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A set of the three voyage accounts…
London: 1773-1784.
Cook's voyages: with the extra atlas, and uniform contemporary provenance
Together eight volumes, quarto, and two folio Atlases; uniformly bound in contemporary polished diced russia leather, decorated in blind and gilt, atlases in half binding with marbled paper sides matching the endpapers of the text volumes; all volumes.....
Price (AUD):
$68,500.00
Ref: #4504379
Chart of Part of the Coast of New South Wales…
London: 1773.
The Queensland coast charted by Cook on the Endeavour
Engraved map, 325 x 360 mm; mounted. This fine engraved map is the earliest published charting of the coast of Queensland, commemorating one of the most memorable passages of Cook's first voyage. Prepared by Cook himself, the map details.....
Price (AUD):
$2,850.00
Ref: #3502575
Captain Cook's Journal during his First Voyage…
London: Elliot Stock, 1893.
First publication of the Corner Journal
Quarto, with portrait frontispiece, four maps and plates bound in as well as three large folding charts in rear endpaper sleeve; in the original polished wooden boards, morocco spine lettered in gilt. A wonderful Cook relic: one of just fifty.....
Price (AUD):
$7,500.00
Ref: #4303378
A Chart of the Banks of Newfoundland…
London: printed for Robert Sayer and John Bennet, 53 Fleet Street, 1775.
James Cook proves his worth
Engraved chart, 540 x 705 mm. with simple early handcolouring to the coastlines. Attractive large-format map of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, derived from the survey work of Chabert (1750-51) and Fleurieu (1769).....
Price (AUD):
$1,250.00
Ref: #4311675
Reis naar de Zuidpool en rondom de weereld…
Utrecht & Amsterdam: G.T. van Paddenburg en Zoon & M. Schalekamp, 1793.
Revised Dutch version
Small quarto, frontispiece and two plates, with an additional handcoloured double-hemisphere world map bound in; a good copy in contemporary half calf, flat spine gilt. Scarce second Dutch edition of Cook's second voyage of discovery.....
Price (AUD):
$3,850.00
Ref: #3712578
A Voyage towards the South Pole…
London: Strahan and Cadell, 1777.
Cook's second voyage: to the Southern Ocean
Two volumes, quarto, with frontispiece portrait and 63 engraved charts, portraits and plates; in a handsome contemporary binding of russia leather, ornately decorated in blind and gilt. Cook's great second voyage: the official account, prepared for publication by.....
Price (AUD):
$14,850.00
Ref: #4205911
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean…
London: Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, Fielding, & Hardy, 1784-5.
Sleek and adventurous edition
Octavo, four volumes, with a portrait frontispiece, large folding chart and a total of 49 plates; recent mottled calf, spine gilt with raised bands. A handsomely bound set of the first octavo edition derived from the official.....
Price (AUD):
$4,850.00
Ref: #4107118