Novelist Innes, perhaps best known for his Wreck of the Mary Deare, recreates a diary of the third voyage as Cook himself might have written it. An interesting exercise. Second edition, and the second year of this work. Early editions are quite scarce. Hinges cracked, missing endpapers.
Several pages are marked with neat notes, one page is marked in pencil by a child.
Boards lightly worn. Jensen, Lt. Oliver. All one should know about sailing in heavy weather. Salem, MA 1925. A collection of pictures, including many American vessels, painted by Antoine Roux and his sons.