With duo-tone lithograph plates and two maps
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Author: Smith, Murray D.
Title: Arctic Expeditions, British and Foreign. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time.
Place Published: Glasgow
Publisher:Thomas Liddell
Date Published: 1877
Description:
Author: Smith, Murray D.
Title: Arctic Expeditions, British and Foreign. From the Earliest Period to the Present Time.
Place Published: Glasgow
Publisher:Thomas Liddell
Date Published: 1877
Description:
xiv, [1], 824 pp. With numerous duo-tone lithograph plates, plus two color lithograph maps. 30x22.5 cm (11¾x9"), rebacked leather with original covers and spine strip tooled in blind and gilt; all edges gilt, endpapers renewed.
Beginning with the early Norse navigators, Smith reviews the exploration of the Arctic, with the majority of the book covering the accounts by Ross, Parry, Franklin, Rae, the search for Franklin, the search for the Northwest Passage, Nares, and foreign expeditions.
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Wear and creasing to leather; 3" stub tear to one map closed with tape, occasional foxing; very good.
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With duo-tone lithograph plates and two maps
Estimate $400 - $600
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