The Last Voyage of Capt. John Ross R.N., For The Discovery of a North West Passage: Performed In The Years 1829-30-31-32 and 33
Author:
UNKNOWN
Title:
The Last Voyage of Capt. John Ross R.N., For The Discovery of a North West Passage: Performed In The Years 1829-30-31-32 and 33
Publisher:
London: Published for The Proprietors by John Saunders, 25, Newgate Street, 1835 (?)
Description:
READING COPY OR REBIND, LACKS SPINE, FRONTIS & PRELIMS, octavo, marbled heavy boards half bound in leather with blind decoration, marbled page edges, vignette, 716pp + 44pp supplement, folding table near rear, illus, G- (missing spine, front board & eps detached but present, moderate to heavy scuffing & surface loss to boards & extrems, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling throughout- text unaffected, occasional minor pencil underlining & markings, rear board & terminals/supplement pgs detached but present, occasional creasing to pages at rear, binding otherwise reasonably sound)
Keywords:
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