Buy this book on-line SYNGE,M. B: : CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD WITH AN INTRODUCTORY LIFELONDON.THOMAS NELSON AND SONS,1897. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,ex-lib,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG+.[Although an ex-public library book,with all it's usual library alpha-numerical notations,it's overall appearance both externally and internally,is of a solid,sound, clean example] No previous owner inscrptn,but white tippexed alpha-numerical library notation towards foot of spine/backstrip,just above bright,
crisp,stamped gilt cartouche decoration.A neat,clean,dark blue
Anchor motif'ed 'Plymouth Public Libraries - MOUNT WISE NAVAL HISTORY LIBRARY' bookplate pasted to dark blue front pastedown.A red ink 'Withdrawn From Plymouth Library Services'
vertical,rectangular stamp to verso of blank,opposite the ffe (which has been part removed,leaving a 4/5th" vertical strip only.).Usual library alpha-numerical library notations/
markings/stamp to recto of title-page's lower half.Recto of rear free endpaper's bottom edge has a taped library barcode, and finally another slim rectangular,black ink 'Plymouth Public Libraries' stamp to book's bottom edges.Rear free endpaper has 2 minor closed tears; one to it's vertical edge,
the other to it's lower edge.No other ex-library notation,
apart from those already described.Top+fore-edges all aged and
slightly darkened; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound
- no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Generally bright and clean,publisher's original,dark blue cloth bevelled bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt and black ink blind-tooled decoration (cartouches and lettering) to upper bd and the spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Rear board has a blind-tooled,
publisher's monogram centrally placed.Both head+foot of spine/
backstrip minimally frayed,rubbed and some chipping with some miniscule loss,all corners bumped with some minimal rubbing too.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,x-xivpp+ii-ixpp+12-512pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,Life of Captain Cook,
3 voyages' accounts comprising 48 chapters in total,26 b/w illus+maps excluding frntis (all called for and present)
throughout the text and the book,and an index.Plus[unpaginated];blank,half-title page,b/w subject portrait,
tissue-guarded frntis with subject's facsimile,copperplate style signature,title-page,preface and an illustrations list/
table.Described hard but faairly and honestly - nowhere as severe as it reads or would appear!
A brief potted biography of Captain James Cook.The following
'Three Voyages' of Captain Cook are taken direct from the folio volumes of his own journals,and but slightly abridged.
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