Lot 174
Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [First Voyage].- Parkinson (Sydney) A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, the Endeavour, first edition, for Stanfield & Parkinson, 1773.
Hammer Price: £750
Description
Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [First Voyage].- Parkinson (Sydney) A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, the Endeavour, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece laid down, engraved map of New Zealand and 25 plates only (of 26, lacking plate 10), with errata f. but lacking final blank, occasional early ink correction or annotation, plate 1 short tear into image repaired, N3 tear into text with repair affecting few letters, some other short marginal tears to text and plates and few repairs (see K3), spotting, mainly to Sig. X, some offsetting, soiling and some staining, lightly browned, ex-library copy with bookplate, small ink-stamp to title and verso of plates, 19th century half morocco, library sticker to upper cover and spine foot, rubbed, 4to, for Stanfield & Parkinson, 1773.
Description
Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [First Voyage].- Parkinson (Sydney) A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, the Endeavour, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece laid down, engraved map of New Zealand and 25 plates only (of 26, lacking plate 10), with errata f. but lacking final blank, occasional early ink correction or annotation, plate 1 short tear into image repaired, N3 tear into text with repair affecting few letters, some other short marginal tears to text and plates and few repairs (see K3), spotting, mainly to Sig. X, some offsetting, soiling and some staining, lightly browned, ex-library copy with bookplate, small ink-stamp to title and verso of plates, 19th century half morocco, library sticker to upper cover and spine foot, rubbed, 4to, for Stanfield & Parkinson, 1773.