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A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean Undertaken by the Command of his Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere to Determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore In his Majesty's Ships the RESOLUTION and DISCOVERY, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780. In Three Volumes Plus the Atlas Volume
de Cook, James and James King
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Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: W. and A. Strahan, 1784. First Edition. Full leather. Very good. 421p, 549p, 556p illustrated with 87 maps and views 63 of which are in the Atlas volume, all but a couple with tissue guards. 24 in the three quarto volumes. Bound in original leather boards, rebacked in the twentieth century in blonde calf not matching the original leather boards. Atlas volume folio with original marbled boards, and rebacked more recently and wearing along the base of the spine, splitting 6 inches down the front board, corners worn, yet still very attractive. Contents fine and with original tissue guards. Light foxing. Small bookplate in each volume, later personal gift inscription 1945 in each volume. This Atlas volume includes the rare plate "Death of Cook" not issued with the book but occurs in some copies
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- Old New York Book Shop
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 48217
- Título
- A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean Undertaken by the Command of his Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere to Determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore In his Majesty's Ships the RESOLUTION and DISCOVERY, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780. In Three Volumes Plus the Atlas Volume
- Autor
- Cook, James and James King
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Full leather
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- W. and A. Strahan
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1784
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- 0.00 libras
- Catálogos del vendedor
- TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION;
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- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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Old New York Book Shop
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Atlanta, Georgia
Sobre Old New York Book Shop
The Old New York Book Shop was founded in 1971. I was located at 1069 Juniper St in Atlanta for more than 25 years. After the advent of the internet I moved to my home. I am a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America). All books are returnable for any reason within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. Books are described in adherence to the strict code of ethics and professionalism employed by the ABAA.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
