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COOK, James (and others). An Account of the Voyages ... for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, London: for W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1773, 3 volumes, 4°, FIRST EDITION; A Voyage towards the South Pole and round the World, London: for W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1779, 2 volumes bound in 3 (including separately bound volume of plates), 4°, THIRD EDITION; A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, London: for G. Nicol & T. Cadell, 1785, 3 volumes, 4°, SECOND EDITION and atlas volume, 2°; together 3 works bound in 10 volumes, 203 engraved plates and charts, some folding or double-page (occasional browning and spotting, a few plates torn without loss or with minor repairs, a few very small holes in text occasionally touching letters), modern half calf gilt by Lewis & Harris of Bath, repeated sailing-ship tool in spine compartments, red morocco spine labels. [cf. Hill 61, 62, 139; Holmes 5, 24 and 47; Mitchell Library 1551; PMM 223; Sabin 16245, 30934] (10)