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COOK, Captain JAMES. A set of the three voyages, second editions, London 1773-1785. 9 vols., comprising 8 vols., 4° (289 x 231 mm.), and one vol., 2° (530 x 380 mm.), the text volumes bound in contemporary speckled calf (rebacked in the 19th-century with gilt and blind-tooled spines, joints cracked, bindings somewhat dried, rubbed, endpapers renewed), atlas volume in 19th-century half morocco, spine tooled to match text vols. (rubbed, joints repaired). [First Voyage]. HAWKESWORTH, JOHN. An Account of the Voyages... for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere... In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour . London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. 3 vols. 51 (of 52) engraved maps, charts and views, of which 48 folding. (Some mostly marginal foxing, occasional browning, some offsetting, first folding chart slightly creased and with small tear at mount, 1-inch tear at mount of Tierra del Fuego plate, a few other short tears at mounts of folding plates.) Second edition. BCBJ 650; cf. Sabin 30934. [Second Voyage]. COOK, Capt. JAMES. A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in... the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775... Second Edition . London: for Strahan and Cadell, 1777. 2 vols. Engraved portrait frontispiece and 63 engraved maps, charts and views (34 folding or double-page). (Occasional offsetting or foxing, 3 plates with imprints shaved). BCBJ 1217; cf. Sabin 16245. [Third Voyage]. COOK, Capt. JAMES and Capt. JAMES KING A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean.,, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere... in...the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780... Second Edition . London: J. Hughs for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785. 4 vols., including large folio atlas of plates. Engraved portrait medallions on titles, 24 engraved maps, charts and coastal profiles (13 folding), and one folding letterpress table in the text volumes, atlas volume with 63 engraved plates after J. Webber, including 2 folding charts. (Some foxing and offsetting, plate 46 in atlas vol. torn and repaired, "General Chart"with one small stain and minor repairs along a fold, 2 plates with repaired marginal tears, soft crease to penultimate plate.) BCJC 1553; cf. Sabin 16250. Provenance : James J. Lee, bookplates. (9)