Charts and Views Drawn by Cook and His Officers and Reproduced from the Original Manuscripts. (The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery).
by Cook, Captain James; R. A. Skelton (Editor)
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Cambridge, Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1955. Hardcover. .. Small folio. Pp. viii, plus 58 plates, mostly folding, including very large general chart. Placed in the original navy blue full cloth portfolio, portrait of Cook in gilt on cover, gilt spine, with ties. With the original printed dust-jacket sleeve, this bit chipped at edges, trifle foxed and with few small repairs. Portfolio and plates are in near mint condition. An excellent copy. ~ First Hakluyt edition. X-2
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- Librarium of The Hague (NL)
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- Title
- Charts and Views Drawn by Cook and His Officers and Reproduced from the Original Manuscripts. (The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery).
- Author
- Cook, Captain James; R. A. Skelton (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - .
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- 1
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- TRAVEL TRAVELLING TRAVELLER TRAVELLERS GUIDE GUIDES TRAVELOGUE TRAVELOGUES NAVAL MARITIME SEA BRITAIN EMPIRE BRITANIA ENGLAND UNITED KINGDOM COMMONWEALTH NOISBN
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- Cloth
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- Folio
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- Spine
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- Foxed
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- Near Mint
- a synonym for Near Fine.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
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