed for John Stockdale...et. al hardcover
1785140948368London: Printed by H. Hughes for G. Nicol bookseller to His Majesty in the Strand; and T. Cadell in the Strand 1785. Second Edition. Near Fine. Second edition Four volumes consisting of three quarto text volumes and one folio atlas. Complete with a total of 87 copper-engraved plates. Bound in period-style mottled calf morocco title labels to spines ornate gilt tooling to spines and edges. Near Fine with light wear to covers; binding strong and sound. A beautiful set. <br /> <br /> <p>Text volumes: 10 xcvi 421; xiv 548; xiv 556 pp. 24 single page and folding maps and charts. Marbled endpapers all edges marbled. Ownership inscription dated 1844 to fly-leaf of each volume. Light toning to endpapers light offsetting from plates and occasional foxing. Erased pencil inscription along lower edge of Vol. I title page short tears to gutter margins of several plates tiny stain to plate facing p. 410 in Vol. II and soft crease to upper right corner of Appendix pages in Vol. III. Contents bright plate folds crisp.<br /> <br /> <p>Atlas: unpaginated no title page as issued; begins with a large folding map titled A General Chart: Exhibiting the Discoveries made by Capt.n James Cook in this and his two preceeding Voyages; with the Tracks of the Ships under his Command. Followed by double page map Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia explored in the Years 1778 & 1779 and 61 plates depicting people buildings landscapes artifacts and animals. Toning to marbled paper over boards light to moderate foxing to illustrated plates and very minimal foxing to maps. Short separation at fold intersection of first map lacking several tissue guards creasing to guards. Horizontal crease to final plate affecting text below illustration. The plate of the "Death of Cook" which occasionally appears in the second edition atlas but is not called for in the list of plates is not present in this copy. Holmes 19 Howes C729a Lada-Mocarski 37.<br /> <br /> <p>The second edition of the official account of Cook’s final voyage with the same collation as the first edition of the previous year. The eagerly-awaited first edition sold out within days despite its price of four and a half guineas – roughly $800 in today’s money. The books were printed with great care for George Nicole bookseller to the King and A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean is one of his finest works. John Webber was the expedition’s official artist and his evocative illustrations contributed to the book’s commercial success.<br /> <br /> <p>James Cook 1728–1779 was one of the greatest navigators in maritime history. The son of a laborer he went to sea as a teenager and worked his way up the ranks switching from the merchant navy to the Royal Navy in 1755. He saw combat in the Seven Years War and proved himself good at surveying rivers and coastlines in Canada. When the Royal Society proposed an expedition to the south Pacific to observe the transit of Venus across the face of the sun Cook was chosen to command it. He sailed for Tahiti on the Endeavor in 1768 accompanied by an astronomer botanist and two artists. Cook observed the transit and then sailed south in accordance with his secret instructions from the Admiralty: to search for the fabled “Great Southern Continent†and claim it for Britain.<br /> <br /> <p>The mythical continent was not uncovered but the Endeavor completed the outlines of Australia and New Zealand confirming that they were unconnected to any other landmass. Cook took possession of the Australian eastern coast he had charted in the name of King George named it New South Wales and upon returning to England in 1771 was promoted to commander.<br /> <br /> <p>The newly minted commander wanted another stab at finding the Great Southern Continent this time supported by an additional ship. The Resolution and Adventure sailed out in 1772 and the Resolution became the first ship to cross the Antarctic circle. After sweeping the southern Pacific and charting and naming a number of islands Cook finally decided that the only continent south of Australia was the uninhabitable mass that likely existed beyond an ice barrier he could not cross. Nonetheless the voyage was scientifically significant and filled in many barren spaces on British maps. Cook was promoted yet again when he returned to England in 1775 by this time an international celebrity.<br /> <br /> <p>The following year Cook set out on his third voyage with the Resolution and Discovery. The mission was find a northern sea passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic and although that too was a failure the expedition accomplished a great deal else. The crew members were the first Europeans to make contact with the inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands which Cook called the Sandwich Islands after one of his patrons. The captain surveyed 4000 miles of the Pacific Northwest coastline and the fine engraved plates in the Voyage’s atlas provide a valuable record of the people and places he encountered along his long journey.<br /> <br /> <p>That journey was to be his last. Cook had been well received when he first wintered in Hawaii but the reception was less warm when he returned after a storm damaged one of his ships. Hostilities between the Hawaiians and Europeans came to a head when the Discovery’s cutter was stolen and Cook came up with an ill-advised plan to hold Chief Kalani’opu’u-a-Kaiamamao as hostage against the boat’s return. An angry crowd confronted him on the shore and he was killed in the fracas along with four marines. The survey of Hawaii was completed by Cook’s replacement Captain Clerke and after another unsuccessful hunt for an Arctic passage the ships turned homeward.<br /> <br /> <p>Captain Cook’s violent death made the renowned navigator into something of a saint. One of his first lieutenants was James Burney beloved brother of the novelist Frances Burney and her reaction upon hearing the news was typical:<br /> <br /> <p>“How hard after so many dangers so much toil – to die in so shocking a manner – in an island he himself had discovered – among savages he had himself in his first visit to them rendered kind and hospitable and in pursuit of obtaining justice in a cause in which he had himself no interest but zeal for his other captain! He was besides the most moderate humane and gentle circumnavigator who ever went out upon discoveries; agreed the best with all the Indians and till this fatal time never failed however hostile they met to leave them his friends.â€<br /> <br /> <p>The gentleness of James Cook is up for dispute but the accuracy and impact of his work is not. His voyages of discovery considerably advanced the fields of geography astronomy ethnography and natural history. He laid the groundwork for the expansion of the British Empire changing the lives of millions of people around the world – for better and for worse. This account of his last and most important journey is a cornerstone of Pacific exploration literature and an essential historical resource. Printed by H. Hughes, for G. Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty, in the Strand; and T. Cadell, in the Strand unknown
1790059866Newcastle upon Tyne: M. Brown at the Bible in the Flesh Market 1790. Not Given . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. Engraved Plate. NEWCASTLE : 1790. Hardback. Covers Cook's first and second voyages. Volume two; pages i 513-1022 pages. Printed title-page. Engraved Plate; between pp.722/723. Old leather; boards detached. Gilt lettered spine smooth; no raised bands. Neat owner name; no internal markings. Bright tight and clean. Boards worn but sound. Original end-papers present. Boards GOOD; internally VERY GOOD. Scarce. ESTC N26645. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. NEWCASTLE: M. Brown at the Bible in the Flesh Market. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> M. Brown, at the Bible, in the Flesh Market hardcover
16-6294London: Printed for John Stockdale Scatcherd and Whitaker John Fielding and John Hardy 1784. First octavo edition 4 volumes 8vo xii 370 xii 358 xii 400 xii 310 62 pp. 12.5 x 21cm.' contemporary calf joints cracked engraved portrait frontispiece 2 folding charts 48 plates including the Death of Cook plate folding half-title to volumes 2 3 & 4;variable spotting throughout folding charts and plate with repairs. Ownership inscription of Hannah Pittkin. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:994422228:Frontispiece portrait in v. 1 states: "Published Augt. 13th 1784 by J. Fielding Pater noster Row."Illustrated with cutsIncludes 2 folded mapsImprint of v. 1: London : Printed for John Fielding Pater-noster Row 1785Although the imprints differ this is one edition printed on the same paper with plates headed "Cooke's Voyage Octavo" the same typeface and uniform bindingPublisher's device on t.p. of v. 1 is an "F"; the device on the t.p. of vols. 2-4 includes the initials of all the publishers: "SSWFH."The index at the end of v. 4 is followed by "A list of the subscribers.": .Frontispiece portrait in v. 1 states: "Published Augt. 13th 1784 by J. Fielding Pater noster Row."Illustrated with cutsIncludes 2 folded mapsImprint of v. 1: London : Printed for John Fielding Pater-noster Row 1785Although the imprints differ this is one edition printed on the same paper with plates headed "Cooke's Voyage Octavo" the same typeface and uniform binding.Publisher's device on t.p. of v. 1 is an "F"; the device on the t.p. of vols. 2-4 includes the initials of all the publishers: "SSWFH."The index at the end of v. 4 is followed by "A list of the subscribers." London: Printed for John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy, , 1784 unknown
1777376185London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1777. Atlas only without text volumes. 63 plates and charts several double-page. Uncut. Folio. Contemporary blue paper covered boards later manuscript spine label a bit worn. Foxing. Atlas only without text volumes. 63 plates and charts several double-page. Uncut. Folio. The goal of Cook's second voyage undertaken in 1772-75 was to circumnavigate the world as far south as possible in search of unknown southern lands. "The success of Cook's first voyage led the Admiralty to send him on a second expedition . 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. <br /> <br /> Present here is a highly desirable separate atlas of the maps and plates to the first edition of the second voyage. Almost all copies of the second voyage had the engraved plates trimmed and folded into the two text volumes but a very few examples were produced likely for members of the Admiralty or other notables with the plates unfolded untrimmed and bound in atlas form with the exception of the frontispiece portrait of Cook which remained in the text and therefore not present here. We have seen only a handful of examples of this format which represent a distinct and special issue of the book and note that the plates within such atlases tend to be far superior impressions than those found bound within the text volumes.<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.<br /> <br /> The Cook voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific exploration and the second in particular is the foundation for any Antarctic collection. Hill 358; Beddie 1216; Spence 314; Holmes 24; PMM 223; Sabin 16245; Rosove 77 for W. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown
78380Libraries Board of South Australia Adelaide. 1970. . Facsimile reprint of the 1777 original with a presentation by A. Grenfell Price. Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 191. Volume. 1: 8 XL 378 PP plus 36 b/w plates 4 large folded 13 on double page and 19 on full page. Fp: Portrait of Captain James Cook. Volume. 2: 2 VIII 396 PP plus 28 b/w plates 6 large folded 8 on double page and 13 on full page. Cloth cover gilt title on vignette on spine. A fine set. 29.7 x 24. Libraries Board of South Australia Adelaide. 1970. hardcover
177726150London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell 1777. Second edition which is unchanged from the first edition of the same year. Hardcover. The official account of Cook's second voyage and the only account of any of his voyages written by Cook himself a wide margined copy. The main objective of the 2nd voyage was to circumnavigate the world as far south as possible in search of the Great Southern Land. In doing so the Resolution & Adventure became the first ships to cross the Antarctic circle in January 1773. <br /> <br /> Cook crossed the Antarctic Circle twice more and achieved the 71 degrees S a record that was to last for 50 years. On this voyage Cook pioneered the use of sauerkraut as a dietary supplement to prevent scurvy. He succeeded losing only four of his 112 man crew and none from scurvy. This was regarded as a great maritime feat on its own. <br /> <br /> During this voyage Cook played his part in furthering the great longitude debate. An accurate way to determine longitude had long been a goal of all seafaring nations. English clock maker John Harrison was a mechanical genius who invented a clock that would carry the true time from home port thereby enabling the calculation of the ships' longitude. Cook carried four watches with him the principal one named "K-1" which he frequently complimented in the log of the Resolution calling it "our trusty friend the Watch" and "our never failing guide the Watch." With its help he made the firsthand highly accurate charts of many newly discovered South Pacific islands. <br /> <br /> 4to 28.5 cms high 2 volumes a wide margined copy COMPLETE with 64 engraved plates and maps. Volume I 378pp including engraved frontispiece of Cook two folding maps and 34 engraved plates; Volume II 396pp including 3 folding maps and 24 engraved plates. Bound in period calf boards front and rear boards detached spines perished some plates with foxing. Five plates have insect damage to the plates. Vol I p307 has a 1" hole into the plate "Resolution Bay; Marquesas" on the center fold; p.344 a 3" hole in the center fold of "Draft Plan Section of the Britannia Otehite sic." Otaheite war canoe plate xv; Vol II p46 Erramanga sic an oblong hole in the center fold for 3 1/2" plate lxiii; p210 South Atlantic map thin damage along centerfold 12"; p. 223 large hole in margin of South Georgia plate xxxiv. Bookplate tipped inside front boards; early fascicles loose but present.<br /> <br /> A sound reference copy for a student of the Antarctic and James Cook. W. Strahan & T. Cadell hardcover
122696London W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1777. . First edition; 2 vols 4to 30 x 24.5 cm; engraved portrait of Captain Cook by James Basire as frontispiece 14 maps 6 of these folding 47 engraved plates after Hodges 23 of these folding 2 folding schematics 1 folding letterpress table small tear to one of the folding maps with old repair a couple of plates with marginal toning; publisher's original boards backed in later linen and title labels edges uncut a little wear to boards as expected housed in modern clamshell boxes a near fine set; xl 378; viii 396 pp.<br /> The first edition of the official account of Cook's second voyage with the maps in rare uncut state with full margins. Cook was sent by the Admiralty to ascertain whether Terra Australis really existed below the Antarctic Circle. <br /><br />Cook captained the first ship on record to cross the Antarctic Circle and the first to use the Larcum Kendall K1 chronometer. Although he discovered the South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia he did not gain sight of a Southern Continent and definitively disproved the Terra Australis theory. What he did see were the pacific islands between New Zealand and South America with much attention paid to the cultures and peoples he encountered. The plates show views plants and fauna indigenous handicrafts including weapons and most importantly eighteen portraits of Pacific Island peoples including New Zealand Tahiti Amsterdam Island Easter Island Marquesas Islands Raiatea Islands Bora Bora Tonga Vanuatu New Caledonia and Tierra del Fuego. <br /><br />Cook sailed aboard HMS Resolution whilst HMS Adventure was commanded by Tobias Furneaux. The two vessels were split up twice during their voyage: the first time they successfully met at the rendezvous at Queen Charlotte Sound in New Zealand the second time on their loop to Tonga they both made it back but missed each other by four days. Cook had returned first and set off again into the South Pacific leaving a message for his fellow captain. When Furneaux returned he lingered in New Zealand and lost ten crewmen in a clash with the M ori people after one of them broke a tapu i.e. taboo convincing him to make his return to Britain rather than chase Cook. His narrative is included at the end of the work.<br /><br />'Cook was a brilliant navigator and hydrographer an excellent administrator and planner and probably the first sea captain to realize the importance of preserving the health and well-being of his crew On his second voyage of 112 men on board the Resolution which he commanded Cook lost only one by disease - and that not scurvy - a unique achievement in his time' PMM.<br /> Beddie 1216; Hill 358; Holmes 24; PMM 223; Taurus 1. London, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777. hardcover
1785024774London: G. Nicol 1785 COOK'S THIRD VOYAGE. 3 vols. Folio. original full calf gilt spine labels rubbed with wear at extremities upper hinge vol. 1 starting some fraying to leather at hinges mild toning and spotting bound without half-titles Bookplates to Vols. 1 & 3 William John Belt Bossall Hall else internally clean and neat; pp. x xcviii 422 with 7 plates charts many folding; xii 548 with 11 plates charts many folding; xiv last blank 556 with 6 plates charts with folding table; Very heavy set 9 kg additional postage may be required for international and domestic delivery. A very good unrestored copy collated and complete but lacking the atlas volume as usual. Holmes 19. Ex-libris Charles Scobie ANARE Macquarie Island 1948 with his ownership signature dated 6-5-41 to first volume. Second Edition. Hard Cover. VG-. G. Nicol hardcover
178448217London: W. and A. Strahan 1784. First Edition. Full leather. Very good. 421p 549p 556p illustrated with 87 maps and views 63 of which are in the Atlas volume all but a couple with tissue guards. 24 in the three quarto volumes. Bound in original leather boards rebacked in the twentieth century in blonde calf not matching the original leather boards. Atlas volume folio with original marbled boards and rebacked more recently and wearing along the base of the spine splitting 6 inches down the front board corners worn yet still very attractive. Contents fine and with original tissue guards. Light foxing. Small bookplate in each volume later personal gift inscription 1945 in each volume. This Atlas volume includes the rare plate "Death of Cook" not issued with the book but occurs in some copies <br/><br/> W. and A. Strahan hardcover
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