Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas, and Round the World; being Personal Narratives of Attempts to reach the North and South Poles; and of an Open-Boat Expedition up the Wellington Channel in search of Sir John Franklin and Her Maje
Author:
MCORMICK, DEPUTY INSPECTOR-GENERAL R.
Title:
Voyages of Discovery in the Arctic and Antarctic Seas, and Round the World; being Personal Narratives of Attempts to reach the North and South Poles; and of an Open-Boat Expedition up the Wellington Channel in search of Sir John Franklin and Her Maje
Publisher:
Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle et al 1884
Description:
Two-volume set, superb original bindings, quarto, royal blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, black penguin & polar bear motif to spine, black nautical scenes & anchor chains to front boards, yellow eps, frontispiece with tissue guard + xx + map + 432pp (vol.1), frontispiece + xii + 412pp (vol.2), illus, VG (some browning to spines, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, white stain to vol.2 front board, some browning & foxing to page edges, front pastedowns damaged by removal of labels, owner's name & address in ink to front pastedowns & to title pages, heavy browning to prelims & terminals, some foxing)
Keywords:
Antarctic Arctic travel exploration North Pole South Pole
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