Beschreibung:

COOK, Capt. James]. [FIRST AND SECOND VOYAGES] -- An Abridgement of Captain Cook's First and Second Voyages. London: G. Kearsley, 1789. 12 o (168 x 103 mm). Plates. Contemporary speckled calf. -- COOK. [THIRD VOYAGE] -- Captain Cook's Third and Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean... Faithfully Abridged from the Quarto Edition. London: John Fielding and John Stockdale, [1785?]. 8 o (203 x 130 mm). Plates. Later red pebbled calf (edge wear). -- COOK. [THIRD VOYAGE] -- A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of his majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Dublin: H. Chamerlaine et al, 1784. 3 volumes, 8 o (210 x 130 mm). Plates (three lacking). Modern quarter calf. -- Another copy. 3 volumes, 8 o (214 x 130 mm). Plates (scattered soiling throughout). Contemporary tree calf, gilt (very worn, one spine split, one cover detached but present.) -- Another mixed set: volume 1: London: John Fielding, 1785; volume 2: Dublin: Price, Whitestone et al, 1781; volumes 3 and 4: London: John Stockdale, Scatcherd et al, 1784. 4 volumes, 8 o (212 x 125 mm). Plates (soiling throughout). Uniformly bound in contemporary half calf (faded, worn). -- Another edition. London: John Stockdale, Scatcherd, et al. 4 volumes, 8 o (205 x 130 mm). Plates (soiling throughout, small tears to plates). Contemporary quarter calf (very worn, two spines split, three covers detached but present.) -- HAWKESWORTH, John. [FIRST VOYAGE] -- An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. Perth: Printed by R. Morison, 1789. 4 volumes, 12 o (175 x 102 mm). Plates, some folding (wear throughout). Contemporary calf (worn, one cover detached but present). -- KIPPIS, Andrew. [FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD VOYAGES] -- A Narrative of the Voyages Round the World Performed by Captain James Cook Philadelphia: James B. Smith, 1860. 2 volumes bound in 1, small 8 o (167 x 11o mm). Plates. Original blue panel stamped cloth. -- Another edition. Chiswick: Printed by C. and C. Whittingham, 1826. 2 volumes, small 8 o (130 x 80 mm). Engraved titles. Contemporary polished calf, the covers with single and double fillet panels around third panel of a fleur-de-lis roll, a central single fillet panel cornered with a small tulip device and surrounding an elaborate design stamped in blind encorporating grapes and vines around a lyre, the spines richly gilt with three panels centering a rose (some light wear, hinges rubbed). -- Another copy. 2 volumes bound in 1, small 8 o (137 x 85 mm). Pebbled cloth, paper spine label (label worn). -- SPARKS, Jared. Memoirs of the Life and Travels of John Ledyard from his Journals and Correspondence. London: Henry Colburn, 1828. 8 o (193 x 120 mm). Contemporary half red pebbled calf (worn, hinges cracked). -- Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook . London: J. Robins, 1820. 4 o (260 x 186 mm). Plates. Contemporary calf (very worn, front cover and preliminaries detached but present). FOURTH EDITION. (Wear and soiling throughout, plates lacking). Together 20 volumes. (20)