The life and voyages of Captain James Cook : drawn up from his Journals, and other authentic documents and comprising much original information by the Rev. George Young.

DESCRIPTION: London, Whittaker, Treacher and co, 1836. xii, 472 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. . 8vo, pp xii, 466, with a frontispiece portrait of Cook, 6 full page wood-engraved plates, one text wood-engraving, in a fine prize binding [London City School] of contemporary full tan polished calf, spine gilt ruled with raised bands and black label, minor rubbing and light offsetting of frontispiece onto the frontispiece, else a fine clean copy, FIRST EDITION; dedicated to King William IV, this notable life of Cook was printed for George Young in Whitby, where he was a minister at Cliff Lane Chapel; he was a noted Whitby author and local historian, Whitby being the place Cook had started his maritime career as a local fishing apprentice before joining the Royal Navy. His local connections allowed the Rev Young to access and publish a number of Cook's early letters for a first time.

SIZE: 165 x 104mm

CONDITION: minor rubbing and light offsetting of frontispiece onto the frontispiece, else a fine clean copy. Overall an excellent copy of a scarce and significant work.

£325.00

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