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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  The C.L. Thomas Collection
• Sale Date:
  21 Mar 2012 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  431
• Lot Description:
  A voyage to the Pacific Ocean
  for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere, under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the years 1776, 7, 8, 9, and 80. With an introductory review of maritime discovery down to the time of Captain Cook. Two volumes in one. Leith : Printed by and for William Reid & Son ; Edinburgh : Henry Constable, 1831. 12mo. xxxvi, 316, 305p. Frontispiece, folding map, folding plate, twenty-two plates. Beddie 1587. Half green leather/brown cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Rebacked. Repairs to corners. Hinges reinforced. Wear, soiling and foxing/browning. Apparently lacks three plates. Folding plate depicts the death of Captain Cook. A serviceable copy of this scarce work. G.
• Estimate:
  NZ$300 - 300
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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