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Besant, Walter.
Captain Cook.
Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Limited, London;
Date of Publication: 1904
Stock Code: 8653
Octavo, pp. vi, 191. Full polished tan calf, with 5 raised bands and gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to compartments; gilt border to boards, board edges and turn-ins with gilt armorial of Municipal Day School, Accrington to upper board. All edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Slight areas of surface loss to upper joint; prize bookplate to front paste-down; Fine condition. Part of the English Men of Action series in a handsome prize binding, detailing Captain Cook’s life and voyages. £35.00