An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, the famous account of the journey now known as Cook's First Voyage, by John Hawkesworth, in three volumes, printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, London, 1773, believed to be second edition, printed same year as first edition but this copy has a preface by Hawkesworth, as well as a few corrections, 8 1/4" x 10 1/4".

Competitive In-House shipping is available for this lot. Volume one: Both covers detached, map of New South Wales detached. Volume two: Front cover detached. Volume three: Both covers still attached. Pages are sporadically stained throughout, fold outs are in various states, a few with tears, bindings are still tight