May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 297

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
COOK, JAMES. Captain Cook's Journal during his First Voyage Round the World made in H.M. Bark "Endeavour," 1768-71. A Literal Transcription of the Original MSS. Edited with Notes and Introduction. Edited by Captain W. J. L. Wharton, R.N., F.R.S. Frontispiece portrait of Cook; 2 plates; 2 facsimile letters; 7 folding maps, including 3 in rear cover pocket. Half-title. Large 8vo, original gilt-stamped olive cloth, quite worn and shaken, one cover corner damaged; contents generally clean, bookplate removed from front free endpaper. London: Elliot Stock, 1893
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first edition. Beddie 683.