A Reference Guide to the Literature of Travel Including Voyages, Geographical Descriptions, Adventures, Shipwrecks and Expeditions. [3 vols, complete set ]

Cox, E.G.

Published by 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, 1938

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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. Seller Inventory # ABE-28086

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Title: A Reference Guide to the Literature of ...

Publisher: 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

Publication Date: 1938

Binding: Hardcover