Murder of Captain James Cook by Richard Hough - 1979-04-12

Hardback. Acceptable.

Hardback. Very Good.

Macmillan Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

London: Macmillan, 1979. Hardcover. Fine with light rubbing to to top and bottom edges near spine in Very Fine DJ in mylar protective jacket.. Octavo in color-illus DJ; 271 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., charts, ports. ; 25 cm.; photo-maps to lining papers; index; bibliography: p. [262]. Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography. Cook, James, 1728-1779. Hawaii, South Pacific, British Empire, British Navy; Maritime History; Pacific Ocean.

Macmillan, London, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. Author's note, a note on Longitude, select bibliography, Cook's earlier voyages and index. The text is illustrated with 16 pages of black and white photographs and historical illustrations between pages 48 and 49. Photographic end pages, showing where Captain Cook was murdered in Kealakeua Bay. Navy blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound), by Chris Collingwood, with lack coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The series of related mishaps, follies, fantasies and wild misunderstandings the lead up to Cook's murder are here presented as marching with the inevitability of classical tragedy. This, the author tells us, is not the Captain Cook of the early voyages, otherwise the situation could not have arisen. – dust jacket blurb. Rubbing of the book corners and back… Read More

London: Macmillan. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0333234774 . Index. Map on endpapers. 750gms weight; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 274 pages .

London: Macmillan, 1979. First Macmillan London Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G+/G+; blue pictorial spine with black text; first Macmillan London edition; dust jacket has slight exterior wear; mild edge wear; small sticker to front flap; mylar wrap; cloth has few whitish smudges to exterior; strong boards; some rubbing wear to edges; pictorial endpapers; interior clean; tight binding; illustrated; pp 271; inscribed by author. 1343929. FP New Rockville Stock.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Macmillan. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!