Captain Cook - Obsession and Betrayal in the New World

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BOOK IS IN NEAR FINE CONDITION WITH BEVELED BOARDS, BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT GILT PICTORIAL COVER AND SPINE WITH TITLE TO BOTH. BINDING AND HINGES ARE VERY GOOD, BRIGHT GILT END PAGES, NO LOOSE OR MISSING PAGES, PAGES ARE WITHOUT MARKS, SOME LIGHT SPORADIC... More

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2nd edition. 6 x 9-1/2 inches. xvi, 894pp. Original blue cloth covers with gilt text on front cover. Dustjacket mylar protected. Inside pages very clean. Previous owner's name on front endpaper and small bookstore late on other form endpaper. Near-fine... More

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Blue cloth boards with faded gilt titles and decorations to front. Wear to edges and corners of the boards. New paper spine with hand-written titles. Contents tight and appear complete. Some foxing and general age discolouration throughout with the... More

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Contents: 1x Book about a 'Captain James Cook' and his seafaring adventures. See images for additional information. Condition: Fair SOLD AS SEEN More

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According to Wikipedia: "Captain James Cook, FRS, RN (7 November 1728 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pa More

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The author, Anders Sparrman, was a botanist who was on the voyage with Cook in 1772. This book contains some lovely wood-engraving illustrations by Peter Barker Mills. This copy, printed on Arnold's mould-made paper, is number 273 in a limited edition... More

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Hardback with pictorial boards Fair condition Binding worn Pulled webbing Some foxing and staining More

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'A perfectly paced and beautifully observed story of betrayal, guilt and regret' Emma Curtis, author of Keep Her Quiet'A heady, glamorous tale with a dark side - another compulsively readable thriller from More

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She eyed him nervously, this man who could end her life without a second thought. She had been complacent, lulled into forgetting the immense power he wielded over her...London, 1941, and in the battered capital of occupied Britai More

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Two Wrongs The twisty and addictive story about obsession, betrayal and regret. Paperback / softback. By Rebecca Reid More

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Two kingdoms destined for war. One boy caught in the eye of the storm...'Donovan Cook's Charlemagne's Cross series has everything I look for in a tale of the Dark Ages. Adventure and gritty action set against the backdrop of clashing rel More

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From 1792 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific as the captain of his own expedition - and as an agent of imperial ambition. To map a place is to control it, and Britain had its eyes on America's Pacific coast. And map it Vancouver did. His More

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The incredible story of denial, deceit, and deception that ultimately cost Navy pilot Captain Michael Scott Speicher his life is exposed in this military tell-all. Asserting that years of information has been intentionally kept from an American pu More

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**'The best novel I've encountered this year, brilliant and funny and profound, producing some of the most complex, fascinating characters I've ever known. As far as I'm concerned, the novel is an instant classic' Jaroslav Kalfa**r, author More