COOK, James (Captain)
The Journals: 1768–1779
The Journals: 1768–1779
London: The Folio Society, [2018]
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The Journals: 1768–1779 by Captain James Cook. London: The Folio Society, [2018]. Second Printing Thus, [2022]. 240 × 164 × 26 mm. 3 vols (see below). Type: Garamond. Printed and bound by L.E.G.O. in full pale green cloth printed and blocked with a different design for each volume by Tomislav Tomic´; green-blue endleaves. Green-blue slip case titled (as above) in cream. Plates primarily reproduce oil paintings, watercolours, engravings and drawings dating from 1759 to 1791. Loosely inserted is a reproduction of a printed chart of the voyages from 1794, folded and bound in cloth. Published to mark the first voyage’s 250th anniversary.
The three volumes are as follows:
[1] Captain James Cook, The Journals, 1768–1779, selected and edited by Philip Edwards. Pp. [i–vii] viii–xx [xxi–xxvi], [1–3] 4–217 [218], [1–4]: [12] leaves of plates (between pp. 54–55, 102–103 and 150–151). Maps are on pages [xxiii–xxvi]. Titled on spine The first voyage, 1768–1771.
[2] Captain James Cook, The Journals, 1768–1779. Pp. [i–vii] viii–x [xi–xx], [219–221] 222–433 [434], [1–4]: [12] leaves of plates (between pp. 278–279, 326–327 and 374–375). Maps are on pages [xiii–xix]. Titled on spine The second voyage, 1772–1775.
[3] Captain James Cook, The Journals, 1768–1779. Pp. [i–vii] viii–x [xi–xviii], [435–437] 438–659 [660–664]: [12] leaves of plates (between pp. 480–481, 544–545 and 608–609). Maps are on pages [xiii–xvii]. Titled on spine The third voyage, 1776–1779.
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