Captain Cook's Three Voyages to the Pacific Ocean. Performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780. Faithfully Abridged form the Quarto Editions.(Volume II Only)
by Cook, James and King, James
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor
- Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Printed by Manning and Loring, by Thomas & Andrews and D. West, 1797. Hardcover. Poor. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Alexandre Benois. 351pp. 1797. Full leather binding 2 engraved plates. Cover worn and chipped, large pieces missing from rear board, interior missing front free endpapers and pages 343-350, paste-down endpapers partially torn away, frontispiece missing, 2 plates present and partially torn off, text and plates are age-tanned and occasionally moisture-stained, binding is tight and text is entirely readable. An imperfect copy, but rare edition in any condition.
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- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004764
- Title
- Captain Cook's Three Voyages to the Pacific Ocean. Performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780. Faithfully Abridged form the Quarto Editions.(Volume II Only)
- Author
- Cook, James and King, James
- Illustrator
- Alexandre Benois
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed by Manning and Loring, by Thomas & Andrews and D. West
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1797
- Pages
- 351
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾
- Keywords
- Nootka Natives "Society Islands" "New Zealand" "Sandwich Islands
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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Wilmington, Delaware
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.