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Purves, D Laing (Editor)

Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World 1768-1780

W P Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell, 1920

23.75 €

Godley Books

(Hyde, United Kingdom)

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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
No
State of preservation
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

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 An important historical reference on circumnavigation, excerpts from Cook's journals giving a wealth of detailed information.