The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific as told by selections of his own journals 1768-1779 by Price, A Grenfell (Editor) - 1969

Angus & Robertson, Melbourne, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Maps on endpapers, coloured frontispiece tipped in , 10 full-page & 32 text drawings, illustrated dustwrapper. Peach coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with pink and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Skilfully edited by Sir Grenfell Price, these selections from the journals kept by Cook on his three voyages in the Pacific are reissued to mark the 200th anniversary of his discovery of Australia in 1770. Rubbing of the back strip edges and book corners. Some flecking along the front spine gutter region. Very light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels, particularly the rear with some fading of the back strip. Some age toning of the fold over panels and to the verso. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. 0207952213 . Jacket slightly worn at spine head ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 324 pages .