James Cook
The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery, Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, 1955-74. 6 volumes in 5, including portfolio of charts and views and Beaglehole's The Life of Captain James Cook, text volumes 8° (24 x 16cm.), portfolio 2° (39.5
Estimate: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Price realised: 646 GBP
Price realised: 646 GBP
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James Cook (1728-1779)
The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery, Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, 1955-74. 6 volumes in 5, including portfolio of charts and views and Beaglehole's The Life of Captain James Cook, text volumes 8° (24 x 16cm.), portfolio 2° (39.5 x 26.5cm.), plates, maps and charts (occasional light spotting), original publisher's cloth, portrait of Cook stamped in gilt on front cover, dust-jackets. Provenance: Ralph Hammond Innes, bookplates of his working library, signed, with underlining and annotations.
FIRST EDITIONS, FROM THE LIBRARY RALPH HAMMOND INNES (1913-98), WITH HIS BOOKPLATE AND MANUSCRIPT ANNOTATIONS. In the preface to 'The Last Voyage, Captain Cook's lost Diary' Hammond Innes states that '[I] put it all together to the best of my ability, relying on my knowledge and fascination with the subject to fill the gaps, using for reference Cook's official Journal as edited for the Hakluyt Society by Professor Beaglehole, also the journals of those who sailed with him, Clerke, Anderson, Edgar, Samwell, and others' (p. 13).
Sold with Addenda and Corrigenda of volume I and II (Cambridge, 1968-69), the addendum of volume IV Cook and the Russians (Cambridge, 1973), and a first edition of Hammond Innes' The Last Voyage (London, 1978, with his bookplate). (10)
The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery, Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, 1955-74. 6 volumes in 5, including portfolio of charts and views and Beaglehole's The Life of Captain James Cook, text volumes 8° (24 x 16cm.), portfolio 2° (39.5 x 26.5cm.), plates, maps and charts (occasional light spotting), original publisher's cloth, portrait of Cook stamped in gilt on front cover, dust-jackets. Provenance: Ralph Hammond Innes, bookplates of his working library, signed, with underlining and annotations.
FIRST EDITIONS, FROM THE LIBRARY RALPH HAMMOND INNES (1913-98), WITH HIS BOOKPLATE AND MANUSCRIPT ANNOTATIONS. In the preface to 'The Last Voyage, Captain Cook's lost Diary' Hammond Innes states that '[I] put it all together to the best of my ability, relying on my knowledge and fascination with the subject to fill the gaps, using for reference Cook's official Journal as edited for the Hakluyt Society by Professor Beaglehole, also the journals of those who sailed with him, Clerke, Anderson, Edgar, Samwell, and others' (p. 13).
Sold with Addenda and Corrigenda of volume I and II (Cambridge, 1968-69), the addendum of volume IV Cook and the Russians (Cambridge, 1973), and a first edition of Hammond Innes' The Last Voyage (London, 1978, with his bookplate). (10)
Despite a disappointment, a good price for James Cook
When the work The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery, Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, 1955-74. 6 volumes in 5, including portfolio of charts and views and Beaglehole's The Life of Captain James Cook, text volumes 8° (24 x 16cm.), portfolio 2° (39.5 by James Cook was auctioned at Christies in London in September 2001, the result was somewhat disappointing. The auction house had previously given the estimated price as a range of GBP 800.00 – 1,200.00, of which not even Despite this disappointing result, The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery, Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, 1955-74. 6 volumes in 5, including portfolio of charts and views and Beaglehole's The Life of Captain James Cook, text volumes 8° (24 x 16cm.), portfolio 2° (39.5 is the most expensive artwork by James Cook that we have observed at auction so far.
Trotz Enttäuschung ein guter Preis für James Cook
Als die Arbeit The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery, Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, 1955-74. 6 volumes in 5, including portfolio of charts and views and Beaglehole's The Life of Captain James Cook, text volumes 8° (24 x 16cm.), portfolio 2° (39.5 von James Cook im September 2001 bei Christies in London versteigert wurde, fiel das Ergebnis ein wenig enttäuschend aus. Das Auktionshaus hatte den Schätzpreis zuvor mit einer Spanne von GBP 800,00 – 1.200,00 angegeben, von der nicht einmal die Untergrenze erreicht wurde - tatsächlich wechselte das Kunstwerk für GBP 646,25 (€ 1.043,42) den Besitzer. Trotz dieses enttäuschenden Ergebnisses ist The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery, Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, 1955-74. 6 volumes in 5, including portfolio of charts and views and Beaglehole's The Life of Captain James Cook, text volumes 8° (24 x 16cm.), portfolio 2° (39.5 das teuerste Kunstwerk von James Cook, das wir bisher bei A
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