Beaglehole, J.C.

The Life of Captain James Cook

London: Hakluyt, 1974. Large octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, frontis portrait of Cook, b&w plates, colour plates, maps, pp xi, 760. 51 illustrations (4 in colour) and 5 maps. Water damaged to the top edge of the text block, which has caused occasional marking to the top edge of pages. Previous owner' s bookplate. Pencilled inscription. Good condition in very good d.j., protected.

The first full-scale biography, published as the fourth and final volume of Beaglehole's landmark Journals of Captain Cook. Item #96730

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