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Auction #118 begins on 03 Oct 2024

D. Murray Smith F.R.G.S.

Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores

From The Earliest Times to the Expedition of 1875-76

Published: Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing, Edinburgh, 1877

Edition: First edition

Reserve: $180

Approximately:

Estimate: $280-360

Bidding opens: 3 Oct 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 10 Oct 16:30 GMT

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1 volume. First edition 1877. 

Presentation copy by Lord Denman January 30th 1880.

Publishers green beveled embossed cloth with gilt title

and gilt vignettes and borders.

Gilt title, gilt panel vignettes to spine.

Triple gilt page-blocks.

Handwritten prize inscriptionn on inside.

824 pages.

Frontispiece portrait plate with tissue-guard.

24 full-page lithograph plates with tissue-guards.

1 full-page colour plate with tissue-guard.

1 large fold-out colour chart of 'The North Polar Sea',

[old tape repair to rear. 57 x 47 cm].

Recorded shipping weight 4000g

Shipped and insured by recorded delibery.

  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 31 x 24 cm


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