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[Travel & Exploration] Cook, Captain James A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean... London: W.A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1784. In two volumes, volumes I and II only. First edition. 4to. (12), (1)-421, (1); (12), (1)-549, (1) pp. Illustrated with 17 sheets of plates (including folding plates, as well as maps, plans, panoramas). Including errata. Contemporary calf, stamped in gilt, burgundy and black morocco spine labels, heavily scuffed, joints broken, covers detached or detaching, but present; edges stained yellow; hinges crudely reenforced, light offsetting from plates, some minor dampstaining at rear of second volume, scattered minor spotting; aarmorial book-plate of Thomas Bridges Hughes on front paste-down in each volume. ESTC T145978; Sabin 16250.