A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe . In his Majesty's Ships the 'Resolution' and 'Discovery,' in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 (3 Volumes) by Cook, Captain James (Vols I & II); King, James (Vol. III) - 1784

Dublin: By Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Good. 1784. First Irish Edition. Full leather. Covers are rubbed at the corners, chipped at the top of the spine. Front hinge is separating. Folding table (appendix 2) is present and very good or better. Contents are near fine to fine, with no foxing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 559 pages .

Dublin: By Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Good. 1784. First Irish Edition. Full leather. Covers are worn at the corners, chipped at the top of the spine. Fep is missing (starts with the title page). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 421 pages .

Philadelphia: Robert Desilver, 1818. Leather Bound. Very Good. 2 volume set. Philadelphia: Robert Desilver, J. Maxwell, printer. 1818. 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm. V. 1 [I-XXXV] (37-445) V. 2 (1-350) 8vo. Quarterbound in imitation brown leather. Contemporary brown leather boards. Black leather title stamp on spines with gilt lettering. Tight binding and solid boards. Minimal shelf wear. Light rubbing to boards. Minor wear to title stamps. Bumping to corners. Endpapers replaced. Inscription of one, "F. Bollmann, Williamsport, Pennsylvania" dated "1828" on preliminary page of Volume 1. Copper plate engraving of Capt. James Cook, F.R.S. adjacent to title page in Volume 1. Hand drawn ink sketch of a 19th century cannon on final page of volume. Intricate calligraphic sketch of a swan on preliminary page of Volume 2. Owners inscription is repeated several times in calligraphy on the next page. Copper plate engraved portrait of Captain Charles Clerke adjacent to title page. Foxing,… Read More

Good/None as issued. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere: Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Being a Copious, Comprehensive, and Satisfactory Abridgement of the Voyage. London: Printed for John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy, 1784. First octavo edition. Leather bound. Good. Four-volume set bound in two. 370pp, 359pp, 400pp, 310pp. 42 plates including frontis plus one folding map. Uniformly bound in three-quarter leather with marbled boards. Gilt imprint on spine partially missing. Binding remains sound and interior is clean. Front board on volume one has one inch split at base. Top edge is darkened; bottom edge lightly soiled in two places. Calls for 49 plates; missing plate with Death of Captain Cook. Folding map plate includes Sketch of Karakakooa and Chart of Sandwich Islands. Both volumes in Good… Read More

London: G. Nicoll and T. Cadell, 1784. Map. Plate 36 from the atlas volume of Cook, James; A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean: Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, published by G. Nicoll and T. Cadell; London, 1784. Writing engraved by T. Harmer. Wagner; Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America, 696. Map printed border to border measures 15.25 x 26.5 inches, plate impression 16.75 x 27.25 inches, sheet 21.5 x 30 inches. An exceptionally nice uncolored copy. Request a higher resolution photograph if required.

London: W. and A. Strahan, 1784. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. London, W. and A. Strahan, 1784 [first edition]. Quarto, three volumes, collating complete with the 18 engraved maps (9 folding), 6 folding engraved plates of views, a folding table and an advertising leaf at the rear of the third volume. Contemporary full tree calf, spine gilt-decorated with contrasting title-labels; leather on the hinges and some corners renewed at an early stage, with some wear now to the extremities; inner hinges reinforced; a few old (ink?) splashes to the leading edges; endpapers and adjacent leaves a little discoloured around the edges by the leather turn-ins; charts and adjacent leaves a little foxed or offset, with occasional foxing to a few isolated sections; small blank bottom corner pieces missing from two leaves; trifling signs of use and age; a very good set. The large folio atlas is not present with this set of the official account of Cook's third and final voyage. The first two volumes were written… Read More

1784. Hardcover. Very Good. THIS COMPLETE FOUR VOLUME SET IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BEAUTIFULLY REBACKED RETAINING THE ORIGINAL BOARDS, SIX COMPARTMENTS AND FIVE RAISED BANDS TO SPINES WITH BRIGHT GILT DETAILS AND TITLE. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN, WITHOUT MARKS EXCEPT FOR PREVIOUS OWNER NAME TO TITLE PAGE, LIGHT SPORADIC FOXING. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED, BOOKS MEASURE 8.25"x5.5". 238 YEARS OLD. A BEAUTIFUL SET IN GREAT CONDITION.

London, E. Newbury, 1785, Second and enlarged edition, Contemporary calf gilt, with a folding engraved map and 10 engraved plates, one folding which is the first representation of Hawaii.
This work is attributed to Lieutenant John Rickman, who served as second lieutenant on the 'Discovery', Charles Clerk, Commander. This is the first full account in English of Cook's third voyage and has an important description of the death of Cook in Hawaii.It was first published in 1781, three years before the official account.
"This anonymous journal, of Captain Cook's third voyage, was once believed to have been written by John Ledyard, who had actually made liberal use of Lieutenant Rickman's account; hence the confusion. This narrative anticipated the government's authorized account by two years. All the journals kept on board were claimed by the Admiralty, thus the author remained strictly anonymous. The text, especially as regards details of Cook's death, differs considerably from other accounts." Hill
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London: Strahan, 1784. First. hardcover. good. 4 volumes -- 3 quartos, and 1 atlas folio. [8], xcvi, 421; [11], 549; [12], 558, [1]; 59 pages. Illustrated altogether with 85 plates and maps of which 24 are in the text and 59 in the atlas. Original leather bindings, beautifully rebacked in brown calf with black leather spine labels. London: W. and A. Strahan, 1784. A very good copy. The atlas volume has some foxing and dampstains in the upper margin, the interior is generally clean.<br/> <br/> First edition of the official account of Cook's last voyage. "This third voyage differed from the other two in that the scene of discovery shifted from the South Seas to the North Pacific and the west coast of North America, and had as one of the objectives the attempt at a Northwest Passage to Europe. On the way north the voyagers touched (discovered) the Sandwich Islands, so named after Lord Sandwich but later called the Hawaiian Islands, where Cook met his death on his return from the… Read More

London: W. and A. Strahan, 1784. 1st edition. Hardcover. charts, engravings. 4to. Complete four volume set of the first edition. In the original boards, but boards detached. Overall, the contents remain tightly-bound and in remarkably good condition. Vol. I complete but for The List of Plates (pp. xci to xcvi - however, included in the fourth volume - see below), and all seven maps on six plates (four folding), and one folding plate, are present. Vol. II complete with all eleven maps or views (six folding). Vol. III shows an early worm hole to the first few pages, not affecting text. All six maps and plates are present (two folding), plus the folding table at the end, but with no advertising leaf included. Vol IV contains 61 engravings of people, places, and animals visited by Capt. Cook in what is now Hawaii (described as the Sandwich Islands), Western British Columbia, and Alaska. Forty of the plates are folding; 21 are large single-page plates. The volume begins with 'The List of Plates', and is… Read More