Voyages.- [Henry (David, editor)] An Historical Account of all the Voyages round the World, performed by English Navigators..., 4 vol., 5 folding engraved maps, 44 engraved plates, list of subscribers, one or two plates shaved or stained, plate of 'Cavendish plunders Paita' in vol.1 with ink stain, folding map in vol.3 laid down, map of 'Icy Sea' in vol.4 torn, for F.Newbery, 1773-74 [vol.1 & 2 1774, vol.3 & 4 1773] [with] [Marra (John)] Journal of the Resolution's Voyage, in 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775, first edition, folding engraved map, 5 engraved plates, D2 a cancel (as usual), for F.Newbery, 1775 [and] [Rickman (John)] Journal of Captain Cook's last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery; performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, first edition, D4 cancelled as usual, folding engraved map, 5 folding engraved plates, 2 folding, short tear to edge of map, for E.Newbery, 1781, together 6 vol., browning and offsetting, some small spots and stains, a few marginal tears or defects, engraved bookplate of James Perrot, ink signature of Hulbert to front free endpapers of some vol., near uniform contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and blue roan labels, rubbed, small worn patch to upper cover of vol.5, vol.1-4 with spine ends a little worn and joints cracked, 8vo

⁂ Marra's Journal of the Resolution's Voyage was issued as a supplement to Henry's work, intended as vol.5 with Rickman's Journal of Captain Cook's last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, New Edition [by Henry], 1785, as vol.6. In the present set Rickman's journal has been replaced with the first edition of the work which appeared anonymously before the authorised edition. Rickman (2nd Lieutenant on the Discovery) had managed to smuggle out a copy of his journal instead of handing over all records to the captain as requested. It includes a description of the death of Captain Cook.

Marra's work is the first published account of exploration within the Arctic Circle and the earliest authentic account of Cook's second voyage, published eighteen months before the official version. The author was an Irish gunner's mate on the Resolution and accompanied Cook on both his first and second voyages.