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A Narrative of the Voyages round the World performed by Captain James Cook
by Andrew Kippis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Farningham, Kent, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Bickers & Son, 1878 Prize binding in full calf sometime rebacked with original spine relaid. Also contains an account of his life during the previous and intervening periods.
x, 404pp with twelve illustrations reproduced in exact facsimile from drawings made during the voyages.
First edition dedicated to George III in 1788.
Book size 220x150mm
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Details
- Bookseller
- Wadard Books PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16251
- Title
- A Narrative of the Voyages round the World performed by Captain James Cook
- Author
- Andrew Kippis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bickers & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
Terms of Sale
Wadard Books PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Wadard Books PBFA
Biblio member since 2014
Farningham, Kent
About Wadard Books PBFA
The shop of Wadard Books is located in a listed 17th century timber framed building in the historic Kentish village of Farningham. The business is named after Wadard, one of Farningham's Domesday landlords, a henchman of Bishop Odo and featured on the Bayeaux tapestry.
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- Spine
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- Rebacked
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- Calf
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- Facsimile
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