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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Revised ed. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The pages are lightly tanned at the edges. The copy shows minor external wear, but is in otherwise good condition.

Paperback. Zustand: Used-Very Good. Revised ed. Pap. Slight shelf-wear. Cover scuffed and creased in spots.

Zustand: Used. pp. 292.

Zustand: Used. pp. 292.

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Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Card covers. Unusual account of the Robin Hoods 42nd Artillery Searchlight Regiment with background to 1939 with details of Company organisation, and then short account of wartime service some in the UK and then "one of the first Searchlight Regiments to be chosen by 21st Army Group to take part in the second front" arriving D-Day, D plus 96 for defended ports abroad duties. Eventually the unit was redeployed for defence of Antwerp and operated during the heavy V Weapon attacks, later moving to the Scheldt and Xanten then to Hamburg. 8pp., Foreword by Lieut.Col. H.F.Piper. Some modest wear and a few blemishes, card covers with coloured logo. Uncommon.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Gary Cook (illustrator). Landscape size, 9.6 inches wide.

Small 8vo. 392pp.Original calf with red and black labels, marbled endpapers, some splitting along external hinge, but a pleasnt trim copy. . Volume 2 only of a three volume work.

Uncoloured; light age-toning and soiling, otherwise fair to good. An engraving of a tattooed New Zealand Chief, published in the "Gentleman's Magazine".

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Revised and Enlarged. 95 pages, 12 b/w plates, folding map. Ex-General Assembly Library New Zealand. 4th edition, revised and enlarged.

Print. Zustand: Overall very good condition. Cooke's version is after an engraving from a drawing by John Webber in 1779 from "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean." Captain James Cook [1782 - 1779] made three voyages to the Pacific and encountered Pacific cultures for the first time, but also brought back to Europe the first large-scale collection of Pacific objects. John Webber was the artist on Cook's third voyage 1776-1780. This image most likely is part of a ceremony when Cook was greeted in Hawaii. From "Scenery of the East India Islands, Etc." Copper engraving, 8.25 x 11", with stain in lower right corner not affecting image.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Somerfield, T.; Drigin, Serge; Sutcliffe, Norman; Holloway, Cyril; Cameron, John; Hiley, F.E.; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth (illustrator). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi (priest) and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated article on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer, H.W. Millard, G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas, only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there, the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith, a young soldier in the American Army, stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners, customs, and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga, or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua, with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter, formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos, thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville, Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. SCARCE EARLY MANCHESTER PRINTING. 8vo. (8.4 x 5.5 inches). viii,566pp,+ Directions to the Binder leaf. This abridgement, by G. W. Anderson, was originally published in 1799. Six full page engravings, including portrait frontis of Cook and the death of Captain Cook. Complete. Previous owners named scratched out on the title page, without any loss to the page. Bound in contemporary full reversed calf. Spine with raised bands, ruled in blind. Red title label, ruled and lettered in gilt. Loss to the top of the spine, exposing the headband, which is loose. 2 inch chip to the top of the front blank endpaper. Overall a very good copy in an early calf binding. -- More photos available on request.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Second edition. Three volumes. London: for William Strahan and Thomas Cadell, 1773. Second edition. Quarto (12 5/16" x 9 7/8", 313mm x 251mm): [Full collation available upon request]. With 52 engraved plates in toto. Bound in half calf over marbled boards. On the spine, 5 panels. "hawkesworth / voyages" gilt to the second panel, number gilt to the fourth. All edges of the text-block untrimmed. Presented in a brown buckram clamshell box with "hawkesworth / voyages" gilt to a tan sheepskin lettering piece on the side panel. Generally worn, with boards rubbed and extremities skinned. Craquelure to the spines, with losses to the heads and tails of each backstrip. Loose binding throughout. Leaves evenly toned with sporadic spotting, edges occasionally soiled. Leaves d2-d3 detached from volume I. In volume II: front board nearly detached, binding split and quires Aa-Mm detached. Dampstaining to the lower edge from U1-U4. Lacking a4. Per fess sable and ermine armorial bookplate with the motto "nec celeri nec forti" and an inked manuscript note -- "Catd" -- to the front pastedown of volume I. Captain James Cook (1728-1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer, known for his three voyages to the Pacific. He provided the first recorded contact with Eastern Australia and Hawaii, and the first circumnavigation of New Zealand. His travels also included the Antarctic, America, and the Bering Strait. His first voyage -- spanning three years in the Southern Hemisphere on HMS Endeavor -- was commissioned by King George III and departed from Plymouth Dockyard in August of 1768. The Royal Society had spent the better part of that year petitioning the King to finance a scientific expedition in service of observing Venus crossing the face of the Sun, which would aid in measuring the distance from the Earth to the Sun. The voyage would double as an exploration of the Southern seas and a search for the mythical Terra Australis Incognita, though this part of the mission was not made public until the day before the ship launched. The Royal Society had suggested that Alexander Dalrymple, a geographer from Scotland, be given the post, but he would only accept if he was bestowed a brevet commission as a captain. Aghast by this demand, Navy officials chose Cook instead. On his final voyage to the Pacific Islands, tensions rose between the Hawaiian population and the European explorers, spurred on by Europeans desecrating a burial site. This resulted in Captain Cook's murder and dismemberment, leaving some of his body parts for a burial at sea. The task of compiling and publishing the official account of Captain Cook's first voyage was given to John Hawkesworth (1715-1773), a literary critic, essayist, and editor of The Gentleman's Magazine. The Hawkesworth volumes were one of most popular publications of the XVIIIc, with the 2,000 sets of the first edition released on June 9th, 1773, selling out almost immediately and necessitating a second edition of 2,500 sets published less than 8 weeks later. Despite the commercial success, the initial release was a PR nightmare for Hawkesworth. He faced immense criticism due to the text's horrendous formatting and numerous pagination and bibliographical errors (the majority of which were corrected for this, the second edition). The bookplate, which boasts an unusual phrase (trans. "neither fast nor strong"), is likely from the late 1700s. Heraldic mottos with a similar sentence structure crop up throughout the late XVIIIc, such as the more popular "nec elatus nec dejectus" of the Thomas and Shanahan families). The United Kingdom's National Trust Collections cites a similar bookplate, which they posit is XVIIIc, but is not yet identified. Theodore "Ted" Benttinen (1948-2023) was an MIT-educated oceanographer and explorer who went to both poles on research missions. Benttinen amassed a formidable collection of books of exploration, particularly strong in Pacific voyages as well as in polar accounts. The present volume was lot 59 in the Sotheby's New York 9 December 2024 sale of his library. Hill 782; Sabin 30934. Cataloged by G.R. Murdock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. First Scottish Edition. Some old insect spots to fore edges. Light foxing to prelims; Attractive modern half brown calf, marbled boards, spine in 5 compartments. With 4 page obituary to Cook at rear of vol. 1. An additional engraved title to volume 1, 26 engraved plates including a frontispiece portrait to volume 1 and one folding plate of Cook's death. With an additional large folding map (small old repair). A 10 page list of subscribers at rear of final volume.; 8vo (154x95mm); (iv,346,4;iv,356;iv,340;iv,244,42,10) pages; The first Perth edition of Cook's final voyage. [Beddie 1559].

London:: Printed for John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy, 1784., 1784. Four volumes. 8vo. (196 x 124 mm) xii, 370; xii, 359; xii, 400; xii, 310, [2 blank, 60] pp. Large folding map, folding map of Hawaii, engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook, 48 [17+11+16+4] full-page engravings, including folding plate of the death of Cook, index, list of subscribers. Modern half brown calf over marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine titles. Fine. FIRST OCTAVO EDITION of Cook's third voyage to discover a northwest passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Abridged, and so without all the technical nautical details found in the earlier quarto edition, but often preferred by readers because "the work reads more like an adventure" [Hill]. On board were a number of significant crew members: William Bligh, James Burney, James Colnett, George Vancouver, and John Webber as artist to the expedition. The voyage took in Kerguelen Island, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Cook, Tonga, and Society Islands, 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' 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 Clerke took command, and after he died six months later, the ships returned to England under John Gore. Despite contemporary English hostilities with the United States and France, the scientific nature of this expedition caused the various governments to exempt these vessels from capture. This voyage resulted in what Cook judged his most valuable discovery - the Hawaiian Islands" [Hill]. Beddie 1545; Hill 362; Mitchell "Cook" 1545; Sabin 16251.

THE FIRST VOYAGE HAWKESWORTH, John (1715-1773). An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1773. 3 volumes, 4to (11 2/8 x 8 7/8 inches). 2 large folding maps of "Part of the South Seas," (small tears to folds) and "The Straights of Magellan," 50 engraved plates, charts and maps (35 double or folding), (some occasionally heavy spotting). Second edition. SECOND VOYAGE COOK, James. A Voyage towards the South Pole, and round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775 . In which is included, Captain Furneaux's Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships. London: W.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1784. 2 volumes, 4to (11 2/8 x 8 7/8 inches). Engraved portrait frontispiece, large folding chart of the Southern Hemisphere and 61 plates, charts and maps (33 double or folding), one letterpress table (occasional light browning and a few pale mostly marginal stains). Fourth edition. THIRD VOYAGE. COOK, James and James KING (1750-1784). A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. London: H. Hughes. 1785. 3 volumes, 4to (11 2/8 x 8 7/8 inches). 23 folding or double charts and views (occasional light browning and a few pale stains). Third edition. Together 9 volumes: 8 text volumes uniformly bound in contemporary tree calf, spines in six compartments, green and red morocco lettering-pieces in two, the others elaborately decorated in gilt with fine three-masted ship tools (skillfully rebacked preserving the original spines); folio atlas volume (22 x 15 6/8 inches) to accompany the Third Voyage, containing a large folding chart of Cook's Discoveries (marginal tears crossing the plate mark), a double page chart of the "New Coast of America and New Coast of Asia, and 61 plates of views, portraits and artifacts (without the plate depicting the "Death of Captain Cook") (some occasionally heavy spotting), contemporary tree calf (rebacked to style, edges repaired). "[Cook] was the first really scientific navigator, and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge" (Hill). "In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors together had done. He was the first really scientific navigator, and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge" (Hill). Cook conducted his three voyages between the years of 1768 and 1779. During his expeditions, the British naval officer traversed the South Pacific three times, twice braving into the Antarctic Circle. He was the first European to make contact with the Eastern coast of Australia: "The date of Captain James Cook's exploration of the eastern coast marks the beginning of a new era in the history of Australia. Cook took possession of the country for Great Britain. From the resemblance of its coasts to the southern shores of Wales, he called it New South Wales" (Jenks). Cook also ventured across the North Pacific and into the Arctic Sea, by way of the Bering Strait, in hopes of locating the ever elusive Northwest Passage. From there Cook made his way to the present-day Hawaiian Islands, he was the first European to step foot there, but he and four of his officers ultimately met a grisly fate at the hands of local inhabitants. Though Cook never made it home to England, he nevertheless achieved a great deal during his voyages. Cook's expeditions allowed for the creation of the first accurate nautical charts of the Pacific Ocean, which were based on thousands of astronomical sightings, and marine chronometers, used to determine longitude, were also used extensively for th.

4to., (11 4/8 x 9 3/8 inches). Half-title. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook. 20th-century half tan calf, cloth. Provenance: with the contemporary ownership inscription of Mary R. Williams at the head of the title-page. THE FIRST ENGLISH BIOGRAPHY OF COOK First separate edition. Considered as the leading biographer of his day, some of his most important biographies include lives of Anthony Ashley Cooper, first earl of Shaftesbury (1790; republished, 1836), Captain Cook (1778) as here, Philip Doddridge (1792), and Job Orton (1822). His life of Cook caused him no little anxiety on publication "A Narrative of the Life of Captain Cook must principally consist of the voyages and discoveries he made, and the difficulties and dangers to which he was exposed. The private incidents concerning him, though collected with the utmost diligence, can never compare, either in number or importance, with his public transactions. Those who are best acquainted with Captain Cook's expeditions, may be pleased with reviewing them in a more compendious form, and with having his actions placed in a closer point of view, in consequence of their being divested of the minute nautical and other details, which were essentially necessary in the voyages at large" (Preface). Kippis's magnum opus was his five volume "Biographia" published between 1778 and 1793, which included this biography of Cook in volume IV, and which is advertised at the end of the book, marked a "significant development in biographical literature that was built upon in the following century. It was a monumental achievement of scholarship, not only on Kippis's part but also on that of the contributors whom he employed" (Alan Ruston for DNB). Hill 935; Sabin 37954. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

HAWKESWORTH, John (1715-1773). An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1773. 3 volumes, 4to (11 2/8 x 8 7/8 inches). With "Directions for placing the cuts and charts". 2 large folding maps of "Part of the South Seas," (small tears to folds) and "The Straights of Magellan," 50 engraved plates, charts and maps (35 double or folding), (some occasionally heavy spotting). Second edition. SECOND VOYAGE COOK, James. A Voyage towards the South Pole, and round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775 . In which is included, Captain Furneaux's Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777. 2 volumes, 4to (11 x 9 2/8 inches). Engraved portrait frontispiece, large folding chart of the Southern Hemisphere and 61 plates, charts and maps (33 double or folding), one letterpress table (some plates close-cropped). Second edition. THIRD VOYAGE. COOK, James and James KING (1750-1784). A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. London: H. Hughes. 1785. 3 volumes, 4to (11 2/8 x 9 inches). 23 folding or double charts and views (some spotting to the early leaves). Third edition. Together 9 volumes: 8 text volumes uniformly bound in contemporary speckled calf, the smooth spines in six compartments, green and red morocco lettering-pieces in two, the others decorated in gilt with three-masted ship tools (rebacked preserving the original spines, extremities very worn); folio atlas volume (21 x 15 inches) to accompany the Third Voyage, containing a large folding chart of Cook's Discoveries (folds strengthened on verso), a double page chart of the "New Coast of America and New Coast of Asia, and 61 plates of views, portraits and artifacts (without the plate depicting the "Death of Captain Cook" issued later) (some plates with closed marginal tears affecting the images, some occasionally heavy spotting); half modern tan morocco preserving the original spine uniform with the text volumes, contemporary marbled paper boards (extremities a bit worn). Provenance: with the early 20th-century ownership inscription of James Lee on each paste-down. "[Cook] was the first really scientific navigator, and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge" (Hill). "In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors together had done. He was the first really scientific navigator, and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge" (Hill). Cook conducted his three voyages between the years of 1768 and 1779. During his expeditions, the British naval officer traversed the South Pacific three times, twice braving into the Antarctic Circle. He was the first European to make contact with the Eastern coast of Australia: "The date of Captain James Cook's exploration of the eastern coast marks the beginning of a new era in the history of Australia. Cook took possession of the country for Great Britain. From the resemblance of its coasts to the southern shores of Wales, he called it New South Wales" (Jenks). Cook also ventured across the North Pacific and into the Arctic Sea, by way of the Bering Strait, in hopes of locating the ever elusive Northwest Passage. From there Cook made his way to the present-day Hawaiian Islands, he was the first European to step foot there, but he and four of his officers ultimately met a grisly fate at the hands of local inhabitants. Though Cook never made it home to England, he nevertheless achieved a great deal during his voyages. Cook's expeditions allo.

Edition : First edition, Contemporary full speckled tan calf, rebacked superbly matching the speckled tan boards and saving original title labels, spine in seven compartments of raised gilt bands and densely-gilt compartments, red and green morocco labels on two and three respectively, gilt-tooled board edges, endpapers marbled. , ?The first voyage under the not-yet famous Captain Cook?s command, on the Endeavour, was primarily of a scientific nature?Entering the Pacific around Cape Horn, Cook reached Tahiti in 1769 and carried out the necessary astronomical observations?Leaving Tahiti in July, Cook discovered, named, and charted the Society Islands, and then heading southwest, explored New Zealand?Cook then headed towards Australia and discovered and charted the eastern coast for 2000 miles, naming the New South Wales. He nearly lost his ship on the Great Barrier Reef. Both Australia and New Zealand were annexed by Britain 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?Hawksworth, an eminent London author, was chosen by Lord Sandwich and commissioned by the Admiralty to prepare these narratives for publication. Hawkesworth had succeeded Dr. Samuel Johnson as the editor of the Gentleman?s Magazine, and with him had founded The Adventure. He had also edited the work of Jonathan Swift.? (Hill), Size : 4to, Complete with all 52 plates and charts, including the ?Chart of the Strait of Magellan? and the directions for placing the cuts., Volume : Three Volumes, References : Hill 782; Beddie 648; Sabin 30934., P. Volume 1. (6), title, blank, dedication (3), contents (6), introduction i-xxi, blank, glossary xxiii-xxxiv, directions for placing the cuts xxxvi-xxxvi, half-title, blank, 3-139, blank, half-title, blank, 363-632, 641-648, 633-640, 649-676, (6); Volume 2. (6), title, blank, contents (5), blank, half-title, blank, introduction xi-xv, errata, 1-410, (6); Volume 3. (6), title, blank, contents (4), 411-799, blank, (6). Minor tears in the charts of Magellan?s Strait and of New Zealand, and in the plates ?No. 6?, ?No. 21?, and ?No. 22?, all professionally repaired. In Volume 1, pp. 139 is marked as ?139-360? after which the pagination jumps to pp. 363 (with no loss). The gathering ?4 N? (pp. 641-648) is misbound, having been placed before ?4 M? (pp. 633-640), but there is no loss. In Volume 3, pp. 189 is marked as ?191? with no loss. A fine set of this rare first edition of Cook?s first voyage. Text and plates are clean and crisp, and bound in full contemporary gilt decorative calf.

4 volumes. 8vo., (8 x 4 6/8 inches). 6-page publisher's catalogue at end of volume IV. Half-titles to volumes one, II., and III. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook and large engraved folding "General Chart" of Cook's three voyages (short tear repaired) in volume one, one folding chart of the Sandwich Islands and a large folding plate of the "Death of Captain James Cook" in volume III, and 47 plates including some folding (some occasionally heavy spotting). Contemporary calf, spines in six compartments with five slightly raised bands, morocco lettering-pieces in two, others elaborately decorated with small gilt tools (rebacked preserving the original spine, extremities scuffed). First octavo edition of Cook's third voyage to discover a northwest passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Abridged, and so without all the technical nautical details found in earlier quarto edition, but often preferred by readers because "the work reads more like an adventure" (Hill). On board were a number of significant crew members: William Bligh, James Burney, James Colnett, George Vancouver, and John Webber as artist to the expedition. The voyage took in Kerguelen Island, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Cook, Tonga, and Society Islands, 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' 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 Clerke took command, and after he died six months later, the ships returned to England under John Gore. Despite contemporary English hostilities with the United States and France, the scientific nature of this expedition caused the various governments to exempt these vessels from capture. This voyage resulted in what Cook judged his most valuable discovery - the Hawaiian Islands" (Hill). Hill 362; Mitchell "Cook" 1545.

THE FIRST VOYAGE HAWKESWORTH, John (1715-1773). An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1773. 3 volumes, 4to (11 1/2 x 9 inches). 2 large folding maps of "Part of the South Seas" and "The Straights of Magellan," 50 engraved plates, charts and maps (36 double or folding), (occasional light spotting). Second edition. SECOND VOYAGE COOK, James. A Voyage towards the South Pole, and round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775 . In which is included, Captain Furneaux's Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships. London: W.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1779. 2 volumes, 4to (11 2/8 x 9 inches). Engraved portrait frontispiece, large folding chart of the Southern Hemisphere and 61 plates, charts and maps (29 double or folding), one letterpress table (occasional light spotting). Third edition. THIRD VOYAGE. COOK, James and James KING (1750-1784). A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. London: H. Hughes. 1785. 3 volumes, 4to (11 2/8 x 9 inches). 23 charts and views (13 folding or double-page) (occasional light browning and some spotting). Second edition. Together 9 volumes: 8 text volumes uniformly bound in contemporary tree calf, spines in six compartments, morocco lettering-pieces in two, the others elaborately decorated in gilt with fine three-masted ship tools (rebacked preserving the original spines, extremities rubbed, some surface wear to covers); folio atlas volume (22 x 16 1/8 inches) half calf antique, contemporary marbled boards (occasional spotting and soiling). Provenance: Contemporary ownership inscription of Elizabeth Cotton dated the 7th of August on the recto of the first blank in each volume of the First Voyage, and dated the 15th of April 1785 in each volume of the Second Voyage; with the early 19th-century bookplate of John W. McAllister on the front paste-down and annotations and newspaper clippings tipped-in to some endleaves dated 1832-1857 of each quarto volume; 19th-century armorial bookplate of John Bax of the Indian Civil Service (1808-ca 1840) on the front paste-down of the Atlas volume. "The date of Captain James Cook's exploration of the eastern coast marks the beginning of a new era in the history of Australia" (Jenks). "In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors together had done. He was the first really scientific navigator, and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge" (Hill). Cook conducted his three voyages between the years of 1768 and 1779. During his expeditions, the British naval officer traversed the South Pacific three times, twice braving into the Antarctic Circle. He was the first European to make contact with the Eastern coast of Australia: "The date of Captain James Cook's exploration of the eastern coast marks the beginning of a new era in the history of Australia. Cook took possession of the country for Great Britain. From the resemblance of its coasts to the southern shores of Wales, he called it New South Wales" (Jenks). Cook also ventured across the North Pacific and into the Arctic Sea, by way of the Bering Strait, in hopes of locating the ever elusive Northwest Passage. From there Cook made his way to the present-day Hawaiian Islands, he was the first European to step foot there, but he and four of his officers ultimately met a grisly fate at the hands of local inhabitants. Though Cook never made it home to England, he nevertheless achieved a great deal during his voyages. Cook's expeditions allowed for the creation of the first.

Uncoloured; overall fine condition. Four charts of the Society Islands on one sheet. Captain Cook and his crew first stopped in the Society Islands in 1769, and the islands became firm favourites of the crew. Shown are four protected bays on the islands of Otahiti (Tahiti), Ulietea (Raiatea), and d'Huaheine (Huahine), with numerous soundings, shoals, and anchorages noted. It was engraved by Benard.