Wal Shannon Collection - Captain Cook Literature

Lot 1991    SESSION 7 (11.30AM WEDNESDAY 29TH MARCH)    Wal Shannon Collection - Captain Cook Literature

Estimate $120
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BLIGH OF THE BOUNTY, being the Narrative of the Mutiny of the Bounty and the Voyage in the Open Boat, edited by E.A. Hughes M.A., hard cover, 191pp, inside front cover is bookplate of T.Hanley and with 'Awarded to' sticker from Supt Heathcote PSSM Sunday School 1945; The Pacific Ocean, by Felix Riesenberg, 1947, hard cover, 284pp, includes a chapter on Captain Cook; Darwin and the Beagle, by Alan Moorehead, 1969 reprinted 1971, 1973, 1978, soft cover, 222pp; A Voyage to New Holland, The English Voyage of Discovery to the South Seas in 1699, by William Dampier, edited with an introduction by James Spencer, 1981, hard cover with dust jacket, 256pp; First Impressions, The British Discovery of Australia, by Margaret Steven, 1988, hard cover with dust jacket, 96pp; The National Maritime Museum, The Collections, by Scala Publications, 1990, soft cover, 128pp, includes a feature on James Cook; The Bounty, The True story of the Mutiny on the Bounty, by Caroline Alexander, 2003, soft cover, 491pp; various other books mostly relating to Captain James Cook including several children's books on this subject, all with hard covers (11 includes one duplicate issue). Good - very fine. (18)