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SAMWELL, DAVID. - Captain Cook And Hawaii. A Narrative by David Samwell.

Title: Captain Cook And Hawaii. A Narrative by David Samwell.
Description: Limited Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. [viii], x, [iv], 42; portrait frontispiece, decorated title page, uncut, 6 b/w plates one of which is folding; original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, decorated with silhouette of David Samwell on front cover, very good copy. San Francisco & London; David Magee & Francis Edwards; 1957. A reprint from the original and only edition in English, published in London in 1786. Samwell was the surgeon on Cook's third voyage. This edition limited to 750 copies.

Keywords: discovery exploration Captain Cook maritime

Price: AUD 95.00 = appr. US$ 65.73 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 121873