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COOK (JAMES)
The Death of Captain Cook; A Grand Serious-Pantomimic-Ballet, in Three Parts. As Now Exhibiting in Paris with Uncommon Applause with the Original French Music, New Scenery, Machinery, and Other Decorations. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden

19 June 2013, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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COOK (JAMES)

The Death of Captain Cook; A Grand Serious-Pantomimic-Ballet, in Three Parts. As Now Exhibiting in Paris with Uncommon Applause with the Original French Music, New Scenery, Machinery, and Other Decorations. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, stitched in publisher's printed wrappers, preserved in purpose-made solander box with gilt lettered morocco label on upper cover [Beddie 2452], 8vo, T. Cadell, 1789

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FINE COPY OF A RARE ENGLISH EDITION OF A BALLET BASED ON THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN COOK, derived from the work of Jean-François Arnould, first performed in France in 1788.

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