70381
AAMH
THE GREAT CIRCLE - Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History - Volume 39, No. 1, 2017

Perth, W.A. 2017. The Australian Association for Maritime History. Volume 39, No. 1. Edited by Michael McCarthy. V, 143 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 16.3.
No. 1: Don Isidro: A United States Army Transport WWII Blockade-Runner, by Paul Clark. The Endeavour after James Cook: the forgotten years 1771-1778, by Nigel Erskine.
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70382
AAMH
THE GREAT CIRCLE - Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History - Volume 40, No. 1, 2018

Perth, W.A. 2018. The Australian Association for Maritime History. Volume 40, No. 1. Edited by Michael McCarthy. VI, 141 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 16.3.
Vol. 40, No. 1: Voyage of Her Majesty's Convict Ship "Nile" , to the Swan River Colony, by W. Edgar. Reginald Arthur Henry Borstel (1875-1922), an Australian Pierhead painter, by Neville Pamment. The Torres Strait Divers' and Tenders' School on Thursday Island, by Anna Shnukal.
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70390
AAMH
THE GREAT CIRCLE: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History - Volume 23, No. 1, 2001

Adelaide. 2001. The Australian Association for Maritime History. Vol. 23, No. 1 - 2001, edited by Mark Staniforth. 72 PP with 1 map and tables. Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 24 x 16.3.
No. 1: Newport and Captain Cook's ships, by D. K. Abbas. "For Tyranny of Distance, read Tyranny of Scale: Australia and the Global Container Market", by Keith Trace.
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70392
AAMH
THE GREAT CIRCLE: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History - Volume 26, No. 1, 2004

Rockhampton, Qld. 2004. The Australian Association for Maritime History. Vol. 26, No. 1 - 2004, edited by Steve Mullins. No. 1: 70 PP with 13 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24 x 16.3.
No. 1: COOK, the Sea and Culture Contact in the Pacific, by John Gascoigne. Nautical themes in the Aboriginal Rock Paintings of Mount Borradaile, western Arnhem Land, by David Andrews Roberts.
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70388
AAMH
THE GREAT CIRCLE: Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History - Volume 19, No. 1 - 1997

Perth. 1997. Australian Association for Maritime History. Edited by G.R. HENNING. No. 1: 72 PP with 4 b/w illustrations. Card covers. Occasional foxing spots. Near fine. 24.3 x 16.3.
No. 1: A regular and reciprocal system of commerce: Botany Bay, Nootka Sound and the isles of Japan, by Robert J. King. From Torres Islands to Dobo: the 1905 departure of the Torres Strait pearl-shelling fleets to Aru, Netherlands East Indies, by Steve Mullins. Cook's Endeavour Bark, by Mike Connell and Des Liddy.
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70586
ADAMS, Brian
THE FLOWERING OF THE PACIFIC, Being an Account of Joseph Banks' Travels in the South Seas and the Story of his Florilegium

Sydney. 1986. Collins / British Museum (Natural History). 1st Ed. (12), 194 PP with b/w & colour illustrations, plus 16 plates in colour. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 21.3. 0002174723
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$45

20531
ALEXANDER, Michael
OMAI 'NOBLE SAVAGE'

London. 1977. Collins & Harvill Press. 1st Ed. 223 PP plus 12 Pages with 14 bw illust. Ep: Capt. Wallis & men of the 'Dolphin' meet Queen Oberea, Tahiti, 1767. Hard cover, dj. (small closed tear). Near fine. 21.6 x 14. 0002626101
The first noble savage dear to the 18th century French philosopher Rousseau, comes into contact with the civilized world of England.
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33795
ALLAN, Harriet B.
THE ENDEAVOUR

Random House. Auckland. 1995. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 2 maps, 3 plans, 6 b/w and 29 colour illust. Pictorial card cover. Previous owner's name on title-page, o/wise fine. 29.8 x 21. 1869412893
A Collector's Souvenir.
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$10

71917
ASQUITH, Ed. (editor)
CAPTAIN COOK'S ENDEAVOUR - The Whitby Homecoming

Whitby Gazette. Whitby, North Yorkshire. 1997. March 1997 edition. 36 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Map of Cook's 2 voyages at centrefold.
A guide to the historic Whitby visit 9-19 May 1997.
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$10

50865
AUGHTON, Peter
ENDEAVOUR - The Story of Captain Cook's First Great Epic Voyage

Moreton-in-Marsh. 1999. The Windrush Press. 2nd Australian printing of November 1999. (8), 216 PP with 3 figures, 10 head pieces, 10 location maps & 11 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 21.4 x 14.2. 1900624303
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42865
AUGHTON, Peter
ENDEAVOUR - The Story of Captain Cook's First Great Epic Voyage

London. 2002. Cassell / Windrush Press. 1st Ed. 256 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Captain James Cook, by Nathaniel Dance. Title page: Inside a house at Raiatea. Eps: Bread fruit, banana and coconut trees by a long house, Tahiti. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 19.5. 0304362360
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34080
AUGHTON, Peter
ENDEAVOUR - The Story of Captain Cook's First Great Epic Voyage

Moreton-in-Marsh. 1999. The Windrush Press. 1st Ed. (8), 216 PP with 3 figures, 10 head pieces, 10 location maps & 11 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.4 x 14.2. 1900624303
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$10

68763
AUGHTON, Peter
THE FATAL VOYAGE. Captain Cook's Last Great Journey

London. 2005. Arris Books. 1st Ed. XII, 203 PP with 9 maps, plus 8 pages with 1 b/w and 12 colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0184437050X
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$25

52600
AUGHTON, Peter
THE FATAL VOYAGE. Captain Cook's Last Great Journey

London. 2007. Tauris Parke Paperback. 1st paperback edition of the 2005 original. X, 203 PP, (3 publications) with 9 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.8 x 13. 1845114046
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$15

70764
BADGER, G. M. (editor)
CAPTAIN COOK, Navigator and Scientist

Canberra. 1970. A.N.U.P. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Sir Macfarlane Burnet. IX, 143 PP with 4 colour & 18 b/w illust. Fp: Colour portrait of Captain James Cook, tipped in. Eps: Chart of the voyage of the Endeavour in the South Pacific 1769-1770. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 24 x 15. 0708100783
7 papers presented at the Cook Bicentenary Symposium, Australian Academy of Science, in Canberra - 1 May 1969. J.C. Beaglehole, Sir Frederick White ...
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10216
BAGLIN, Douglass & MULLINS, Barbara
CAPTAIN COOK'S AUSTRALIA

Sydney. 1969. Horwitz. 1st Ed., in The Australian Heritage colour series. 32 PP profusely illustrated in colour. Inside back cover: Map of East coast of Australia. Pictorial card covers. Near fine. 24 x 18.
A pictorial appraisal of James Cook, the ships he sailed in, and the sights he described along the hitherto unknown east coast of Australia.
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$5

45033
BAKER, Simon
THE SHIP - RETRACING COOK'S ENDEAVOUR VOYAGE

London. 2002. BBC. 1st Ed. 224 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: Endeavour under sails. Eps: Chart of part of the Sea Coast of New South Wales. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 27.7 x 20. 056353463X
Book published to accompany the television series The Ship, first broadcast on BBC in 2002.
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56849
BAKER, Simon
THE SHIP - RETRACING COOK'S ENDEAVOUR VOYAGE

Irvington, N.Y. 2003. Hydra Publishing. 1st US edition of the 2002 UK original. 224 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: Endeavour under sails. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 27.7 x 20. 1592580041
Book published to accompany the television series The Ship, first broadcast on BBC in 2002.
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$20

34337
BANKS
SIR JOSEPH BANKS MEMORIAL LECTURES 1988

Hobart. 1988. The Royal Society of Tasmania. 1st Ed., with a foreword by General Sir Phillip Bennett, Governor of Tasmania No pagination, 28 PP with b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: Sir David Cecil Smith, Sir Joseph Banks Memorial Lecturer. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0959867961
A contribution to the Australian Bicentenary celebrations.
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$10

59095
BANKS, Sir Joseph
SIR JOSEPH BANKS 1743 - 1820. An Exhibition to Commemorate the Father of Australia

Sydney. 1979. Dixson Gallery / State Library of New South Wales. 1st Ed. 23 PP (typescript) with 1 b/w illustration. Stapled illustrated card covers. Foxing spots on covers and some pages. Very good. Foolscap format: 31.7 x 21.
Exhibition (January - June 1979) accompanying the launch of "The Sheep and Wool Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks", by H. B. Carter.
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13469
BEAGLEHOLE, J. C.
COOK THE WRITER

Sydney University Press. Sydney. 1970 1st Ed. 23 PP. Card cover. Very good. 21.2 x 13.6. 0424061007
The Sixth George Arnold Wood Memorial Lecture delivered at Sydney University on 15th April, 1970.
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71329
BEAGLEHOLE, J. C.
THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

Stanford University Press. Stanford. 1998. Paperback reprint of the 1974 US edition. XII, (2), 760 PP with 4 sketch maps, plus 1 folded map and 48 pages with 51 b/w illustrations. Fp: Captain James Cook by Nathaniel Dance. Pictorial card cover. Light creases to front cover, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 9780804720090
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19672
BEAGLEHOLE J.C. (editor)
COOK AND THE RUSSIANS

Hakluyt Society. London. 1973. 1st Ed. 10 PP. Soft cover. Very good. 23 x 15.1.
An addendum to the Hakluyt Society's edition of The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776-1780. Six documents from the Moscow archives relating to the visits by the expedition to Russian territory in 1778 and 1779.
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15450
BEARD, William
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, His Early Life and Voyage of the Endeavour

Randwick Historical Society. Sydney. 1969. 1st Ed. Foreword by B. R. Sinclair. 32 PP with 2 pen drawings by Albert N. Clarke and 7 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, pictorial front, dj. With compliments note from the Randwick Historical Society on FFEP. Dust jacket is a little rubbed around edges with a few repaired chips. Contents near fine. 24.6 x 18.8.
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15831
BEDDIE, M.K. (editor)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

Sydney. 1970. Library of NSW. 2nd edition of the 1928 original. Preface by A. J. Dunston and G. D. Richardson. XVI, 894 PP. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 25 x 15.5. 724099999
The most comprehensive bibliography and guide to sources of information on Captain Cook. 4808 + 16 (addenda) entries.
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$20

67132
BLAINEY, Geoffrey
SEA OF DANGERS: Captain Cook and his Rivals

Penguin Group. Melbourne. 2010. 1st paperback edition of the 2008 original. XI, 420 PP with 6 maps, plus 16 pages with 10 b/w and 14 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.3 x 15.3. 9780143798521
1768 to 1771: quest of the great Southland by Captain Cook on the Endeavour and Jean de Surville on the St. Jean Baptiste.
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71493
BLAINEY, Geoffrey
SEA OF DANGERS: Captain Cook and his Rivals

Viking. Melbourne. 2008. 1st Ed. XI, 420 PP with 6 maps, plus 16 pages with 10 b/w and 14 colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 15.7. 9780670072231
1768 to 1771: quest of the great Southland by Captain Cook on the Endeavour and Jean de Surville on the St. Jean Baptiste.
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$30

58415
BLANC, R. R. V.
EAST OF 170 DEGREES. Cook leaves his name in the Islands

Wellington. 1964. Department of Island Territories. 1st Ed. Foreword by F. R. J. Davies. 70 PP with 29 illustrations by Conrad Frieboe, plus 6 pages with 2 maps drawn by F.J. Tindall. Pictorial soft cover. Old water marks at top corner, obvious on the inside of covers, o/wise very good. 20 x 13.5.
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$15

37908
BLUNDEN, Godfrey
CHARCO HARBOUR

The Vanguard Press. New York. 1968. 1st US edition. (2), 401 PP. Eps: A plan of the Endeavour River. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 23.8 x 15.4. 0814900011
A Novel of Unknown Seas and a Fabled Shore ... the True Story of the Last of the Great Navigators, His Bark and the Men in Her.
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$10

64809
BRACKEN, Warwick, WALLACE, Stewart & MALONE, John
TWO CENTURIES - AUSTRALIA 1770 - 1970

Canberra. 1970. The Australian News and Informations Bureau, Department of the Interior. 1st Ed. An Australian News and Information Bureau Publication. 120 PP with 8 colour photos and 140 b/w illustrations. Verso of free fly of front endpapers: Additional instructions for James Cook, on Bark Endeavour. Hard cover, clear plastic cover decorated with HMT Endeavour. Covers lightly soiled, sellotape marks on endpapers. Very good. 32.5 x 31.
Commemorating the Discovery of Australia by Captain Cook.
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39379
BRACKEN, Warwick, WALLACE, Stewart & MALONE, John
TWO CENTURIES - AUSTRALIA 1770 - 1970

Canberra. 1970. The Australian News and Informations Bureau, Department of the Interior. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 8 colour photos and 140 b/w illustrations. Verso of free fly of front endpapers: Additional instructions for James Cook, on Bark Endeavour. Hard cover. Covers lightly soiled. Old water marks along top edge of covers and spine, light foxing. Internally good. 32.5 x 31.
Commemorating the Discovery of Australia by Captain Cook: An Australian News and Information Bureau Publication.
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54823
BROU, Bernard (editors)
A LA DECOUVERTE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - 1774-1974

Nouméa. 1974. Comité Cook / S. E. H. 1st Ed. Souvenir programme. No pagination, 16 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 21 x 15.
Exhibition Cook, held for the bicentenary of the discovery of New Caledonia, by James Cook.
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46638
BRUNTON, Paul (editor)
THE ENDEAVOUR JOURNAL OF JOSEPH BANKS: The Australian Journey

Sydney. 1998. Angus & Robertson in association with State Library of New South Wales. Reprint of the 1998 original. (6), 114 PP, plus 16 pages with 5 b/w & 15 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 17.5. 0207197369
Joseph Banks' account of the voyage of Endeavour along Australia's East Coast.
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$15

41150
BRYCE, Graham
THE SKETCHBOOK OF HMS Endeavour

Sydney. 1983. Collins. 1st edition (juvenile). 80 PP with 32 pages of sketches (full page). Eps: HMS Endeavour under sail. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Ex library copy with number and small stamps on front endpaper. Faint foxing, o/wise very good. 29 x 21.7. 0001951718
A vivid picture of the epic voyage of HMS Endeavour.
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$5

32595
BRYCE, Graham
THE SKETCHBOOK OF HMS Endeavour

Sydney. 1983. Collins. 1st edition (juvenile). 80 PP with 32 pages of sketches (full page). Eps: HMS Endeavour under sail. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Faint foxing. Near fine. 29 x 21.7. 0001951718
A vivid picture of the epic voyage of HMS Endeavour.
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$10

48798
CALLEGARI, Dennis
COOK'S CANNON AND ANCHOR, The Recovery and Conservation of Relics from H.M.B. Endeavour

Kangaroo Press. Sydney. 1994. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 47 b/w illust. (1 map, 4 engravings, 4 plans, 8 sketches & 33 b/w photos) plus 8 pages with 14 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24.6 x 18.8. 0864176449
The loss, recovery and conservation of the anchor and cannons jettisoned in 1770 from the Endeavour in order to refloat her after running aground.
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20103
CAMERON, Ian
LOST PARADISE - The Exploration of the Pacific

Topsfield, Mass. 1986. Salem House. 1st American edition. 248 PP with b/w & 33 colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine.. 26.8 x 19.5. 0881622753
Description of physical creation of the Pacific. How the islands were settled: the epic voyages of the Spanish, Dutch, French, British, English, Russian & American explorers.
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$15

41635
CAMERON, Roderick
THE GOLDEN HAZE with Captain Cook in the South Pacific

London. 1965. Readers Union / Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Reprint of the 1964 original. XVIII, 284 PP with 9 maps (1 on double-page), plus 36 pages with 5 colour photos & 36 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj (lightly soiled). Near fine. 22 x 14.
Rediscovery, through 20th century eyes, of the places visited by Cook in the Pacific between 1768 & 1779.
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$10

57957
CAMERON, Roderick
THE GOLDEN HAZE with Captain Cook in the South Pacific

Readers Union / Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 1965. Reprint of the 1964 original. XVIII, 284 PP with 9 maps (1 on double-page), plus 36 pages with 5 colour photos & 36 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj (lightly soiled and chipped). Near fine. 24.7 x 16.
Rediscovery, through 20th century eyes, of the places visited by Cook in the Pacific between 1768 & 1779.
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$10

56718
CAPTAIN COOK
CAPTAIN COOK BI-CENTENARY SOUVENIR ISSUE: 200 Years of Progress 1770-1970 (in St. George and Sutherland Shire LEADER)

Hurtsville, NSW. 1970. St. George and Sutherland Shire Leader. Vol. 10, No. 39, 17th March 1970. 52 PP with b/w illustrations.
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$20

15698
CAPTAIN COOK
THE OPENING UP OF THE PACIFIC - An Exhibition in Honour of James Cook

Sydney. 1970. Library of New South Wales. 1st Ed. 32 PP on glossy paper with 2 colour and 24 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24.2 x 22.2. 724099972
Catalogue of 328 items in an exhibition held between 6 April - 5 September 1970, at the time of the Bicentenary of the discovery of Australia's East Coast by Captain Cook.
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$10

66742
CARR, Denis J. (editor)
SYDNEY PARKINSON, Artist of Cook's Endeavour Voyage

Canberra. 1983. British Museum (Natural History) in association with ANU Press. 1st Australian edition. XVI, 300 PP with VIII & 253 plates (130 in colour). Fp: Colour portrait of Sydney Parkinson. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt device of a kangaroo on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A near fine copy. 25 x 25. 0708111726
Wide range selection of drawings: plants, animals, people, scenery and boats made during the first voyage of Captain Cook until Parkinson's death in Javanese waters.
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$70

38218
CASH, C. G. (editor)
THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK - Selections with Introductions and Notes

London. c. 1905. Blackie and Son. (2), 192 PP, (16 publications), plus 4 b/w plates (illustrations by Paul Hardy). Fp: Captain Cook naming Queen Charlotte's Sound. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front cover and spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, and on first and last pages. Sunday School Wesleyan Sunday School prize plate on front endpaper. Very good. 19.7 x 14.5.
Written for young people.
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$10

46392
CAYGILL, Marjorie
TREASURES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM

London. 1996. Trustees of The British Museum. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1992 (original of 1985). 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: South Front of the new British Museum. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 28.5 x 22.2. 0714117277
Hoa Hakananai'a, a statue from Easter Island. Captain James Cook... The Sutton Hoo ship burial...
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15601
CILENTO, Sir Raphael
SEEKING THE GREAT SOUTHLAND - Cook and the Endeavour in Queensland

Allan J. Campbell. Brisbane. 1970. 1st edition. 48 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Pictorial card covers. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.
A commemorative tribute to the greatest of British navigators on the Two-Hundredth Anniversary of his mapping of the whole coastline of Queensland from the southern border to Possession Island, Torres Strait.
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$10

39904
COLLETT, Bill
THE LAST MUTINY

New York. 1995. W. W. Norton. 1st US edition. X, 294 PP with 3 maps. Hard cover, gilt title on cloth spine, dj. Fine. 21.5 x 14.8. 0393038777
Novel. The further adventures of Captain Bligh: while retired in Kent, and reminiscences of his life at sea with Captain Cook or on the Bounty, or ashore as Governor of New South Wales.
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$5

42639
COLLINGRIDGE, Vanessa
CAPTAIN COOK - Obsession and Betrayal in the New World

London. 2002. Ebury Press. 1st Ed. VIII, 376 PP with 36 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.4 x 15.3. 091886597
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$15

36680
CONNER, Daniel
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, A British Mariner on the Pacific Frontier (in The American West - Volume XVI, No.1)

Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Cody, Wyoming. 1979. January/February 1979. Contains article on pages 1, 4 to 13 then 56 to 58 with 1 b/w and 6 colour illust. Pictorial card covers. Near fine. 28 x 21.7.
Published to mark the bicentennial of Cook's death in the Pacific.
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15454
CONNER, Daniel & MILLER, Lorraine
MASTER MARINER - Capt. James Cook and the Peoples of the Pacific

Brisbane. 1979. University of Queensland Press. 1st Australian edition of the 1978 Canadian original. XI, 164 PP plus 4 pages of colour plates (5 illust.), 61 engravings & 23 b/w & colour illust. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket has a few chips and light foxing on verso. An otherwise near fine copy. Oblong: 22.8 x 25.8. 0702213780
A bicentenary tribute to mark the arrival of Capt. James Cook at Nootka Sound on March 29, 1778.
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$15

40121
COOK, A. M.
LINCOLNSHIRE LINKS WITH AUSTRALIA

Lincoln, UK. 1963. The Friends of Lincoln Cathedral. 1st Ed. (8), 62 PP with 7 figures (1 photo, 2 maps and 4drawings), plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: The new road, Lincoln. Illustrated card cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 18.5 x 12.3.
Joseph Banks, George Bass, Matthew Flinders...
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$5

15461
COOK, James
AUSTRALIA DISCOVERED, The Voyages of Captain James Cook, R.N.

Sydney. 1970. Peter Leyden Publishing House / Commercial Banking Company (CBC). 1st Ed. 48 PP booklet with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Portrait of Cook. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed. Very good. 21.5 x 13.8.
Published for the James Cook Bi-Centenary Celebrations of 1970.
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$5

49644
COOK, James
CAPTAIN COOK BI-CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS 1770-1970 - New South Wales Programme

Sydney. 1970. Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Celebrations Citizen's Committee. 2nd edition. No pagination, 56 PP, invitation to the musical evocation of History Old Botany Bay (by Peter O'Shaughnessy and Marian Henderson) loosely inserted. Inside front cover: Message from R. W. Atkin, Premier of New South Wales. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.8 x 18.
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$5

34374
COOK, James
CAPTAIN COOK BI-CENTENARY PROGRAMME FOR 1970

Sydney. 1970. Director of the Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Celebrations. Illustrated folder containing: Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Programme for 1970, edition No. 1, edition No. 2, and New South Wales. Inside folder: Map of the East coast of Australia, 2 insets and 9 b/w illustrations. A little insect damage on covers of folder, o/wise very good. 29.8 x 25.5.
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$10

15794
COOK, James
CAPTAIN COOK'S FIRST VOYAGE, Commenced in 1768, and finished in 1771. His first published account of landing in the Endeavour River

Hisine Technique. Herberton, Far North Queensland. c.1970. Reprint from the Newcastle facsimile edition of Cook's Diaries. (2), 78 PP with 2 maps & 6 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 22 x 16.5.
Stranding on the Great Barrier Reef, overhaul in Endeavour River, passage up to Endeavour Strait.
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$25

34219
COOK, James
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

Brisbane. 1970. Australian Publishing Co. Special edition. VIII, 481-649, (1) PP. Limp cloth cover, gilt title on front cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.5.
Special edition commemorating the bi-centenary of Captain James Cook's Voyage up the Eastern Coast of Australia. Facsimile of Volume II, Book III, Chapter I (departure from New Zealand to Botany Bay), to Chapter VIII (departure from New South Wales; a particular description of the country, its products...).
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$10

35319
COOK, James
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK - Bi-Centenary Celebrations, Queensland schools

Brisbane. 1970. Courier-Mail. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 map of the world, 2 scores of music, and 32 illust. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 18.5 x 24.8.
Souvenir of the Celebrations held during 1970 to honour Captain James Cook who explored and charted the Queensland coast two hundred years ago.
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$15

36688
COOK, James
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK 1728 - 1778 - Postcard

Abbey Gallery. Whitby. 1978. Anniversary card for the 250th anniversary of his birth. Portrait in the centre and 4 drawings by John Freeman. Near fine. 16.5 x 21.7.
Published to celebrate te 250th anniversary of his birth on 27th October 1728.
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$5

15712
COOK, James
JAMES COOK 1770-1970

Sydney. 1970. Govt. of NSW. Compiled by the Trustees, Captain Cook's Landing Place Museum. 32 PP (including card cover) with b/w & colour illust. Very good. 23.8 x 18.
Booklet presented by the NSW Government on the occasion of the Bicentenary celebrations of Cook's first landing on the East Coast of Australia.
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$20

50840
COOK, James
JAMES COOK Journal of Proceedings at ENDEAVOUR RIVER: 11 June-14 August 1770

Melbourne. 2003. Banks Society Publications / Colony Press. 1st Ed. Transcribed by Captain W. J. L. Wharton. Edited with an introduction by John Currey. 64 PP with 1 portrait, 2 deck plans of Endeavour and 4 b/w illustrations, plus 1 folded plan of the Endeavour River facing page 24 and 1 folded chart inside back cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 094958617X
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$25

55509
COOK, James & CLARK, John
COOK'S ENDEAVOUR JOURNAL: The Inside Story

Canberra. 2008. National Library of Australia. 1st Ed. 194, (2) PP with 19 facsimile pages of manuscript and 72 b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 18.7 x 18.4. 9780642276506
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$25

54949
COOK, Lieutenant James
LANDFALL AUSTRALIA (in The Sydney Morning Herald)

Sydney. 1970. The Sydney Morning Herald. A 4-page Lift-Out of issue for 20 April 1970. Text with 6 b/w illustrations on one side, and colour illustrated map on the outside. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. Poster size: 59 x 78. Folded: 29.5 x 20.
Cook's crowded fifty years. What was this man like? Mrs Cook and the children. Earliest days. Where life abounds/Australian Oceanography, by Robin H. Austin. Keys to earth's secrets, by Professor L. Hawkins.
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$15

50396
CORDINGLY, David (editor)
CAPT. JAMES COOK, NAVIGATOR - The achievement of Captain James Cook as a Seaman, Navigator and Surveyor

London & Sydney. 1988. National Maritime Museum & Campbell Publishing / ANZ. 1st Ed. 111 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial card covers with light wear. Very good. 27.5 x 19.7. 0958799407
Catalogue of the exhibition celebrating the bicentenary of Australia.
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$5

20535
CORDINGLY, David (editor)
CAPT. JAMES COOK, NAVIGATOR - The achievement of Captain James Cook as a Seaman, Navigator and Surveyor

London & Sydney. 1988. National Maritime Museum & Campbell Publishing. 1st Ed. 111 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial card covers. Near fine. 27.5 x 19.7. 0958799407
Catalogue of the exhibition celebrating the bicentenary of Australia.
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$10

59076
CORNER, Sylvia (editor)
CAPTAIN COOK AND AUSTRALIA

Sydney. 1973. Captain Cook's Landing Place Historic Site Trust. 2nd edition of the 1965 original. Forewords by H.T.E. Holt (1965) and W.J. Holt (1973). 64 PP with a plan of the Endeavour, 6 charts / maps & 19 b/w illustrations (11 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 15.
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$10

15464
CRAIG, Robert D.
CAPTAIN COOK IN THE PACIFIC

Laie, Hawaii. 1978. Brigham Young University 1st Ed., in the Pamphlets Polynesia series published by the Brigham Young University. 32 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19 x 14.
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$5

62150
CROOKE, Ray
AN EPISTLE FROM OBEREA with decorations by Ray Crooke

The Rams Skull Press. Ferntree Gully, Victoria. 1955. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies. 5th edition based on 4th edition of 1774 "An Epistle from Oberea, Queen of Otaheite, to Joseph Banks, Esquire". 21 PP, (1 colophon), with 7 decorations by Ray Crooke. Cloth cover, tapa design. Copy No. 28/250, hand numbered and signed by Ray Crooke, on the colophon "Here ends the Epistle". Fine. 29 x 20.5.
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$450

45785
DALE, Paul W.
SEVENTY NORTH TO FIFTY SOUTH - The Story of Captain Cook's Last Voyage Wherein are Discovered Numerous South Pacific Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, the Coast of North America, and Alaska

Prentice-Hall. New York. 1969. 1st Ed. XII, (2), 370 PP with 2 pages of sketches, 8 charts & maps, and 26 b/w illustrations. Fp: Portrait of Captain James Cook. Eps: Track of Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Cloth cover, gilt decoration on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Light foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 17.
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$30

54818
DAUREILLAN, Alain & BROU, Bernard (editors)
Bi-centenaire - JAMES COOK & NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE / NEW CALEDONIA 1774-1974 - Bicentenary

Comité Cook / Cook Committee. Nouméa. 1974. 1st Ed. Souvenir brochure. No pagination, 28 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. 2 letters loosely inserted. French and English text. Fine. Oblong: 20.7 x 22.8.
Exhibition Cook, by Jacques Cheval & Numa Daly. Theater Play Cook, by Michel Camboulives. Opening of Avenue Cook, by Roger Laroque. Monument Cook, by Albert Ferré.
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$25

44003
de BROSSARD, Contre-Amiral
MOANA OCEAN CRUEL - Les Dieux meurent à la Grande Mer du Sud

Paris. 1966. Editions France-Empire. 1st Ed. 384 PP with 10 maps, plus 12 pages with 22 b/w illustrations. Illustrated soft cover. Light browning of paper on edges, otherwise an excellent copy. French text. 24 x 15.5.
Life and ultimate death of 3 explorers of the Pacific: James Cook, Marion-Dufresne and De Surville.
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$65

18312
DODGE, Ernest S.
BEYOND THE CAPES - Pacific Exploration from Captain Cook to the Challenger 1776-1877

Victor Gollancz. London. 1971. 1st UK edition. XV, 429 PP with 3 maps and 58 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): British survey ship cruising in the South Seas. Eps: Central Pacific between the 30th parallels. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Ex-library copy (1 stamp on soiled FEP, 2 stamps blocked by liquid paper on verso of title page). Covers soiled and with sellotape marks. Shelf wear on lower edge of covers. Good reading copy. 23.5 x 15.5.
The history of Pacific exploration.
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$5

37397
DODGE, Ernest S.
BEYOND THE CAPES - Pacific Exploration from Captain Cook to the Challenger 1776-1877

Little, Brown & Co. Boston. 1971. 1st US edition. XV, 429 PP with 3 maps, 1 plan, 6 charts & 50 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): British survey ship cruising in the South Seas. Eps: Map of Central Pacific between the 30th parallels. Cloth cover. Faint stains on outside edges, note on verso of front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16.
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$5

48369
DOUGHTY, F. H. (editor)
A BOOK OF SEAMEN

Jonathan Cape. London. 1929. 1st Ed. 159 PP with 5 tailpieces, 3 maps and 15 illustrations by Paul Rotha. Fp (in colour): The Navigator. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Lettering on spine rubbed. Occasional foxing. Very good. 18.3 x 12.5.
Columbus, Magellan, Drake, Stevens, Davis and Cook.
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$10

40914
DUGARD, Martin
FARTHER THAN ANY MAN - The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2001 1st Australian edition. XIV, 287 PP with 1 map on double page. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Very good. 23 x 15.2. 9781865086316
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$10

46417
DUGARD, Martin
FARTHER THAN ANY MAN: The Rise and Fall of Captain James Cook

Pocket Books. New York. 2001. 1st printing of the US edition. XIV, 287 PP with 1 map on double page. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16. 0743400682
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$15

70719
DUNMORE, John
Mrs COOK's BOOK OF RECIPES for Mariners in Distant Seas

Sydney. 2006. Australian National Maritime Museum / Exisle Publishing. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 15 headpieces. Decorated endpapers. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 17.2 x 13.2. 0908988648
Stewed Albatross. Beer, lemon juice and other anti-scorbutic beverages...
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$25

52920
ERSKINE, Dr. Nigel
COOK, The Discoverer (in Signals No. 78)

Sydney. 2007. Australian National Maritime Museum. Issue No. 78, March-May 2007. Contains article from P. 38 to 41 with 5 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. New. 29.7 x 21.
By the curator of exploration of the Australian National Maritime Museum.
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$10

59099
EVANS, D. Warrington (compiler)
AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD WITH A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGE OF THE ENDEAVOUR IN THE YEAR MDCCLXX ALONG THE EAST COAST OF AUSTRALIA

Brisbane. 1969. W. Smith & Paterson. 1st Ed. XXX, 180 (481 to 661) & 6 (CCXII to CCXVI) PP. Total of 216 pages, plus 2 folded charts (36 x 78), 2 plans (Endeavour River & Botany Bay), 2 engravings, 1 folded map (Cape Tribulation to Endeavour Straits). Green cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 28.8 x 22.8.
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$30

18431
FAGAN, Jim, JOY, William & DEILEY, Russell
CAPTAIN COOK - His Artists - His Voyages

Sydney. 1970. Daily Telegraph. Edited by Jim Fagan. 64 PP with 3 sketch maps at head of chapters, 28 b/w and 50 colour illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. A few foxing spots, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 21 x 27.2.
The Daily Telegraph Portfolio of original works by artists who sailed with Captain Cook.
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$10

33637
FANNING, Pauline (editor)
JAMES COOK - His early life and the Endeavour voyage

Canberra. 1970. National Library of Australia. 1st Ed., with a preface by A. Grenfell Price and H. L. White. 40 PP with 2 colour and 17 b/w illust. Eps: Map on the voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Fine. 19.6 x 16.5.
An introduction to a bicentenary exhibition arranged by the National Library of Australia.
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$15

34033
FARA, Patricia
PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS - Joseph Banks in the National Library (in National Library of Australia News - Vol IX, No. 3, December 1999)

National Library of Australia. Canberra. 1998. National Library of Australia News, Volume IX, No. 3, issue December 1998. Includes article P. 7 to 10 with 3 colour and 3 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. New. 29.8 x 20.7.
President of the Royal Society from 1778 to 1820.
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$5

59089
FINKEL, Commander George
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK - The First Voyage, 1768-1771

Sydney. 1970. The Sun-Herald & Shoalhaven Paper Mill / The Wiggins Teape Australia Group. 1st Ed. 32 PP with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Captain James Cook, by Nathaniel Dance. Pictorial card covers. Faint foxing. Very good. 29.7 x 21.
Published for the bicentennial of Australia discovery by Captain Cook.
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$10

59094
FINKEL, George
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK PORTFOLIO / JAMES COOK, The First Voyage, 1768-1771

The Sun-Herald & Shoalhaven Paper Mill / The Wiggins Teape Australia Group. Sydney. 1970. Decorated folder containing booklet of 32 PP with b/w or colour illustrations, folded ship's plan with 2 inserts, folded map of Tahiti with 2 inserts and one folded French map of the world with 3 inserts. Letter / Acknowledgment Form by editor of Sun-Herald, loosely inserted. Folder contained in original shipping box (rubbed patch on front). Fine. Format - box: 37.5 x 24.5., folder: 37 x 23.5. & booklet: 29.7 x 22.
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$35

59093
FINKEL, George
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK PORTFOLIO / JAMES COOK, The First Voyage, 1768-1771

Sydney. 1970. The Sun-Herald & Shoalhaven Paper Mill / The Wiggins Teape Australia Group. Decorated folder containing booklet of 32 PP with b/w or colour illustrations, folded ship's plan with 2 inserts, folded map of Tahiti with 2 inserts and one folded French map of the world with 3 inserts. Letter / Acknowledgment Form by editor of Sun-Herald, loosely inserted. Near fine. Format - folder: 37 x 23.5. & booklet: 29.7 x 22.
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$20

15532
FINKEL, George
JAMES COOK, ROYAL NAVY

Sydney. 1987. Hodder & Stoughton. Reprint of the 1970 original. 224 PP with 1 map, 9 head-pieces, 10 full-page illustrations by Charles Goodwin. Eps: Mappemonde with the voyages of James Cook 1746-1771. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 25 x 19. 0340391375
First seafaring experiences on coastal colliers, surveying & navigation skills to help General Wolfe in the capture of Quebec. The voyage of the Endeavour. Written for children.
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$15

15542
FINKEL, George
JAMES COOK, ROYAL NAVY

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1971. Reprint of the 1970 original. 191 PP with 3 maps, and 15 tail pieces. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25 x 19. 207952671
First seafaring experiences on coastal colliers, surveying & navigation skills to help General Wolfe in the capture of Quebec. The voyage of the Endeavour.
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$20

49271
FINNIS, Bill
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, Seaman and Scientist

Chaucer Press. London. 2003. 1st Ed. 252 PP with b/w and colour illustrations on superior glossy paper. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 27.6 x 20.8. 190444914X
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$30

42592
FLETCHER, Brian H.
ENDEAVOUR AND ACHIEVEMENT - Highlights in the Story of Australian Development

Sydney. 1957. Bank of New South Wales 4th revised edition of the 1952 original. (2), 30 PP with 30 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (HM Bark Endeavour). Staples removed, o/wise very good. 24.2 x 15.5.
From discoveries to the achievements up to the 1956 Olympic Games held in Melbourne.
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$5

14083
FORBES, Alison
COOK'S COTTAGE - In Memory of James Cook

Melbourne. c. 1990. Canberra Press. Reprint. 48 PP with b/w & colour illust. Inside front cover: Facsimile of Captain Cook's observations of the Transit of Venus. Inside back cover: Plan of Cook's cottage and garden. Pictorial soft cover. Inscription on top of Page 1, o/wise very good. 21 x 13.5.
A guide booklet of the cottage (and its English garden) which was brought to Australia and now stands in the Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne where it serves as a reminder of the links between the great navigator and the country he helped create.
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$5

54255
FORESTER, Maurice
ENDEAVOUR

Hastings, NZ. 1986. Pictorial Publications Limited. Illustrated card with Endeavour under sail from an original oil painting of 1986, by Maurice Forester. Back cover: details on H.M.B. Endeavour and on the Maritime Artist Maurice Forester. Signed by Maurice Forester. Very good. Oblong 14 x 17.3.
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$5

38657
FORMAN, Werner & SYME, Ronald
IM AUFTRAG SEINER MAJESTÄT CAPTAIN COOK

Verlag Anton Schroll & Co. Wien & München. 1971. 1st German language edition. 176 PP with b/w text-illustrations and 102 b/w & colour plates. Fp: Statue of Captain James Cook. Cloth cover, statue of Captain Cook in blind on front cover, dj. Light foxing, o/wise book and dust jacket are near fine. German text. 28.5 x 23.5.
The Voyages of Captain Cook.
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$15

17552
FORMAN, Werner & SYME, Ronald
THE TRAVELS OF CAPTAIN COOK

New York. 1971. McGraw-Hill. 1st US Ed. 180 PP with b/w text-illustrations and 102 b/w & colour plates. Printed on art paper. Eps: Resolution at anchor in Nootka Sound. Cloth cover, statue of Captain Cook on front cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 23.5. 070626502
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$25

20745
FORMAN, Werner & SYME, Ronald
THE TRAVELS OF CAPTAIN COOK

Michael Joseph. London. 1972. 1st UK Ed. 180 PP with bw illust. (facsimile of documents, plans...), and 102 bw & colour plates. Printed on art paper. Blue cloth cover, statue of Cook stamped on front cover. Corners a trifle bumped with bottom of spine and 1 corner a little worn, o/wise a very good clean copy. 28.4 x 23.5. 718110102
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$10

53181
FORSTER, Georg
COOK, THE DISCOVERER

Sydney. 2007. Hordern House / Australian National Maritime Museum. No. 6 in the Australian Maritime Series. 1st edition limited to 1050 copies, with a foreword by Martin Lutz, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany and an introductory essay by Dr. Nigel Erskine. Translated from the 1787 German original "Cook der Entdecker. Versuch eines Denkmals". 276 PP with 9 illustrations and German text in gothic script between pages 40 and 148. Fp: The Apotheosis of Captain Cook. Bound in quarter tan kangaroo with marbled papered boards. Gilt title on burgundy vignette on spine. Fine. 25.5 x 21.5. 8781875567492
Cook the Discoverer. An Attempted Memorial. A new translation accompanying a facsimile of "Cook, der Entdecker? Versuch eines Denkmals", being a memoir of Captain Cook written by Georg Forster, first published in Berlin in 1787.
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$225

15785
FORSYTH, W. D.
CAPTAIN COOK'S LANDFALLS - Eye-witness Accounts by members of the ship's company of HMS "Endeavour" 1770

Canberra. 1974. Roebuck. 2nd Printing of the 1970 original. VI, 26 PP with 10 b/w sketches. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 17.5. 0950085707
Accounts extracted for visitors to the East Coast of Australia.
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$5

66747
FROST, Alan
THE PRECARIOUS LIFE OF JAMES MARIO MATRA, Voyager with Cook, American Loyalist, Servant of Empire

The Miegunyah Press / Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1995. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies. No.6 in the Miegunyah Press series. XIV, 264, (2) PP, plus 12 b/w plates (6 of them maps & charts). Cloth cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 24.3 x 16. 052284667X
First voyage with Captain Cook and first account of this voyage with a concise vocabulary of the language of Otahitee. His proposals to establish a settlement in NSW. His diplomatic posting at Tangier...
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$60

34634
FROST, Alan
THE VOYAGE OF THE ENDEAVOUR - Captain Cook and the Discovery of the Pacific

Sydney. 1999. Allen & Unwin. Reprint of the 1998 original. XXXVIII, 196 PP with 8 head pieces, 13 charts & maps, and 10 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 19.5 x 12.8. 1865082007
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$5

20740
FROST, Alan
VOYAGE OF THE ENDEAVOUR, Captain Cook and the Discovery of the Pacific

Sydney. 1998. Allen & Unwin. 1st Ed. XXVIII, 140 PP with 12 head pieces, 13 charts & maps, and 11 bw illust., plus 4 pages with 7 colour illust. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Fine. 23 x 15.2. 1864481889
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$10

64831
GRAHAM, J. Geoffrey
THE CAPTAIN COOK MEMORIAL MUSEUM

Whitby. c. 1990. Cook Museum Trust.. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 12 colour illustrations (2 paintings, 10 photos by Arthur Pickett). 3 folds flyer loosely inserted. Soft cover, illustrated covers. Fine. 24 x 17.
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$5

15701
GRAY, William R.
VOYAGES TO PARADISE: Exploring in the Wake of Captain Cook

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1981. 1st Ed. 216 PP with colour illust. (maps & photos). Hard cover, dj. Very good. 26 x 18. 0870442848
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$10

14706
GREENHILL, Basil
JAMES COOK - THE OPENING OF THE PACIFIC

National Maritime Museum / H.M.S.O. London. 1970. 1st Ed. 32 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Capt. James Cook RN FRS, painting by Nathaniel Dance. Inside back cover: A draught plan & section of the Britannia Otehite War Canoe. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 27.5.
James Cook, the man and his discoveries, published at the time of the Bicentennial.
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$10

45701
GREENHILL, Basil
JAMES COOK - THE OPENING OF THE PACIFIC

London. 1980. National Maritime Museum / H.M.S.O. 3rd impression of the 1970 original. 32 PP with b/w illust. Fp: Capt. James Cook, RN; FRS, painting by Nathaniel Dance. Inside back cover: A draught plan & section of the Britannia Otehite War Canoe. Pictorial card cover. Very good. Oblong: 21.5 x 27.5.
James Cook, the man and his discoveries, published at the time of the Bicentennial.
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$5

64454
GRENFELL PRICE, A. (editor)
THE EXPLORATIONS OF CAPT. JAMES COOK IN THE PACIFIC, As Told by Selections of His Own Journals 1768-1779

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1969. 2nd edition of the 1958 original. XVII, 292 PP with 40 b/w drawings by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Fp (in colour): Plaque by Flaxman of Capt. Cook, tipped in. FEP: Chart of Pacific Ocean, before Cook. REP: Chart of the Pacific Ocean, after Cook. Cloth cover, sunned on bottom of spine, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket sunned on spine with some rubbing on back. An otherwise near fine copy. 24.3 x 15.5. 207952213
Selections of Capt. Cook's Journals compiled to give a running narrative accompanied by evocative & historically authentic illustrations.
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$15

15628
GRENFELL PRICE, A. (editor)
THE EXPLORATIONS OF CAPT. JAMES COOK IN THE PACIFIC, As Told by Selections of His Own Journals 1768-1779

Sydney. 1969. Angus & Robertson. 2nd edition of the 1958 original. XVII, 292 PP with 40 b/w drawings by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Fp (in colour): Plaque by Flaxman of Capt. Cook, tipped in. FEP: Chart of Pacific Ocean, before Cook. REP: Chart of the Pacific Ocean, after Cook. Cloth cover, dj (HM Bark Endeavour entering Botany Bay April 29, 1770). Dust jacket lightly chipped and rubbed. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise very good. 24.3 x 15.5. 207952213
Selections of Capt. Cook's Journals compiled to give a running narrative accompanied by evocative & historically authentic illustrations.
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$10

61162
GRENFELL PRICE, A. (editor)
THE EXPLORATIONS OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK IN THE PACIFIC, As told by Selections of his own Journals 1768-1779

Dover. New York. 1971. Paperback edition of the 1957 original. XX, (4), 292 PP with 20 head-pieces, 3 tail-pieces, 24 marginal drawings, 6 full-page drawings & 2 maps on double page (all illustrations by G.C. Ingleton). Title-page: H.M. Bark Endeavour. Fp: Capt. Cook Plaque by Flaxman for Wedgwood. Pictorial card cover has a few creases, o/wise very good. 23.7 x 17. 0486227669
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$5

20027
GRENFELL PRICE, A. (editor)
THE EXPLORATIONS OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK IN THE PACIFIC, As told by Selections of his own Journals 1768-1779

Melbourne. 1958. Georgian House. 1st Australian edition, limited to 2000 copies. XVII, 292 PP with illustrations. & decorative lunettes by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Fp (in colour): Captain Cook, on a plaque by Flaxman for Wedgwood, 1784. Eps: Chart of the Pacific Ocean. Cloth cover, imitation tapa, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Pieces missing at top of a lightly rubbed dust jacket, foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 27.4 x 19.5.
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$10

36687
HARRISON, B. J. D. & PACE, George G.
GREAT AYTON - The POSTGATE SCHOOL and CAPTAIN COOK

Great Ayton, UK. 1965. Captain Cook's School-room Trust. Leaflet of 6 pages (3 folds) with 4 wood cuts. Fine. Folded size: 21 x 10.
Captain James Cook, attended the Postgate School in 1736.
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$5

69219
HAUSER-SCHAUBLIN, Brigitta, KRUGER, Gundolf et al.
JAMES COOK - Gifts and Treasures from the South Seas / Gaben und Schatze aus der Sudsee

Munich. 1998. Prestel. 1st Ed. 352 PP with 51 colour plates and 422 b/w illustrations. Fp: Engraving with adzes, club and shell trumpet from New Zealand. FEP: Map of the 3 voyages of exploration of Captain Cook. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. English and German text. Fine condition. 30.5 x 24.5. 3791318683
The Cook / Forster Collection owned by the University at Gottingen, Germany.
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$65

50455
HAVARD, Ward and Olive
A FRENCHMAN SEES SYDNEY IN 1819 (in Journal and Proceedings of the R.A.H.S. - Volume XXIV, Part I, 1938)

Sydney. 1938. The Royal Australian Historical Society. Contains article between P.17 and 42 with the portrait of Jacques Etienne Victor Arago. Soft cover. Very good. 21 x 13.6.
Translated from the Letters of Jacques Arago, who sailed on Uranie, Captain Louis Claude Desaulse de Freycinet. Author of the 1822 Promenade autour du Monde, translated in English and published in 1823 as Narrative of a Voyage Around the World in the Uranie and Physicienne...
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$15

15611
HEDGES, A. A. C.
THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

Jarrold. London. 1983. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 30 b/w or colour illustrations. Title-page: Frontispiece of manuscript of Cook's charts. REP: map of Cook's three voyages. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 24.8 x 18. 853064970
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$5

38419
HETHERINGTON, Michelle
COOK & OMAI - The Cult of the South Seas

Canberra. 2001. National Library of Australia / Humanities Research Centre, The Australian National University. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jan Fullerton. VI, 66 PP with 13 b/w and 24 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 22. 0642107319
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Library of Australia, held in February 2001. Captain Cook Pacific voyages and the cultural milieu in which they took place.
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$25

68584
HILL, Anthony
CAPTAIN COOK'S APPRENTICE

Melbourne. 2008. Penguin Group (Australia). 1st Ed. X, 264, (2) PP with b/w illustrations (headpieces, drawings, engravings, maps, paintings and photos), plus 4 pages with 8 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.8 x 13. 9780143004820
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$20

47137
HOGARTH, Christine (compiler)
BOTANY BAY - Australia 's Heritage in Stamps

Melbourne. 1986. Australia Post. 1st Ed., Book 3 in the Australian Bicentennial Collection. 40 PP with b/w & colour illustrations (maps, charts, engravings, painting photos and images of stamps), plus stamp folder in pocket inside front cover. Title page: Banksia serrata. Fp: Heads of a Plan, 18 August 1786. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 25. 0642099138
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$20

57194
HORDERN HOUSE
CAPTAIN WILLIAM BLIGH AND THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY: chiefly from The Robert and Mary Anne Parks Collection

Sydney. 2009. Hordern House Rare Books Pty. Ltd. 1st Ed. No pagination, 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Price list loosely inserted. Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 22. 9781875567539
133 items.
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$50

47441
HORDERN HOUSE
HORDERN HOUSE - Rare Books . Manuscripts . Paintings . Prints

Sydney. 2004. Hordern House. 1st Ed. No pagination, 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27 x 21. 1875567402
Catalogue detailing 79 items with price list.
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$20

68600
HOUGH, Richard
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

London. c. 2000. Coronet Books / Hodder & Stoughton. 15th printing of the 1995 Coronet "soft cover" edition. XX, 492 PP with 2 drawings and 12 maps, plus 16 pages with 26 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with light creases. Paper ageing , o/wise very good. 18 x 11. 0340617233
A biography of the last and greatest of the romantic sailors.
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$10

47219
HOUGH, Richard
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

W. W. Norton. New York. 1995. 1st US edition of the 1994 UK original. XVIII, 398 PP with 2 drawings & 12 maps, plus 16 pages with 26 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Near fine. 24 x 16. 0393036804
A biography of the last and greatest of the romantic sailors and of the officers and men who sailed with him.
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$30

68069
HOUGH, Richard
THE MURDER OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

London. 1979. Macmillan. 1st Ed. 271 PP with 18 headpieces, plus 16 pages with 25 b/w illustrations (paintings, photos, maps ...). Eps: Aerial view of Kealakekua Bay. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Rear top of jacket is repaired, o/wise a near fine copy. 24 x 16. 0333234774
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$15

15694
HUGHES, Thea Stanley
JAMES COOK

Sydney. 1981. Movement Pub. 1st Ed. 79 PP with 16 b/w illustrations. REP: Mappemonde with the 3 voyages. Pictorial card cover. A little foxing, o/wise near fine. 18.2 x 12. 0908076134
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$5

37854
HUGHES, Thea Stanley
JAMES COOK

Movement Publications. Sydney. 1986. 4th impression of the 1981 original. 79 PP with 16 b/w illustrations. REP: Mappemonde with the 3 voyages. Pictorial card cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 17.8 x 12.2. 0908076134
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$5

15462
HUTTON-NEVE, Marjorie
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, The Enlightened Explorer (in Historic Australia - Issue No.4]

Sydney. 1987. Performance Publications 1987. 82 PP. Contains article from pages 30 to 36 with 1 b/w and 3 colour illustrations (2 charts & 1 portrait). Pictorial card covers. Very good. 29 x 20.8.
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$5

50346
INGLETON, Geoffrey C.
THE MILLIONAIRE BOTANIST, Joseph Banks (in Hemisphere, An Asian-Australian Monthly)

Canberra. 1970. Department of Education and Science. Volume 14, No. 11, November 1970. Contains article between P.10 and 15 with 9 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Fine.
Sir Joseph Banks.
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$15

40316
INGPEN, Robert
CAPTAIN COOK BICENTENARY STAMPS

Melbourne. 1970. Australian Post Office / Note Printing Branch, Reserve Bank of Australia. Folder containing 6 unfranked stamps designed by Robert Ingpen. Value: 5 stamps at 5 Cents and 1 stamp at 30 Cents. Contained in an illustrated envelope. Near fine. 16.3 x 22.2.
Issue: 20th April 1970. subjects: 5 c. Cook, Landfall, Landing, Team of Scientists, Possession. 30 c. Portrait of Cook, Endeavour, Sextant, Kangaroo, Aborigines.
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$10

71415
INNES, Hammond
THE LAST VOYAGE, Captain Cook's Lost Diary

London. 1978. Collins. 1st Ed. 254 PP. Eps: Map of world with the three voyages of Cook. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 21.6 x 13.8. 0002214458
The personal account written when he probably had time for reflection.
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$10

65688
JOPPIEN, Rüdiger & SMITH, Bernard
THE ART OF CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES - VOLUME I: The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771

Oxford University Press in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Melbourne. 1985. Vol.I (reprint of the 1985 original): The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771. Vol I: XVI, 248 PP with 326 b/w & colour plates. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 35 x 25.5. 0195544552
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$200

65687
JOPPIEN, Rüdiger & SMITH, Bernard
THE ART OF CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES - VOLUME II: The Voyage of the Resolution & Adventure 1772-1775

Oxford University Press in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Melbourne. 1985. Vol.II (reprint of the 1985 original): The Voyage of Resolution & Endeavour 1772-1775. Vol. II: XIV, 274 PP with 106 b/w or colour plates, 19 colour and 189 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 35 x 25.5. 0195544560
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$200

61838
JOPPIEN, Rüdiger & SMITH, Bernard
THE ART OF CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES - VOLUMES I, II & III (boxed 4 volume set)

Oxford University Press in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Melbourne. 1985-1987. Vol.I, II & III: First edition. Vol. I (1st edition 1985): The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771. Vol.II (Ist edition 1985): The Voyage of Resolution & Endeavour 1772-1775. Vol III (text) & Vol III (catalogue): 1st edition of 1987: The Voyage of Resolution & Discovery 1776-1780. Vol I: XVI, 248 PP with 326 b/w & colour plates. Vol. II: XIV, 274 PP with 106 b/w or colour plates, 19 colour and 189 b/w illustrations. Vol.III (Text): XXI, 234 PP with 209 b/w & colour plates. Vol III (Catalogue): VIII, 435 PP with 458 b/w plates. All volumes bound in cloth with dust jacket and contained in a cloth covered boxed slipcase. A fine set. 35 x 25.5. 0195548930 (complete set)
Also includes an associated pamphlet "The Functions of Art on Captain Cook's Voyages", reprinted from the Pacific Island Monthly magazine.
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$1100

65686
JOPPIEN, Rüdiger and SMITH, Bernard
THE ART OF CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES - VOLUMES: I, II & III

Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1985 & 1987. 1st edition for the III Volumes (in 4). Vol. I: XVI, 248 PP with 326 b/w & colour plates. Vol. II: XIV, 274 PP with 98 b/w & colour plates. Vol. III (Text): XXI, 234 PP with 209 b/w & colour plates. Vol. III (Catalogue): VIII, 435 PP with 458 b/w plates. Cloth covers with dust jackets. Light foxing spots on outside edges of Volumes I & II. Dust jackets of Vol III (2 books) are fine and dust jackets of Vols 1 & 11 are near fine (small rub and a scratch respectively). Overall a near fine set. 35 x 25.5. 0195558930
Vol. I: The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771. Vol. II: The Voyage of the Resolution & Adventure 1772-1775. Vol. III (in 2 parts, Text & Catalogue): The Voyage of the Resolution & Discovery 1776-1780.
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$700

22744
KNIGHT, Captain Frank
CAPTAIN COOK & THE VOYAGE OF THE ENDEAVOUR (1768-1771)

Melbourne. 1968. Nelson. 1st Ed. (X), 174 PP with 1 map, plus 12 pages with 17 b/w illust. 11 pages nautical glossary. Eps: Endeavour at sea by Buchan. Pict. card cover. Note on half title page, small old stains on lower margin of some pages, o/wise good. 21.2 x 13.5. 17002802
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$5

15691
KNIGHT, Captain Frank
CAPTAIN COOK AND THE VOYAGE OF THE ENDEAVOUR (1768-1771)

Melbourne. 1968. Thomas Nelson. 1st Ed. (10), 174 PP with 1 map in text plus 12 pages with 17 bw illust. Title-page: Vignette with the bark Endeavour. Eps: Endeavour in boisterous seas. Hard cover, dj. Very good. 22 x 14. 17002802
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$15

60670
KUROSAWA, Susan, ROOTS, Hilary, FERGUSON, Brian ...
NEW CALEDONIA (in Club Marine - April/May 87)

Melbourne. 1987. Club Marine Australia Ltd. Special Issue of April / May 1987. Foreword "The new Lucky Country" by Fred Wilson. Special message "Long time ties must continue" by Bernard Folin, French Ambassador. 112, 16 (Boat Brokerage) PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.
New Caledonia: pages 49 to 83 with b/w and colour illustrations (maps, photos). What happened to Cook's ENDEAVOUR ?, by L. John Wojcicki.
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$10

72422
LAY, Graeme
100 DAYS THAT MAPPED A NATION

New Holland Publishers. Sydney. 2019. "Captain James Cook 250th Commemorative Edition 1769-2019". 208 PP with with b/w and colour illustrations throughout. Illustrated endpapers (world maps with tracked voyages). Title page: "Chart of the coastline of New Zealand surveyed in 1779-1770". Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 27.5 x 23.5. 9781869665128
Cook's Ships, The Voyage of HMB Endeavour 1768-1771, Cook's First New Zealand Landfall, Searching for the Great Southern Continent, Cook's Third World Voyage...
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$70

34034
LAYLAND, Penelope
THE ENDEAVOUR STORY (in National)

National Library of Australia. Canberra. 1998. National Library of Australia News, Volume IX, No. 2, issue November 1998. Includes article from P.3 to 6 with 8 colour illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 20.7.
On the CD-ROM Endeavour: Captain Cook's Journal 1768-71.
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$10

71439
LEFROY, Mike (editor)
THE REPLICA OF HM BARK ENDEAVOUR, The Story So Far : 1987-1994

The Endeavour Replica. Fremantle. 1994. 1st Ed. 52 PP with 52 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. Oblong: 15.7 x 22.2.
Pictorial record of the building of H.M. Bark Endeavour.
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$15

33702
LEWIN, The Lord, Admiral of the Fleet & STANNARD, Bruce
JAMES COOK NAVIGATOR AND THE ENDEAVOUR STORY

Maritime Heritage Press / The Endeavour Replica. Sydney. 1993. 1st Ed. Folder containing 8 facsimiles of documents and the 16 page booklet "The Endeavour Story" (with b/w and colour illust.). Fine. Large format : 36 x 23.2.
Contents: The Tasman Map: facsimile of the decorated 17th century map hand drawn on Japan vellum, 1644. A letter from Cook to the Admiralty. The ship's plan. Endeavour Bark 1768, cutaway model. Part of the complement of the Endeavour. Jack Earl's painting of Endeavour. Captain Cook's Instruments: Sextant, Gregorian reflecting telescope 1763, Kendall's third marine chronometer 1774. Portrait of Captain James Cook, RN, painted six years after the discovery of New South Wales, by William Hodges, in 1776.
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$20

15028
LEWIS, Mary & Miles, ROGAN, John, & CHAMBERS, Carrick
COOK'S COTTAGE

National Trust & Melbourne City Council. Melbourne. 1978. 1st Ed. No pagination, 40 PP with 1 plan and 22 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Bottom right corner of pages with remnants of water marks, o/wise good. 21.4 x 13.5.
Edition published to mark the re-opening of the restored Cook' Cottage on 27th October 1978, being the 250th Anniversary of the birthday of Captain James Cook.
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$5

15447
LITTLE, Norman A.
ENDEAVOUR AND ACHIEVEMENT, Highlights in the Story of Australian Development

Sydney. 1973. Bank of NSW. 13th revised edition of the 1952 original. 32 PP with 40 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (HM Bark Endeavour). Very good. 24 x 16.
From discoveries to the achievements of the opening of the Sydney Opera House.
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$5

19223
LYTE, Charles
SIR JOSEPH BANKS, 18th Century Explorer, Botanist and Entrepreneur

London. 1980. David & Charles. 1st Ed. 248 PP with 19 b/w & 8 colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 24 x 16. 0715378848
A skilled botanist who devoted his fortune and life to botany and science in general. Sailing to Newfoundland and Labrador, then joining Cook's first expedition.
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$40

72368
McALEER, John and RIGBY, Nigel
CAPTAIN COOK AND THE PACIFIC: Art, Exploration & Empire

Yale University Press / Royal Museums Greenwich. New Haven, Ct. / London. 2017. 1st edition, with a foreword by Dr. Kevin Fewster. 256 PP with 253 figures either in b/w or colour (charts & maps, drawings & engravings, paintings & photos). Fp (in colour): Resolution and Discovery in Ship Cove, Nootka Sound. Figure 1 (in colour): Captain Cook by Nathaniel Dance. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine (mint condition). 26 x 20. 9780300207248
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$70

15797
MACARTHUR, Antonia
HIS MAJESTY'S BARK ENDEAVOUR - The Story of the Ship and her People

Sydney. 1997. Angus & Robertson. 1st Ed. IX, 86 PP with line and wash drawings by Dennis Adams and illustrations from contemporary paintings, charts and sketches. Fp: Map of the voyage of H.M. Bark Endeavour. Pict. card cover. Fine. 24 x 17.5. 0207191808
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$20

53111
MACARTHUR, Antonia & LONGLEY, John
ENDEAVOUR. Australia's Flag Ship

Sydney. 2006. Australian National Maritime Museum. 1st Ed. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (1 cutaway, charts, engravings, paintings, photos). Pictorial card covers. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 1860070515
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$10

15623
McCORMICK, Anne & McDONNELL, Derek
PACIFIC VOYAGES & EXPLORATION, From the Carlsmith Collection and Other Sources

Sydney. 1987. Hordern House. 1st Ed. 160 PP profusely illustrated with 160 b/w & 31 colour illustrations. Newspaper clipping "Pacifism", by John McDonald, loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 095884786X
Catalogue detailing 289 items of the Carlsmith family collection of Pacific voyages: Cook, Bligh, La Pérouse ...
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$30

45369
MACLEAN, Alistair
CAPTAIN COOK

Book Club Associates. London. 1974. Reprint of the 1972 original published by William Collins. 192 PP with 1 map, 68 b/w illustrations, plus 24 pages with 22 colour plates. Fp: Medallion portrait of James Cook. Eps: Chart of world showing the latest discoveries of Capt. Cook. Hard cover, dust jacket is a little ruffled with lightly sunned spine Discreet stamp on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 15. 0002111438
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$10

45370
MACLEAN, Alistair
CAPTAIN COOK

Book Club Associates. London. 1972. Reprint of the 1972 original published by William Collins. 192 PP with 1 map, 68 b/w illustrations, plus 24 pages with 22 colour plates. Fp: Medallion portrait of James Cook. Eps: Chart of world showing the latest discoveries of Capt. Cook. Hard cover, dj. Spine lightly sunned. Lengthy note on verso of front endpaper, and paper clippings on Captain Cook and Whitby. Very good. 23.5 x 15. 0002111438
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$15

45368
MACLEAN, Alistair
CAPTAIN COOK

Doubleday. New York. 1972. 1st US Ed. 192 PP with 1 map, 68 b/w illustrations, plus 24 pages with 22 colour plates. Fp: Medaillon portrait of James Cook. Eps: Chart of world showing the latest discoveries of Capt. Cook. Hard cover, dj. Spine lightly sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.
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$15

70476
MACWHIRTER, Noel & Pat, SAGLIOCCO, Jean Louis & SOUTHWOOD, Jane (editors)
Le NATURALISTE in WESTERN PORT: 1802-2002 - Two Hundred Years of Change

Melbourne. 2003. Victoria Department of Infrastructure. 1st Ed. (2), II, 134 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Soft covers, pictorial front, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 21.5.
Proceedings of the seminar held at the Old Cranbourne Shire Office, Cranbourne, Victoria. 13th and 14th April 2002 and other commemorative events of 2002. 13 papers: ... Seals at Seal Rocks, Western Port in Bass Strait, before and after the Baudin expedition's visit in 1802, by Robert M. Warneke. ...
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$75

15729
MADDOCK, S. & WHYTE, D.
FAR AS A MAN MAY GO - Captain Cook's New Zealand

Collins. Auckland. 1969. 1st Ed. XVI, 284 PP plus 60 Pages with 114 b/w & col. illust. Fp: Captain Cook by John Webber. Eps: Chart of NZ drawn by Cook & map today. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on FFEP, stamp of Devonport Maritime Museum and inscription on half-title page, o/wise a very good clean copy. 22 x 16.
A comparison of New Zealand in the 1960's and 200 years earlier when surveyed and described by Cook.
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$10

21903
MEGAW, J. V. S. (editor)
EMPLOY'D AS A DISCOVERER - Papers Presented at the Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Historical Symposium, Sutherland Shire, 1-3 May, 1970

Sydney. 1971. A.H. & A.W. Reed. 1st edition. 142 PP with 1 figure, plus 8 pages with 13 b/w illust. Errata slip loosely inserted. Half-title page: vignette with Coat-of-Arms (James Cook's widow and descendants). FEP: Sketch plan of Botany Bay. REP: Plan of the entrance of Endeavour River. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.2 x 14. 0589071009
Cook: The Navigator by J.C. Beaglehole - Cook and the Aborigines, by J.V.S. Megaw ....
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$15

61334
MEGAW, J. V. S. (editor)
EMPLOY'D AS A DISCOVERER - Papers Presented at the Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Historical Symposium, Sutherland Shire, 1-3 May, 1970

Sydney. 1971. A.H. & A.W. Reed. 1st edition. Foreword by A. T. Gietzelt. 142 PP with 1 figure, plus 8 pages with 13 b/w illustrations. Errata page loosely inserted. Half-title page: vignette with Coat-of-Arms (James Cook's widow and descendants). FEP: Sketch plan of Botany Bay. REP: Plan of the entrance of Endeavour River. Hard cover, dj. The Sutherland Shire's band in position. Light foxing, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14. 0589071009
Cook: The Navigator by J.C. Beaglehole - The bark Endeavour and life aboard her, by Vice-Admiral Sir John Collins. Cook and the Aborigines, by J.V.S. Megaw ....
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$20

52921
MELLEFONT, Jeffrey
THE 20TH-CENTURY ENDEAVOUR (in Signals No. 80)

Sydney. 2007. Australian National Maritime Museum. No. 80, September-November 2007. 48 PP, contains article between pages 30 and 35 with 8 colour photos. Pictorial (Aerial view of the ANMM) soft cover. New. 29.8 x 21.
On the replica of HM Bark Endeavour (built Fremantle 1988 to 1993).
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$10

15453
MITCHELL, T. C. (editor)
CAPTAIN COOK AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

London. 1979. British Museum. 1st edition. 249 PP with 4 maps and 158 b/w illustrations. Fp: Captain Cook. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24.5 x 18.7. 0714100889
Banks's Artists and his Endeavour Collections, by A.M. Lysaght. Ancient Pacific Voyaging, by Brian Durrans... Tracing the history of Hawaiian Cook voyage artefacts in the Museum of Mankind, by Adrienne L. Kaeppler...
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$25

32565
MITCHELL, T. C. (editor)
CAPTAIN COOK AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

London. 1979. British Museum. 1st edition. 249 PP with 4 maps and 158 b/w illustrations. Fp: Captain Cook. Cloth cover. Preface page with creases. Ex Library copy with stamps on title page, and outside edges (top and bottom). Fold of endpapers split. A good copy. 24.5 x 18.7. 0714100889
Banks' Artists and his Endeavour Collections, by A.M. Lysaght. Ancient Pacific Voyaging, by Brian Durrans...
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$10

15683
MOOREHEAD, Alan
THE FATAL IMPACT - The Invasion of the South Pacific 1767-1840

Hamish Hamilton. Sydney. 1987. New edition created and produced from the 1966 original. Preface by Manning Clark. 252 PP enhanced by 150 b/w and colour illustrations (paintings, drawings & etchings). Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 27 x 19. 0241123461
Tragic story of a great adventure which turned sour, when good intentions led to disaster, corruption & annihilation.
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$15

34808
MORRIS, Aldyth
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

University of Hawai'i Press. Honolulu. 1995. 1st Ed. (10), 59 PP. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0824816706
Theatre play first produced at the University of Hawai'i Kennedy Theatre in June 1978, to mark the bicentennial of Captain Cook's arrival in the Hawaiian Islands.
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$5

57601
MOUROT, Suzanne & JONES, Paulette
THE GREAT SOUTHLAND - Treasures of the Mitchell and Dixson Libraries and Dixson Galleries

Melbourne. 1979. Sun Academy Series. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on title page. Very good. 28.5 x 21.5. 0725103345
Over 100 b/w or colour reproductions showing the extensive range of these magnificent collections.
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$15

50262
MOUROT, Suzanne & JONES, Paulette
THE GREAT SOUTHLAND, Treasures of the Mitchell and Dixson Libraries and Dixson Galleries

Sun Academy Series. Melbourne. 1979. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 28.5 x 21.5. 0725103345
Over 100 b/w or colour reproductions showing the extensive range of these magnificent collections.
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$25

70760
MOYAL, Ann
"A BRIGHT & SAVAGE LAND", Scientists in Colonial Australia

Sydney. 1986. Collins. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Illustrated half-title page, title-page & frontispiece. Hard cover, dj. Title page with a dedicatory note dated and signed by the author. Near fine. 28.5 x 21. 000217555X
The naturalists & illustrators who accompanied the explorers, navigators & scientists, the legacy of their exquisite artwork. Details of their exciting scientific discoveries.
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$60

71237
MUNDLE, Robert
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

ABC Books / HarperCollins. Sydney. 2017. Reprint of the 2013 edition. (12), 412, (4) PP with b/w illustrations: 1 cutaway of HM Bark Endeavour, 2 maps (1 on double page) and 11 tail pieces (paintings). Soft covers, pictorial front. Light creases on covers, o/wise near fine. 19.8 x 12.8. 9780733335433
From Sailor to Legend.
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$20

22633
MURRAY-OLIVER, Anthony
CAPTAIN COOK'S HAWAII, As Seen by his Artists

Wellington. 1975. Millwood Press. 1st Ed. 216 PP with 70 b/w & colour plates with enlargements. Title-page: James Cook Wedgwood Cameo by Flaxman. Fp: Captain James Cook, oil painting by Webber. Eps: General Chart Exhibiting the Discoveries made by Capt. James Cook in this and his two preceding Voyages with the Tracks of the Ships under his Command. Hard cover, gilt medallion on front, dj. Cover with faint scratches and a small bump at corner, o/wise a near fine copy. Oblong: 22.8 x 25.
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$30

72376
MURRAY-OLIVER, Anthony (compiler)
CAPTAIN COOK'S ARTISTS IN THE PACIFIC 1769-1779

Avon Fine Prints Ltd. Christchurch, NZ. 1969. 1st edition limited to 2000 hand-numbered copies, this copy no.1330/2000. XXIV, 168 PP with 130 plates (55 in b/w and 75 in colour). Fp: 2 colour portraits of Captain James Cook. Eps: A map of the world showing the tracks of Cook's three voyages. Half bound (1/4 black leather and navy linen), gilt title on spine. Covers with a little light soiling around edges, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. Oblong: 31.5 x 46.5.
Published in August 1969 to commemorate the bicentenary of Captain James Cook's first voyage into the Pacific.
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$200

61936
N/A
JOURNAL OF THE COMPANY OF MASTER MARINERS OF AUSTRALIA - Volume XXXIX

Sydney. 1975. Federal Court of the Company of Master Mariners of Australia. Vol. XXXIX, November 1975. Edited by Capt. A. Pearson. 96 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. Contains 3 loosely inserted letters regarding the transfer of membership of Captain Brett Hilder from the Sydney Branch to the Brisbane Branch. 24.2 x 17.8.
Pages 13 to 18: Torres and Captain Cook, by Captain Brett Hilder. ... Pages 29 to 39: The sale and purchase of ships, by Mr. S. Radford.
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$10

62884
N/A
THE NAVAL CHRONICLE FOR 1808 - Vol. XIX

Joyce Gold. London. 1808. Nineteenth Volume. III-VIII, 514, (6 index) PP with 2 headpieces, plus 12 of the b/w plates (on the 13 called for): CCXLIX to CCXLX. FP: Monument of Captain Richard Rundle Burgess. Original covers, slit at hinges. Copy in need of rebacking and lacking title page, pages 1 to 8, pages A to H of the index, and plate CCXLVIII (Portrait of Captain Joseph Ellison). Ageing of paper and foxing. Some pages "dog eared", loose or soiled, (page 465/466 repaired). Sold as is. Format: 25 x 16.
... Containing a general and biographical history of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom; with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects. Volume the Nineteenth (from January to July 1808) .
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$80

64650
NEW ZEALAND SHIP AND MARINE SOCIETY
THE COOK BICENTENARY (in NEW ZEALAND MARINE NEWS, Volume 21, No. 4)

Wellington. 1970. New Zealand Ship and Marine Society. Volume 21, No. 4 (Autumn 1970). Edited by D. F. GARDNER. 121-152 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. 21.5 x 14.
The Cook Bicentenary: 4 articles pages 121 to 143. H.M. Bark Endeavour, some historical notes, by M. A. Maffey. Endeavour Bark / In the wake of Cook, by Clifford W. Hawkins. Captain Cook.., his name perpetuated, by P. J. Leahy.
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$10

70338
NUGENT, Maria
CAPTAIN COOK WAS HERE

Melbourne. 2009. Cambridge University Press. 1st Ed. XII, 164 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 24 pages with 29 plates (10 b/w and 19 colour). Eps: Chart of Botany Bay. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16.2. 9780521762403
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$35

13372
OLIVER, Phillip & FREEMAN, Desmond
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK - NAVIGATOR, The Story of Captain Cook's First Voyage

Star Capital & Campbell Group. Sydney. c.1988. Reprint. Colour folder with three sections containing photos & facsimiles of documents. Folder showing light wear around edges, o/wise contents near fine. Folio: 36.5 x 23.
Published at the time of World Expo, 1988, Brisbane. 1st Section: Portulan chart of the East Indies, letter from Cook to the Admiralty, Cook's instruments. 2nd Section: Endeavour, ship's plan, part of the complement of the Endeavour. 3rd Section: World map of Francesco Rosselli, about 1508. The death of Captain Cook on 14 February, 1779. The Resolution and Discovery in Noutka Sound and on the rear of the 3rd Section: Portrait of James Cook by W. Hodges.
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$20

13703
PAGET, Hugh
TO THE SOUTH THERE IS A GREAT LAND - Captain Cook, Sir Joseph Banks and Australia

Sydney. 1970. The Australian. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 2 maps, 9 colour and 24 b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: Map of Africa and the Indian Ocean. Inside back cover: map of New Holland and north of it. Pictorial card covers a little rubbed, o/wise near fine. 26.2 x 20.8.
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$5

15643
PALUKA, Frank
THE THREE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK

Beta Phi Mu. Pittsburgh. 1974. Limited edition. Beta Phi Mu Chapbook No. 10. XIV, 80, (2) PP with 1 portrait and 3 charts. Fp: Captain James Cook, (engraving by J. Basire 1777). Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front cover & spine. Faint foxing. Fine. 21 x 15.5. 0910230102
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$15

71537
PARKIN, Ray
H. M. BARK "ENDEAVOUR" - Her place in Australian History. With an Account of her Construction, Crew and Equipment and a Narrative of her Voyage on the East Coast of New Holland in the Year 1770.

The Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 1999. Reprint of the 3rd edition (with revisions) of 1999. Original of 1997. No. 13 in the Second numbered series of the Miegunyah Press. XII, 468 PP with 2 reproductions of original drawings by Parkinson, as well as plans, charts and illustrations by the author. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Together with 15 folded detailed ship drawings and plans (80 x 58) by author contained in a cloth folding case. The set contained in a decorated slipcase. Fine. 31.5 x 21.2. 0522847161
Not only on the Bark "Endeavour", but the description of Australia by the participants to this voyage of discovery (Cook, Banks, Parkinson, Pickersgill...), while following the East Coast from Cape Howe to Cape York.
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$225

66526
PARKIN, Ray
H.M. BARK "ENDEAVOUR" - Her place in Australian History - With an Account of her Construction, Crew and Equipment and a Narrative of her Voyage on the East Coast of New Holland in the Year 1770.

Melbourne. 2006. The Miegunyah Press. Paperback edition of the 2nd edition of 2003 (the original of 1997 was No. 13 in the Second numbered series of the Miegunyah Press). XII, 468 PP with 2 reproductions of original drawings by Parkinson, as well as plans, charts and illustrations by the author. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 23.5 x 17.8. 0522853110
Not only on the Bark "Endeavour", but the description of Australia by the participants to this voyage of discovery (Cook, Banks, Parkinson, Pickersgill...), while following the East Coast from Cape Howe to Cape York.
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$55

71536
PARKIN, Ray
H.M. BARK "ENDEAVOUR", Her place in Australian History

The Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 2003. 2nd edition of the 1997 original. No. 13 in the Second numbered series of the Miegunyah Press. XII, 468 PP with 2 reproductions of original drawings by Parkinson, as well as plans, charts and illustrations by the author. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Large folded plan (58 x 19.2 / 29 x 19.8) "Masts & Spars - Standing Rigging - Yard-Arm & Stay Tackles" loosely inserted. Fine (mint condition). 29.3 x 22. 0522850936
Not only on the Bark "Endeavour", but the description of Australia by the participants to this voyage of discovery (Cook, Banks, Parkinson, Pickersgill...), while following the East Coast from Cape Howe to Cape York.
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$100

15449
PETROFF, Peter & FERGUSON, John (editors)
SAILING ENDEAVOUR, Including Helpful Extracts from the Journal of James Cook, Navigator

Sydney. 1994. Driza-Bone / Maritime Heritage Press. 1st edition, with introduction by Bruce Stannard. 80 PP with 2 plans & 68 b/w photos by Rod Mcleod. Pictorial soft covers. Neear fine. 21 x 14.8. 1875684050
Pictorial introduction to the world of 18th century square-rigged sailing vessels. Photos taken on the replica of the Endeavour launched in Fremantle in 1994.
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$5

20336
PICAZO, Antoine
L'ODYSSEE DE JAMES COOK EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE

Nouméa. 1996. Grain de Sable. 1st Ed., No. 1 in the Histoires Calédoniennes series. 80 PP with 1 map and 30 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. Small format: 15 x 10.8. 2841700119
Discovery and exploration of New Caledonia by Captain James Cook, in September 1774.
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$10

19371
POLDEN, Richard
ENDEAVOUR, A Photographic Journey

Fremantle Arts Centre Press. Fremantle, W.A. 1998. 1st Ed. 136 PP with 1 map and 128 colour photos. Fp: Endeavour sailing in the sunset. Pict. card cover. Near fine. Oblong: 24 x 26. 1863682279
The voyage of Endeavour, 16 October 1996 to 25 March 1997, Fremantle to London via : Rodrigues, Mauritius, La Reunion, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Capetown, St Helena, Ascension, Tenerife, Madeira and Alderney.
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$15

15656
QUENNELL, Peter & HODGE, Alan (Editors)
HISTORY TODAY - Volume XXIII, No.9

London. 1973. History Today. September 1973. IV, P. 605 to 680. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18.
Contains article "John Ledyard, Controversial Corporal, by Bertha S. Dodge from P.648 and 655 with 6 b/w illustrations. A Captain's son from Connecticut helped to explore the Pacific (during the 3rd voyage of Captain Cook) and travelled across the Russian Empire.
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$5

39937
REED, A. H. & A. W. (editors)
CAPTAIN COOK IN NEW ZEALAND - Extracts from the Journals of Captain James Cook giving a full account in his own words of his adventures and discoveries in New Zealand

Reed. Wellington. 1951. 1st Ed. 262 PP with 5 maps & 11 text illustrations, plus 16 pages with 27 b/w illust. & 1 large folded chart tipped in on rear endpaper. Fp: Portrait of James Cook. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 25x 16.
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$20

15727
REED, A.H. & A. W. (editors)
CAPTAIN COOK IN AUSTRALIA - Extracts from the journals of Captain James Cook giving a full account in his own words of his adventures and discoveries in Australia

Wellington. 1969. Reed. Reprint of the 1969 original. 192 PP with b/w illustrations & maps, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w photos, and a large folded map at rear. Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5.
Epic voyage of Cook on the East Coast in 1770 and on Van Diemen's Land in 1776 and the voyage of Furneaux in Van Diemen's Land in 1773.
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$25

62252
RICHARDSON, Brian W.
LONGITUDE AND EMPIRE: How Captain Cook's Voyages Changed the World

University of British Columbia Press. Vancouver, B.C. 2005. 1st paperback edition. XVI, 240 PP with 30 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Bookplate of previous owner inside front cover. Near fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0774811900
"Fascinating account offering a new understanding of Captain Cook's voyages and how they affected the European world view" (review comments).
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$40

71483
RICKARD, Suzanne
SAILING WITH COOK: Inside the Private Journal of James Burney, RN

National Library of Australia. Canberra. 2015. 1st Ed. Foreword by Peter Cochrane. (8), 256 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Eps: map of Indo Pacific region with track of the Resolution and Adventure, 1772-73. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine (mint condition). 26.7 x 22. 9780642277770
Sailing on board "Adventure" during the second voyage of exploration of Captain Cook:1772 - 1773
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32415
RIENITS, Rex & Thea
THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK

London. 1970. Hamlyn. 4th impression of the 1968 original. 157 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Fp: Engraved portrait of Cook, after Webber. Half-title page: Statue of Cook, The Mall near Admiralty Arch. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Foxing of first and last pages. Good. 29.5 x 22.
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15758
RIENITS, Rex & Thea
THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK

London. 1970. Hamlyn. 4th impression of the 1968 original. 157 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Fp: Engraved portrait of Cook, after Webber. Half-title page: Statue of Cook, The Mall near Admiralty Arch. Illustrated endpapers. Top corner of front endpaper clipped. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine.. Fine. 29.5 x 22.
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32416
RIENITS, Rex & Thea
THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK

London. 1968. Hamlyn. 1st Ed. 157 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Fp: Engraved portrait of Cook, after Webber. Half-title page: Statue of Cook, The Mall near Admiralty Arch. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 29.5 x 22.
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$10

41655
RIENITS, Rex & Thea
THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK

London. c. 1970. Hamlyn. Reprint of the 1968 original ?. 157 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Fp: Engraved portrait of Cook, after Webber. Half-title page: Statue of Cook, The Mall near Admiralty Arch. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Lacks the title page, o/wise good and complete. 29.5 x 22.
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$5

48009
RIGBY, Nigel & Van Der MERWE, Pieter
CAPTAIN COOK IN THE PACIFIC

National Maritime Museum. Greenwich. 2002. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Glyn Williams. 144 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (charts & maps, drawings & engravings, paintings & photos). Fp (in colour): Captain Cook by Nathaniel Dance. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.6 x 19. 0948065435
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$30

15529
ROBERTSON, Jillian
THE CAPTAIN COOK MYTH

Sydney. 1981. Angus & Robertson. 1st. Aust. Ed. (8), 164 PP with 35 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Renewed front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 14.
Brief history of the successive discoveries of Australia prior to 1770 plus the adulation of Cook as Australia's national hero: the statues, monuments, towns, rivers, university, etc. which bear his name.
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$15

58518
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
JOURNAL AND PROCEEDINGS - Vol XIV, Part V, 1928

Sydney. 1928. The Royal Australian Historical Society. Volume XIV, Part V, 1928. By S. Elliott Napier & W. A. Mcdonald. 245-300 PP with 1 chart and 4 b/w photos. Soft covers with signnature on top left of front cover. Slight ageing of paper, staples removed. Very good. 21.5 x 14.
Balmain: the Man and the suburb, by S. Elliott Napier, read before the Society, 31 July 1928. Forby Sutherland's grave at Kurnell, by W. A. Mcdonald.
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38465
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
MEN OF LINCOLN WHO SAILED WITH COOK (in Journal and Proceedings of the RAHS - Volume XXXV, Part II, 1949)

Sydney. 1949. Royal Australian Historical Society. 81 -144 PP. Contains article by A.M. Cook from P. 116 to 130 with 3 b/w photos. Soft cover. Browning of outside edges, o/wise near fine. 21 x 14.
Read before the Society on April 26, 1949.
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$10

54295
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - VOLUME CXVIII - 1952 (in 4 parts)

London. 1952. Royal Geographical Society. Annual edition. Vol. CXVIII, issues Part 1(March 1952) to Part 4 (December 1952). Edited by L.P. KIRWAN. XLVI (advertisements), 532 PP, (6 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps (some in colour). Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. CXVIII. Part 3: The survey of India since the Second World War, by Brigadier G. F. Heaney. The First Voyage of Amerigo Vespucci, by A. Davies ... Part 4: The voyage of Discovery II, 1950-51, by H. F. P. Herdman.
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$40

54301
ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
THE GEOGRAPHICAL JOURNAL - Volume: CXXII - 1956 (in 4 parts)

London. 1956. Royal Geographical Society. Annual edition. Vol. CXXII, issues Part 1(March 1956) to Part 4 (December 1956). Edited by L.P. KIRWAN. XLVI (advertisements), 554 PP, (6 contents), plus plates with b/w photos and maps (some in colour). Original soft cover. Foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.
Vol. CXXII. Part 4: On the character of Captain James Cook,, by J. C. Beaglehole. Problems of development in New Guinea, by O. H. K. Spate.
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$40

48648
SCOTFORD, Jessie (editor)
Souvenir Programme of the PAGEANT OF ENDEAVOUR

Sydney. 1970. Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Celebrations Women's Committee. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Helen Cutler, Government House. 12 PP with 32 extracts. Pictorial card covers. Near fine. 26.8 x 21.
The part, mostly unknown and unsung, that women played in the state of New South Wales. Exhibition held at Sydney Town Hall, 22nd to 29th of April 1970.
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20462
SHOALHAVEN NEWS
TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA - A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY

Sydney. 1970. Wiggins Teape. Vol. 2, No.9, February, 1970. 12 PP with 16 b/w illust. Pictorial card cover. Staples removed. Near fine. 27.2 x 21.
A special edition to commemorate the landing at Kurnell of Lieutenant James Cook on April 29, 1770.
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32466
SKELTON, R. A.
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK - After two hundred years

British Museum. London. 1969. 1st Ed. 32 PP plus 24 b/w plates with 29 illust. Fp: Medallion portrait of Captain James Cook. Pictorial card cover. Light soiling on covers, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14. 714102865
Cook, the man (a commemorative address delivered in July 1968 before the Hakluyt Society).
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70666
SKELTON, R. A.
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK - After two hundred years

British Library. London. 1976. Reprint of the 1979 original. 32 PP, plus 2 plates in colour and 24 b/w plates with 29 illust. Fp (in colour): Medallion portrait of Captain James Cook. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0714103829
Cook, the man (a commemorative address delivered in July 1968 before the Hakluyt Society).
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13449
SKELTON, R. A. (editor)
CHARTS & VIEWS DRAWN BY COOK AND HIS OFFICERS AND REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS

Hakluyt Society. London. 1955. 1st Ed., in The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery. VIII PP, plus 58 plates (charts and views in pen-and-ink, with occasional use of wash or watercolour), contained in a folder. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, protecting jacket (sliding). Few foxing spots on the 8 pages of text, inside of the folder. Repaired jacket lightly soiled. Some of the plates with minute creases or closed tears. A nice copy. 39.5 x 26.5
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$300

20925
SMITH, Bernard
EUROPEAN VISION AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC

Sydney. 1984. Harper & Row. 2nd edition of the 1959 original. XIV, 370 PP with 222 b/w & 32 colour illustrations. Eps: Insulaires et Monuments à l'Ile de Pâques. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots (faint) on outside edges. Near fine. 28.5 x 21. 0063120623
European interpretation of the Pacific in the late 18th & early 19th centuries. From the voyages of James Cook to the discoveries of Dumont d'Urville.
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$30

66743
SMITH, Bernard
IMAGINING THE PACIFIC, In the Wake of Cook's Voyages

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1992. 1st Ed. XIV, 262 PP with 155 b/w & 44 colour illustrations. Title spread (in colour): View of the Island of Ulieta (Raiatea), by William Hodges. Hard cover, dj. Ex Libris of previous owner on front endpaper. Two 2 items loosely inserted (Flyer / Order form and a 3 pages article from National Library of Australia News of July 1996, "Reimagining the Pacific: The Vision of Bernard Smith", by Sue Rickard). Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 28.6 x 21. 0522845053
The author examines how, during the voyages of discovery, the artists & scientists perceived the world from a different angle, leaning towards impressionism.
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$60

32467
STAMP, Tom & Cordelia
CAPTAIN COOK AND HIS SHIPS

Whitby. 1997. Caedmon of Whitby. 4th impression of the 1981 original. (2), 14 PP with 5 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0905355172
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$5

39962
STAMP, Tom & Cordelia
JAMES COOK MARITIME SCIENTIST

Caedmon of Whitby. Whitby. 1978. 1st Ed. XIV, 160 PP with 8 b/w illustrations, plus 2 b/w plates. Fp: Portrait of Capt. James Cook. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 14. 0905355040
The life of Captain Cook: Yorkshire years, family life, the voyages. The man, his methods, his achievements.
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$10

14702
STAMP, Tom & Cordelia
JAMES COOK MARITIME SCIENTIST

Caedmon of Whitby. Whitby. 1978. Reprint ???. XIV, 160 PP with 8 b/w illustrations, plus 2 b/w plates. Fp: Portrait of Capt. James Cook. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23 x 14.5. 0905355040
The life of Captain Cook: Yorkshire years, family life, the voyages. The man, his methods, his achievements.
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$15

34549
STARZECKA, Dorota
JAMES COOK - THE MAN (in Hemisphere)

Canberra. 1979. AGPS / Commonwealth Department of Education. Volume 23, No. 3, May/June 1979. Contains article from P.138 to 145 with 6 b/w and 8 colour illust. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 27 x 20.2.
Reflections on a great explorer's achievements... and lapses.
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$20

42519
TAFFRAIL (Commander Taprell Dorling)
SEA VENTURERS OF BRITAIN

London. 1929. Philip Allan. 1st edition in the Nautilus Library of the 1925 original. No. 5 in the Nautlilus Library series. 288 PP Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Back cover with some speckling. Light foxing. Very good. 19 x 12.6.
8 of these Sea Venturers: Voyages of Sir John Hawkins... William Dampier... Captain James Cook.
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52046
TAFFRAIL (Commander Taprell Dorling)
SEA VENTURERS OF BRITAIN

London. 1929. Philip Allan. 1st edition in the Nautilus Library of the 1925 original. No. 5 in the Nautlilus Library series. 288 PP Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Covers rubbed and worn. Foxing. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Good reading copy. 19 x 12.6.
8 of these Sea Venturers: Voyages of Sir John Hawkins... William Dampier... Captain James Cook.
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$10

50113
TAYLOR, C. R. H.
MILESTONES. Some Events in New Zealand History

Wellington. 1959. Bank of New South Wales. 1st Ed. 20 PP with 18 b/w illustrations. Illustrated soft wrappers. Fine. 24 x 15.5.
The Maori and his age-old land... Captain Cook takes possession...
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$15

51165
TERRY, Martin
REMEMBERING COOK (in National Library of Australia News - Vol XVI, No. 6, March 2006)

Canberra. 2006. N.L.A. Volume XVI, No. 6, March 2006. Contains article between P. 3 and 6 with 2 b/w and 3 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
The numerous sites dedicated to Captain Cook.
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$5

20980
THIERY, Maurice
LA VIE ET LES VOYAGES DU CAPITAINE COOK

Editions Pierre Roger. Paris. 1929. 1st Ed., in the Les Grands Navigateurs series. 238 PP with 1 map on double page and 8 b/w illustrations by A. Zaccagnino. Soft cover (foxing spots). French text. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Very good. 25.4 x 16.8.
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$20

46680
THOMAS, Nicholas
DISCOVERIES. The Voyages of Captain Cook

London. 2003. Allen Lane. 1st Ed. XXXVIII, 468 PP with 6 head pieces (on double page), 9 maps (3 on double page) and 54 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. A few light foxing spots on outside page edges, o/wise fine. 24.2 x 16. 0713995572
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$15

15687
VAUGHAN, Thomas & MURRAY-OLIVER, A. A. St. C. M.
CAPTAIN COOK R.N., THE RESOLUTE MARINER - An International Record of Oceanic Discovery

Portland, Oregon. 1974. Oregon Historical Society. 1st Ed. XIII, 97 PP with 85 pages of b/w illustrations, plus 4 colour plates. Eps: Carte reduite des parties connues du Globe Terrestre MDCCLV. Blue cloth cover a little faded around outside edges, gilt title on spine, contained in a slightly rubbed red slipcase, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 21. 875950493
Catalogue for an exhibition on Capt. Cook organized by the Oregon Historical Society for the bicentennial of the USA and the exploration of Cook on its shores.
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$20

67294
VAUGHAN, Thomas & MURRAY-OLIVER, A. A. St. C. M.
CAPTAIN COOK R.N., THE RESOLUTE MARINER - An International Record of Oceanic Discovery

Portland, Oregon. 1974. Oregon Historical Society. 1st Ed. Foreword by Admiral Sir James Madden. Preface by Thomas Vaughan. Introduction by Edmund Hayes. XIII, 97 PP with 85 pages of b/w illustrations, plus 4 colour plates. Eps: Carte reduite des parties connues du Globe Terrestre MDCCLV. Pictorial card cover. Covers somewhat rubbed. Occasional foxing. Very good. 22.8 x 20.3. 875950493
Catalogue for an exhibition on Capt. Cook organized by the Oregon Historical Society for the bicentennial of the USA and the exploration of Cook on its shores.
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$15

14939
VEIT, Walter
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, Image and Impact, South Seas Discoveries and the World of Letters, Volume II: The Pacific Syndrome: Conditions and Consequences

Melbourne. 1979. Hawthorn. 1st Ed. (8), 200 PP. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 22.2 x 14. 0725602414
Series of chapters, including The Pacific Ocean: The 18th Century's New World, by Alan Frost, Rousseau's Noble Savage - A New Zealand Case History, by John Dunmore,...
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$20

64837
WEATHERILL, Richard
The ANCIENT PORT OF WHITBY and its Shipping, with some Subjects of Interest Connected therewith

Horne and Son. Whitby. 1908. 1st Ed. 445 PP, (11 list of subscribers) with 2 charts and 40 b/w illustrations. Fp: Whitby, from a drawing by Geo. Weatherill. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Spine with speckled spots, covering part of the letters of title. Endpapers starting at gutter. Few pages with short closed tears. Overall, a very good copy of a rare item. 22.7 x 16.
Compiled from various registers of shipping, periodicals, local newspapers and histories. Page 46: illustration and text of the "Earl of Pembroke" (Endeavour of Captain Cook). Pages 383 to 389: Captain Cook and Ships in which Captain Cook sailed.
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$300

51024
WEBER, Thérèse & WATSON, Jeanie (editors)
COOK'S PACIFIC ENCOUNTERS: The Cook-Forster Collection of the Georg-August University of Göttingen

Canberra. 2006. National Museum of Australia. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Craddock Morton. XIV, 110 PP with 2 maps in colour (Pacific voyages of Captain Cook, and Polynesian migration routes), b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial card covers. Folded flyer for exhibition and photocopy of press review loosely inserted. Fine. 21.5 x 24. 1876944471
Catalogue of the exhibition held at the National Museum of Australia: 22nd June to 10 September 2006, together with 3 essays. Cook's voyages to the Pacific by Michelle Hetherington. Pacific cultural heritage: the Göttingen Cook-Forster collection by Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin & Gundolf Krüger. Collecting from the Collectors: Pacific islanders and the spoils of Europe, by Jennifer Newell.
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$45

31322
WHITLEY, Gilbert P.
EARLY HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN ZOOLOGY

Sydney. 1970. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. 1st Ed. (4), 75 PP with 1 map and 37 b/w illust. Soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 19.
Published 28 April 1970, to commemorate the Captain Cook Bicentenary, 1770-1970.
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$15

72393
WILLIAMS, Glyndwr
CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES 1768-1779

The Folio Society. London. 1999. 3rd printing of the 1997 edition. XXXIV, (2), 552 PP with 8 maps, plus 12 pages with 17 colour plates and 20 pages with 37 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): Portrait of Captain James Cook by Nathaniel Dance, 1776. Eps: map with tracks of the three voyages. Cloth cover, illustrated front cover and spine. Slipcase. Fine (mint condition). 25.2 x 17.5.
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$60

15799
WILLIAMS, Glyndwr & FROST, Alan
TERRA AUSTRALIS TO AUSTRALIA

OUP. Melbourne. 1988. 1st Ed. XIX, 242 PP with 143 b/w or colour illust. Fp: Matthew Flinder's first recorded use of the term 'Australia' 1804. Eps: Typus Orbis Terrarum. Cloth cover, dj. Dedicatory note signed by Alan Frost on title-page. A fine copy. 26.2 x 19.8. 0195549082
Describes the various stages of discovery and the significance of these for the European imagination. Examines the impact of early colonization on the Aborigines. A most comprehensive account of European discovery of Australia.
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$50

20974
WILLIAMS, Robyn
MAN OF FLOWERS: ... legacy of Joseph Banks (in Australian Way - August, 1993)

Sydney. 1993. Qantas. 144 PP. Contains article from P. 53 to 55 with 8 colour illustrations (1 portrait and 8 Banksias). Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 27.5 x 21.
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$5

17491
WILLS, Geoffrey
AUSTRALASIA IN LONDON, Some Relics of Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania at the National Maritime Museum (in the Australasian Antique Collector No. 17)

Sydney. 1976. IPC Business Press. 17th edition, 1976. Contains article P. 40 to 44 with 12 bw illust. Pict. card cover. Very good. 29.5 x 23.
Marine time-keepers used by Captain James Cook, Arthur Phillip and Matthew Flinders. Charts of Torres Strait...
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$5

71416
WITHEY, Lynne
VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY, Captain Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific

Hutchinson. London. 1988. 1st UK edition. 512 PP with 36 b/w illustrations. Eps: Mappemonde with Voyages of Captain James Cook. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Discreet signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 24.2 x 16. 0091736021
Account of the last great age of European sea exploration, making use of the fragments of oral traditions, collected by early missionaries and anthropologists as well as the discoverers' notes.
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$20