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COOK, Captain James. [Three Voyages] -- John HAWKESWORTH. An Account of the Voyages ... for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. 3 volumes, 4° (286 x 224mm). 52 engraved plates and charts, printed list of directions for placing the cuts. (Some foxing, occasional dampstaining.) Provenance: John Scott (contemporary inscription). FIRST EDITION. Hill, p.139. -- Captain James COOK. A Voyage towards the South Pole and round the World. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1784. 2 volumes, 4° (293 x 223). 64 engraved plates and maps, folding printed table. (Foxing, also affecting plates.) Provenance: John Haskins. Mitchell 1229. -- Captain James COOK and Captain James KING. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean ... for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. London: H. Hughes for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785. 3 volumes, 4° (294 x 223mm), plus atlas volume, 2° (568 x 400mm). Text volumes with 24 engraved plates and maps, folding printed table (without final advertisement leaf); atlas with 61 engraved plates and 2 maps. (Minor tears at edges or outside plate mark, a little spotting.) Provenance: Charles Hodges (inscription dated 1898). SECOND EDITION. Mitchell 1552. Together, 8 text volumes uniformly bound in half calf, marbled paper sides, gilt spines (slight wear to some volumes), and atlas bound in modern half polished calf, gilt spine. (9)