Hernando del Castillo; introduction, bibliography and appendices by Antonio Rodriguez-MoninoBiblio.com
[COOK: BIBLIOGRAPHY] HOLMES, Sir MauriceBiblio.com
Captain James Cook R.N. F.R.S. A Bibliographical Excursion
19525000610London: Francis Edwards 1952. Endpapers slightly spotted otherwise fine. Octavo; original brown cloth. <p><p>One of 500 copies published of this early and influential Cook bibliography by the doyen of Cook collecting Sir Maurice Holmes. One of two standard bibliographical references for the voyages of Captain Cook it is discursive and more attuned to the collector than Beddie's bibliography which by comparison is encyclopaedic. This is the second and best version revised and greatly expanded from Holmes' original 1936 essay which notes Holmes 'contained one shocking howler. and half a dozen more venial errors'.</p> <p>It was put together by a significant collector: Holmes's Cook collection is today in the UCLA library. Like Holmes's earlier and less authoritative "Introduction to the Bibliography of Captain Cook" of 1936 it was published by the English bookseller Francis Edwards at that time well known for its specialisation in books of voyages and travels.</p> </p> . Francis Edwards unknown
Hordern House Rare Books · Australie175,00 $AU≈ 115,34 €
