Captain Cooks Voyages Round the World, First Edition (11 results)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, deep red buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 512pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate discolouration & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light cracking to front gutter).

Hardback. Condition: V.g. 1st Edition. .Containing the Whole of His Discoveries in Geography, Navigation, AStronomy. With Memoirs of His Life, and Particular Relative to His Unfortunate Death.Frontis. Portrait of Cook by Phillips. Pub. B.Smith & Co. 1815. Engraved title-page and 10 full page plates inter-leaved in the text. 12 plates in total. [ii] Preface, 798pp. 12 plates. 27x21 cms. English text. Bound in the original brown suede with some worn damage to the suede. [lacking spine label]. Generally lightly foxed throughout and some margin corners creased but a scarce provincial publication. Later issues appear with various different publishers. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. xiv, [1], 512 pages [22] leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, map, portraits ; 21 cm. gilt edges & marbled end papers. worn leather covers of Tyttenhanger Lodge. Internally Good.

Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated With 6 Color Lithographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. Green/Black/Gilt Embossed Covers, Clean Tight. Bookplate: Property Of American's Friend Society. Coloured Frontispiece With 5 Coloured Lithographs.Introduction (16). 512 Pgs. Publishers Advertisements Rear (32).Quite Rare Worldcat Finds 1 Copy. Excellent Copy.

The authentic and complete edition of the official accounts of Captain James Cookâs voyages, âthe foundation of modern knowledge of the Pacific and a cornerstone of the literature of travel and explorationâ (Beddie 648, 1216, 1543; Hill 782, 358, 361). Folio, bound in full contemporary calf with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, marbled endpapers, engraved frontispiece, one large folding map, 157 black and white engraved plates with maps, charts, and illustrations. In good condition with rubbing to the extremities, rebacked and reinforced. Captain Cookâs Voyages are an iconic symbol of discovery and served not only to contribute to many diverse fields of knowledge, but also to inspire many who followed after him. "He was really the first scientific navigator" (Hill) and the only explorer during this time to lead three circumnavigations. The knowledge accumulated during these explorations greatly expanded the awareness of the worldâs geography, and his writings, maps, and drawings significantly aided in future navigations, making sea travel much more certain and educating the general public. Cookâs first voyage sailed from England in 1768, rounded Cape Horn and continued westward to arrive in Tahiiti in April of 1769, where the Royal Society had engaged Cook to observe the transit of Venus across the Sun. He then sailed to New Zealand, mapping the complete coastline and then travelling to Australia, where his expedition became the first recorded Europeans to encounter the eastern coastline. The voyage was fraught with many perils, including being nearly ship-wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef and losing many of the crew to malaria in modern day Indonesia, but they were able to finally sail past the Cape of Good Hope and return to England in 1771. Cookâs second voyage took place between 1772-1775, with a mission to search for the hypothetical Terra Australis. Cook crossed the Antarctic Circle for the first time in history and thought he disproved the existence of the "Great Southern Continent." He actually almost reached Antarctica on one occasion, but then turned towards Tahiti for supplies. In Cookâs third voyage (1776-79), his aim was to search for the North-West Passage through the American continent. He charted the American west coast from Northern California through the Bering Straight. "Cook was the first navigator to accurately map the coast, and, by carrying away a collection of furs, he introduced the fur trade to the English and American traders, whose subsequent expeditions were based upon his discoveries no other contemporaneously printed source narrative is of comparable importance" (Eberstadt). On this voyage, he also discovered the Hawaiian Islands, which he named the Sandwich Islands. Cook died during this third voyage on the Hawaiian islands. With the publication of the first two voyages, and his dramatic death in Hawaii, James Cook became a national hero. So eagerly awaited was his account of the third voyage, that it was sold out a few days after publication. Among his accomplishments Cook discovered New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, the Isle of Pines, Sandwich Land (Hawaii) and rediscovered and charted numerous other lands. He was the first to survey New Zealand where he spent six months. He was also a pioneer in regard to the health of his men. On his second voyage, Cook lost only one man out of 118 in a voyage of more than 1000 days, one of the first to conquer scurvy. As a commander, an observer and a practical physician, his merits were equally great. He won the affection of those who served under him by sympathy, kindness and unselfish care of others, which were as noteworthy as his gifts of discovery and intellect.

Full Leather. Condition: Very good. The Anderson Edition of Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World, published in 1784. (illustrator). First Edition. Folio, [frontispiece], [title], [blank], [iii]-iv preface, [map], [5]-650pp, 651-653 tables, 654-655 "Concluding Remarks by the Editor" and "Contents of this Work," [Directions to the Bookbinder], [2pp subscribers list]. Modern full brown morocco, new endpapers, title in gilt on spine, raised bands, Folio measures (15.5" x 10"). Housed in slipcase, paste on marbled boards, solid hinges. Frontispiece portrait of Captain Cook, engraved by "Mr. Thornton," dated Feb. 14, 1779. This work is complete with 157 illustrated copper plate engravings (41 Maps/Elevations, 109 Illustrations), including large fold-out map and the plate depicting the "Death of Captain Cook." Plates in near fine condition, with only occasional toning. Archival tissue repair through "Directions to Bookbinder" leaf, now stable. Includes directions to bookbinder and 2-page list of subscribers. (Beddie, 19) From Forbes, this work is State IV of the first edition, with the publisher's imprint lacking reference to "booksellers and News Carriers," and is not dated. (Forbes 61) (Howgego I, C176). This important work is a compilation of Captain Cook's three voyages. It also includes voyages by Carteret, Anson, Drake and others. An attractive copy of this rare folio.

First collected edition of Cook's three voyages, folio, 2 volumes in 1; pp. iv, [4] list of subscribers, [5]-398; [399]-655, [1]; complete with the engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook, and with the full complement of 155 engraved plates an charts, but without the large folding world map; clean tear in D2 (no loss; one plate with tear at the top causing partial loss to the imprint and border, a half dozen or so other plates torn, with old repairs on versos and no loss; portions of the text dampstained, occasional spotting; many leaves trimmed close at the bottom with occasional loss or partial loss of a catchword, including partial loss to the title page imprint; some plates also trimmed close; 20th-century red morocco-backed marbled boards by J. Mac Donald Co., Norwalk, Ct., gilt lettering direct on gilt-paneled spine; the flaws aside, a very good copy. "An important compilation of English voyages, richly illustrated with engraved maps and plates. Anderson sometimes gives the original accounts, others are edited or abridged versions, and frequently additional materials from other sources are added to give scope and depth to the narratives" (Hill, 2nd. ed., 18). Also included are narratives of voyages by Byron, Wallis, Carteret, Lord Mulgrave, Lord Anson, Sir Francis Drake, Parkinson, Lutwidge, Ives, Middleton, Smith, More, Hanway, Hamilton, Kalm, Dalrymple, Johnson, Smollett, Moore, and others. The book was originally issued in 80 separate six-penny numbers. Two settings of the title page exist, one dated 1784 and the other undated - unknown in this instance as the title is shaved. Of the undated title-page ESTC suggests that it was issued with the final of the six-penny numbers. Beddie 17; Forbes 61.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Quarto. Eight volume set. Second editions. With 52 maps charts and plates for the first voyage; 63 for the second voyage; and 24 charts and plates for the third (lacking the atlas volume which contained most of the engravings for the third voyage). Bound in contemporary boards, rebacked in buckram. Bookplates. Scattered foxing and occasional marginal dampstaining. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8 Volume Set, filled with all Folding Maps & Illus Plts, 1st 3 Vols by Hawkesworth, 1777, 1st ed; 2nd 2 Vols by Cook, 1777, 1st ed; the last 3 Vols by Cook are the 3rd Ed published in 1785. Entire set Beautifully Bound in Brn Tooled Period Leather with raised Ridges on Spine & Gilt titles, Gilt Marginal Double lines around outside covers & Elaborate interwoven Design around inside covers, Gilt Armorial Design blindstamped on F Covers, Marbled e.p., & Marbled edgepapers, 4to. This set originally came from the Library of Sir Simon R.B. Taylor, Lord Justice of Jamaica, who died in 1815, his bookplate on F e.p. & Gilt Armorial stamped on F Covers. Hinges on front covers of 2 volumes tender else entire set Beautifully Bound & Impressive & in Nice Condition, some foxing but most maps & Illustrations are fresh & appear never to have been opened.

Handsomely bound in full burnished calf with moroccan labels on the spines with gilt lettering, volume numbers, and rules. First editions in 3 volumes, each measuring 9" x 5.5". Volume one has an engraved frontispiece of Captain Cook, the chart of the Pacific Ocean, and the plates of a Native of Otaheite & a Man of New Holland. Volume 2 has 5 engraved plates; Volume 3 has 11 engravings. All are present. With the previous owner's name elegantly written in ink on the front endpaper of each volume: George Allan of Greendale, a Member of Parliament for Durham, and possibly the son of the antiquarian and attorney George Allan. The text is printed on quality paper, ivory toned with only a touch of occasional foxing. A lovely set glowing softly with the patina of time. James Cook FRS (7 November 1728 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the British Royal Navy, famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular. He made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.Cook joined the British merchant navy as a teenager and joined the Royal Navy in 1755. He saw action in the Seven Years' War and subsequently surveyed and mapped much of the entrance to the St. Lawrence River during the siege of Quebec, which brought him to the attention of the Admiralty and the Royal Society. This acclaim came at a crucial moment for the direction of British overseas exploration, and it led to his commission in 1768 as commander of HMSEndeavour for the first of three Pacific voyages.In these voyages, Cook sailed thousands of miles across largely uncharted areas of the globe. He mapped lands from New Zealand to Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean in greater detail and on a scale not previously charted by Western explorers. He surveyed and named features, and recorded islands and coastlines on European maps for the first time. He displayed a combination of seamanship, superior surveying and cartographic skills, physical courage, and an ability to lead men in adverse conditions.Cook was attacked and killed in 1779 during his third exploratory voyage in the Pacific while attempting to kidnap the ruling chief of the island of Hawai i, Kalani pu u, in order to reclaim a cutter taken from one of his ships after his crew took wood from a burial ground. Whilst there is controversy over Cook's role as 'an enabler of colonialism'[1] and the violence associated with his contacts with indigenous peoples, he left a legacy of scientific and geographical knowledge that influenced his successors well into the 20thcentury, and numerous memorials worldwide have been dedicated to him. (Wikipedia) This is the scarce first Glasgow edition of Captain Cook's accounts of his voyages and discoveries; the first edition printed in Scotland.

First edition of this omnibus of Cook's voyages. Printed in double columns in "large new Types, constructed on Purpose to comprise much Matter in a little Compass" and issued in 80 sixpenny parts with avowedly philanthropic intentions, Hogg's popular edition helped disseminate knowledge of Cook's discoveries. "An important collection of English voyages. [which] sometimes gives the original accounts, others are edited or abridged versions, and frequently additional material from other sources are added to give scope and depth to the narratives" (Hill). The splendidly verbose title page notes the addition of the expeditions of Byron, Wallis, Carteret, Mulgrave, Anson, and Drake. The first three were included in Hawkesworth's edition of Cook's first voyage, while the accounts of Phipps, Anson, and Drake are reprinted from David Henry's An Historical Account of All the Voyages Round the World, Performed by English Navigators (1773-74). The book is often referred to as "Anderson's Cook", though George William Anderson is most likely a pseudonym calculated to evoke vague identification with William Anderson, the surgeon and naturalist who accompanied Cook on his second and third voyages. The publisher, Alexander Hogg, a specialist in "Paternoster Row numbers", had a penchant for tripartite pseudonyms. Provenance: with the ownership inscription of Captain Thomas Jellis, Northampton Fencibles, on the head of the first page of text, dated 1799. The Northampton Fencibles were raised in 1794. Jellis appears to have moved to America with his family in 1812, settling in Cartersville, Virginia. His grandson, Captain Thomas Jellis Kirkpatrick served in the Confederate Army and was appointed captain of the Amherst Artillery in July 1861, becoming a major in 1865, commanding the Nelson's Battalion. Beddie 18; Hill 18; Howgego I, C176; Spence p. 26; Parks Collection 104. Folio (376 x 246 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece and 156 other plates, maps, and charts, including large folding map showing the track of Cook's voyages. Recent sprinkled half calf, marbled boards, to style, red morocco label, bands framed by reeded gilt rolls, foliate lozenge gilt in the compartments. Two additional engraved plates laid in, one of the Queen's Hotel, London, the other, hand-coloured, of a pair of shells. Prelims and endmatter professionally restored, a number of short closed marginal tears some with archival tissue repairs ("A General Chart" repaired and reinserted), occasional marginal loss ("Cook's Strait in New Zealand" with some loss of border and text), some foxing. A good copy.