WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 13 MAY 2023

198 Books & Writers 371 Cook, James and Kippis, Andrew. The Life of Captain James Cook. First edition. G. Nicol, and G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1788. Original calf, quarto, 528pp. Lacking front fly, title pages and frontispiece. The first major biography of Cook, ‘intended to give a well-balanced account of his life from birth to death... the three voyages are dealt with in great narrative depth (Hill) the author including most of David Samwell’s eye-witness account of Cook’s death. Rare Condition: Covers bumped, scratched, label distressed, interior very good, lacking front fly, title pages and frontispiece. Estimate €500-€700 (approx £440-£610) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 371 372 Markham, Captain A.H. AWhaling Cruise To Baffin’s Bay and three others of Polar interest by the same author. AWhaling Cruise to Baffin’s Bay, 1875 dedicated to to my friend Sir Henry Gore Booth “I dedicate this narrative of the cruise of The “Isbjorn” in pleasant remembrance of our companionship in the Artic Seas”; Polar Reconnaissance F.R.G.S 2nd 1881; The World’s Great Explorers - John Franklin, 1891; and The Arctic Campaign of 1879 In The Barents Sea, 1880 paper to the RGS including map. Condition: A Polar Reconnaissance has distressed binding and lacks a plate, otherwise very good. Albert Markham and Gore Booth were sailing and shooting companions. AWhaling Cruise to Baffin’s Bay is dedicated to Gore Booth (of Lissadell, Sligo, father of Constance Markievicz). Markham was on the search of the ‘lost’ Franklin ship. He was a cousin of Clements Markham, head of the Royal Geographic Society, and later held that position himself. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 372