A & C Black, 1974. One copy has quite a lot of fading to spine and cover of dustwrapper. Dustwraper itself is torn in places Previous owner's writing inside.
The other copy has a printing mark where the top edges of the pages have a blue "ink" to them. Dw in good condition, spine fading and a small tear. Previous owner's name on inside page. Pages inside are nice and clean.

Captain James Cook is the greatest explorer-seaman of all time, yet the world had to wait almost two centuries for the first full-scale biography to do justice to the man and his achievements. The culmination of the life's work of the most distinguished historian of Pacific exploration, this lavishly illustrated biography places Cook in the context of his times and affirms his eminence in the history of maritime discovery...