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COOK (James)

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Travel to the South Pole and round the world. London, Strahan and Cadell, 1777. 2 vols. in-4, contemporary marbled calf, smooth spine decorated, beige title and tomaison pieces; lightly rubbed binding; restorations. Original edition of Cook's second voyage, illustrated with a portrait-frontispiece and 63 engraved plates and maps, including numerous leaflets, and a printed lexicon leaflet. Rusty leaves, small worm gallery in the second part of Volume I. Stamp "Colleg. Linens"

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