A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean Volumes II, III & IV

Three volumes: Volumes II, III and IV (lacking volume I; was originally a 4 volume set). 1784. Octavo. All volumes are bound in matching brown leather. Gilt decoration and lettering to spines with red and green leather backstrip labels. Marbled endpapers. Some wear and cracking to bindings, especially on the spines and hinges; front board and endpapers are detached on the 4th volume. Pages are mostly clean with some scattered foxing; some discolouration to outer edges. Woodcut illustrations throughout including a fold-out map and fold-out illustration. 'A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken by Command of his Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere : Performed un the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Being a copious, comprehensive, and satisfactory Abridgement of the Voyage. Written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. and Captain James King, LL.D. and F.R.S. Illusrated with cuts. London: Printed for John Stockda