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Auction #130 begins on 09 Apr 2026

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THE GERMAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION OF 1869-70

and Narrative of the Wreck of the " Hansa " in the Ice. Translated and abridged by the Rev. L. Mercier, M.A. OXON; and edited by H.W. Bates F.L.S and assistant secretary of the Royal Geographical Society

Published: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, London, 1874

Edition: First edition

Reserve: $220

Approximately:

Estimate: $400-420

Bidding opens: 9 Apr 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 16 Apr 16:30 GMT

Ships from: Ireland

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1 volume. 1874 First UK edition.

Publisher's pictorial cloth in green over bevelled boards.

Gilt title, pictorial design in silver and black.

Original brown endpapers. 

viii, 590 pages.

Chromolithograph frontispiece.

3 colour plates and numerous woodcuts.

2 coloured maps [one folding at rear].

2 steel engraved portraits.

Account of the voyage of the 'Germania' to the East Greenland

coast and the loss of the 'Hansa'.

Recorded shipping weight 1500g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Very good


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