The Three Voyages of Martin Frobisher In Search of a Passage to Cathay and India by the North-West, A. D. 1576-8. From the original 1578 text of George Best - COMPLETE in Two vols
London: The Argonaut Press, 1938. First Thus. Hardcover. Two volumes. 4to. Pp. cxxx, 166; 291. Frontis. black & white reproduction of a portrait of Martin Frobisher. Preface, introduction, and notes by the editor, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. Illustrated with black & white illustrations, maps, and facsimiles, some of them fold-out. Bibliography. Index. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedowns. Bound in half-vellum over red cloth, spine lettered in gilt; color coat of arms to front covers. Rubbed edges; soiling to edges over cover of vol I, mild soiling to rear cover of both volumes. All told, an attractive set. Very Good-. Item #12691
Bookplates are those of prominent Australian surgeon Leslie Cowlishaw. Known as "the bibliophile from the bush," he laid the foundation for the prestigious Cowlishaw Collection at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
Price: $200.00