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HILL, Kenneth E.
The Hill collection of Pacific voyages at the University of California, San Diego.
Reese, New Haven 2004. NEW. Second edition, revised and enlarged, 4to., xxiii, 792pp., original blue cloth gilt.
The indispensable bibliographical guide to Pacific voyages, Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest, and the South Seas. this edition of Hill is superior to its predecessor in many ways: it combines all the collection into one alphabet, and includes all material added to the collection since the first edition was published, with hundreds of new items; the 1937 entries are numbered for the first time, for easy reference. Authors' names are in bold face to assist the reader; a comprehensive general index and chronological index assist the researcher; many errors in the first edition have been corrected and numerous annotations expanded; collations are now given in a consistent format; the entire work is in a single large octavo volume, handsomely printed and bound, and designed to lie flat for easy use. An essay by Jonathan Hill, "Kenneth Evan Hill as a Book Collector," describes the formation of the collection. In every way, the "new" Hill qualifies as the "second and best" edition.
Price: £ 100
US Dollar Price: $ 200
Stock Number: 53116