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Captain James Cook: A Biography.
by Hough, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0340585986
- ISBN 13
- 9780340585986
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1994. Reprint ed.. Hardback thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings, maps, few tiny dents front cover jacket & board cover. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 492 pp. This very readable biography takes a new look at one of the world's greatest mariners, James Cook. The most comprehensive study since Beaglehole's posthumous work of 1974.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27984
- Title
- Captain James Cook: A Biography.
- Author
- Hough, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0340585986
- ISBN 13
- 9780340585986
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- biography, history, maritime, voyages, britain, pacific
- Bookseller catalogs
- MARITIME & NAUTICAL;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.