A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken by Command of his Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere: Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Being a copious, comprehensive, and satisfactory Abridgement of the Voyage written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. and Captain James King, LL.D. and F.R.S. Illustrated with Cuts. In Four Volumes. London: Printed for John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy, 1784.

Four volume set bound in two. The first octavo edition of Cook's third voyage. Half-leather. 

Flaws: 

Vol. 1 lacks 2 leaves from the Contents section. Vol. 2 lacks title page. All except Vol. 3 lack half-titles. 

Lacks the large folding map and two plates. 

Has the folding map of Hawaii, the frontispiece portrait, and 46 (of 48) further plates. 

The front board of the first volume is detached. The top half of the front join of the second volume is cracked, with the backstrip pulling away and the front board weakly attached. Average wear, chipping, scuffing. 

The pages of the first of the four volumes have a heavy amount of foxing, smudges, stains, creases, a little marginal dampstain, and a lot of tears, with several tears reaching into text without loss (one page torn half across without loss), a large torn-out piece of margin nicking a few letters, a large tear at a hinge with a repair. The other volumes have a more average level of foxing, smudges, and minor blemishes, excepting some ugly staining to the first Contents leaf of Vol. 3 (pictured); a large tear into text elsewhere (but neatly repaired without loss); a plate torn near the hinge with slight loss to illustration (pictured); and the creased, torn and repaired folding plate of Cook's death (pictured). Some of the plates are trimmed a little close, in a few instances nicking the text and in one instance slightly cutting into the illustration. The folding map of Hawaii has tears, is laid down on a plain paper backing, but remains rather attractive. Good condition on balance. 

Old pencil ownership signature (faint): John Alderman Sanders, old owner stamp: I. Sanders.