A Reference Guide to the Literature of Travel Including Voyages, Geographical Descriptions, Adventures, Shipwrecks and Expeditions. [3 vols, complete set ]
by Cox, E.G
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- An ex-library set with small labels taped to the spines, bookplates on the front pastedown endpapers, and stamps and marks on th
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About This Item
The University of Washington, Seattle, mixed editions, 1938 - 1950, Volume I is 1948 reprint of 1935, Volume 2 is 1950 reprint of 1938; Volume III is 1949 first edition. 3 vols, cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,. vii, 404 + vii, 591 + xiii, 732 pp. Approximately 10,500 entries in all. Vol I: The Old World; Vol II: The New World; Vol III: Great Britain. A selectively annotated bibliography in a classified arrangement with an author index. Lists in chronological order books on travel and voyages, geographical descriptions, adventures, shipwrecks and expeditions. Cox aimed to be comprehensive for works published up to 1800. This first edition is in larger format than the Martino reprint edition. An ex-library set with small labels taped to the spines, bookplates on the front pastedown endpapers, and stamps and marks on the title-pages (rectos and versos). Some corners bumped, otherwise a Good set.
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- Wykeham Books
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- BIBLIO-28086
- Title
- A Reference Guide to the Literature of Travel Including Voyages, Geographical Descriptions, Adventures, Shipwrecks and Expeditions. [3 vols, complete set ]
- Author
- Cox, E.G
- Format/Binding
- 3 vols, cloth, 8vo, 26 cm,
- Book Condition
- Used - An ex-library set with small labels taped to the spines, bookplates on the front pastedown endpapers, and stamps and marks on th
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The University of Washington, Seattle, mixed editions, 1938 - 1950, Volume I is 1948 reprint of 1935, Volume 2 is 1950 reprint o
- Date Published
- Volume 2 is 1950 reprint of 193
- Pages
- vii, 404 + vii, 591 + xiii, 732 pp
- Keywords
- travel geography topography country voyages adventures shipwrecks
- Bookseller catalogs
- Places & Travel (Bibliographies);
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Wykeham Books
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LONDON, Aberdeen
About Wykeham Books
We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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