Historical View Of The Progress Of Discovery On The More Northern Coasts Of America, From The Earliest Period To The Present Time With Descriptive Sketches Of The Natural History Of The North American Regions To Which Is Added An Appendix,
by TYTLER, Patrick Fraser [1791-1845] & James WILSON
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
New York: J.J. Harper, 1833. Appendix Containing Remarks On A Late Memoir Of Sebastian Cabot, With A Vindication Of Richard Hakluyt [Harper’s Family. pp. [2]ads, 2, 360, [12]ads. folding engraved frontis. map & 9 wood-engraved text illus. (incl. title vignette). original printed bds. (covers foxed, joints partly split & chipping, periodic light foxing). First American Edition. Outlining the Arctic and northern explorations and discoveries of Cabot, Verazzano, Behring, Cook, Meares, Vancouver, Kotzebue, Mackenzie, Hearne, Beechey, Franklin, &c., and with chapters on the natural history and geological features of these regions. Rebound with leather. Minimal foxing. Text clean.. Leather. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Title
- Historical View Of The Progress Of Discovery On The More Northern Coasts Of America, From The Earliest Period To The Present Time With Descriptive Sketches Of The Natural History Of The North American Regions To Which Is Added An Appendix,
- Author
- TYTLER, Patrick Fraser [1791-1845] & James WILSON
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket - Issued
- Publisher
- J.J. Harper
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1833
- Keywords
- America, History, Exploration
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Arctic Anarctica;
- Size
- 12mo
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- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- Foxed
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- 12mo
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Jacket
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