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COOK (JAMES)
KIPPIS (ANDREW) The Life of Captain James Cook, FIRST EDITION, G. Nicol, and G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1788

26 February 2020, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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COOK (JAMES)

KIPPIS (ANDREW) The Life of Captain James Cook, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook, contemporary calf, rebacked in style with elaborately gilt-tooled spine [Beddie 32; Hill 935; Lada-Mocarski 40; Sabin 37954], 4to (290 x 255mm.), G. Nicol, and G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1788

Footnotes

The first major biography of Cook, "intended to give a well-balanced account of his life from birth to death... the three voyages are dealt with in great narrative depth" (Hill), the author including most of David Samwell's eye-witness account of Cook's death.

Provenance: ?J.H. Hutton, early ownership inscription on title and front endpaper.

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