The Eventful Voyage of the H.M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" to the Arctic Regions in search of Sir John Franklin and the Missing Crews of H.M. Discovery Ships "Erebus" and "Terror" 1852, 1853, 1854. To which is added An Account of Her Being Fallen In with by an American Whaler after Her Abandonment in Barrow Straits, and of Her Presentation to Queen Victoria by the Government of the United States
by George F. M'Dougall (McDougall)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
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About This Item
London: Longman Brown Green Longmans & Roberts, 1857. AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION, IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH. XL, 530 pp. + a folded map and EIGHT COLORED LITHOGRAPHED PLATES (complete). 8vo. Publisher's gilt cloth. All edges gilt. Very minor fding and wear to binding, but still tight. Some foxing, mainly to edges of text pages. PAPER IS WHITE, AND PLATES ARE CLEAN WITH VERY FRESH COLORS. Folding map is almost perfect, with no tears, crinkles, or browning. An unusually pristine copy of a book almost never found in good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Cole & Contreras
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39339
- Title
- The Eventful Voyage of the H.M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" to the Arctic Regions in search of Sir John Franklin and the Missing Crews of H.M. Discovery Ships "Erebus" and "Terror" 1852, 1853, 1854. To which is added An Account of Her Being Fallen In with by an American Whaler after Her Abandonment in Barrow Straits, and of Her Presentation to Queen Victoria by the Government of the United States
- Author
- George F. M'Dougall (McDougall)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman Brown Green Longmans & Roberts
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- coleantiq voyages discovery arctic
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- Antiquarian Books;
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Cole & Contreras
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Sitges (BCN), Barcelona
About Cole & Contreras
We are located in sunny Sitges, on the Mediterranean Coast, half an hour from Barcelona. We have been dealing in rare books since 1991.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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