Arctic Searching Expedition: a journal of a boat-voyage through Rupert's Land and the Arctic Sea, in search of the discovery ships under the command of Sir John Franklin. With an appendix on the physical geography of North America. In Two Volumes. Published by authority.
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1851. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #44838
2 volumes. 8vo. Pp. viii, 413, 32p. catalogue, frontis, ills. folding col. map (with 5 inch tear), 8 col. plates. Pp. vii, 426, frontis (col.). In the original brown cloth with gilt lettering. Armorial bookplate to each, publisher's ads. for "Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia" on front and rear endpapers. Heavy wear to the cloth at spine head (both vols.), with light wear at foot. Bindings a little cocked, but overall remarkably clean and tight Volumes. Nice set, in the original cloth boards.
Price (CAD): $2,800.00
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