Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World 1768-1780
Rare and modern books
Purves, D Laing (Editor)
W P Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell,
1920
Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World 1768-1780
Rare and modern books
Purves, D Laing (Editor)
W P Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell,
1920
23.75 €
(Hyde,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1920
- Place of printing
- Edinburgh
- Author
- Purves, D Laing (Editor)
- Publishers
- W P Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell
- Size
- 7.5 x 4.75 inches
- Keyword
- Circumnavigation, Exploring, Sea Travel, Biography,
- Binding description
- Hard Cover
- Dust jacket
- False
- State of preservation
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- False
Description
Prize plate dated 1920 on ffep. Book not dated although probably earlier than 1920. Foxing to page edges. No other inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. Gilt lettering to red spine, not faded or worn. Binding very secure. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty upper edge, trace of rubbing to spine ends and very light bumping to lower corners. 351pp. An important historical reference on circumnavigation, excerpts from Cook's journals giving a wealth of detailed information.
