A. and C. Black. Very Good. 25 cm. Hardcover. Date: 1974. 760 pages. <br>Captain James Cook is the greatest explorer-seaman of all time, yet the world had to wait almost two centuries for the first full-scale biography to do justice to the man and his a chievements. The culmination of the life work of the most disting uished historian of Pacific exploration, this lavishly illustrate d ... . 1974. A. and C. Black ISBN 0713613823 9780713613827 [NZ]

London: A. and C. Black, Date: 1974. Reprint . Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Remainder mark, otherwise a very nice clean copy. The jacket is housed in a clear protective sleeve. Faint dulling to the spine. 1.34kg for outside NZ. NZ Post Ratefinder 1974. A. and C. Black ISBN 0713613823 9780713613827 [NZ]

Adam & Charles Black, London Date: 1974.. 1974. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 760pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, some foxing, mainly on prelims and outer edge of text-block. Very good d/w with faded spine. . 1974. Adam & Charles Black, London 1974. ISBN 0713613823 9780713613827 [AU]

London: The Hakluyt Society / A. and C. Black, Ltd., Date: 1974. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii, 760 pages. Fifty-one illustrations (four in colour). Five maps. Bibliography. Index. "A deeply revealing study of the growth of a complex character, stubborn and passionate yet patient and judicious, seen in his actions as an unrivalled navigator and explorer and as a commander of men." - from dust jacket. Previous to this work the author spent many years editing Cook's copious journals, a monument of scholarship in four massive volumes. Book clean, bright, tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy.. 1974. The Hakluyt Society / A. and C. Black, Ltd. ISBN 0713613823 9780713613827 [CA]