IN THE ARCTIC SEAS A NARRATIVE OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE FATE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND HIS COMPANIONS
by McCLINTOCK CAPTAIN R.N
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PHILADELPHIA: PORTER AND COATES, 1859. FIRST BY THIS PUBLISHER. . Hardcover. Good/NoNE. DRAWINGS. STATES AUTHORS EDITION ON BACK OF COPYRIGHT PAGE BOUND IN REDDISH BROWN WITH PERFECT BLACK AND GILT LETTERING AND DESIGN WORN THROUGH IN A SMALL AREA AT TOP OF SPINE BACK HINGE CRACKED BINDING IS FAIRLY STRONG BUT BOOK DOES HAVE INTERNAL WEAKNESSES ILLUSTRATED PAGE BETWEEN PAGES 68-9 IS LOOSE AND LAID IN BUMPING AND WEAR TO CORNERS A GREAT TALE OF ADVENTURE AND THE EARLIEST EXPLORATION OF THE ARCTIC PAGES ARE BRIGHT AND CLEAN A GREAT RESEARCH OR READING COPY OF A VERY RARE TITLE IN ITS ORIGINAL STATE DESPITE ITS SPINAL WEAKNESS
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- Title
- IN THE ARCTIC SEAS A NARRATIVE OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE FATE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN AND HIS COMPANIONS
- Author
- McCLINTOCK CAPTAIN R.N
- Illustrator
- DRAWINGS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- NoNE
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- FIRST BY THIS PUBLISHER.
- Publisher
- PORTER AND COATES
- Place of Publication
- PHILADELPHIA
- Date Published
- 1859
- Keywords
- ARCTIC EXPLORATION CAPTAIN R.N MCCLINTOCK
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