NARRATIVE OF THE SECOND ARCTIC EXPEDITION MADE BY CHARLES F. HALL: His Voyage to Repulse Bay, Sledge Journeys to the Straits of Fury and Hecla and to King Williams Land, and Residence Among the Eskimos During the Years 1864-'69 by Nourse, J. E. (Editor) - 1879

Government Printing Office, Washington D.C, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. J.E. NOURSE [editor]. Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition Made by Charles F. Hall, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1879.Heavy quarto, first edition, pp. l, 644, green buckram library binding, maps, but lacking large folding map in rear, heliotypes and other illustrated plates, library markings to preliminaries. Largely based on Hall's own manuscripts.In addition to exploration, the purpose of the voyage was to solve the mystery of the disappeared Franklin expedition -- to no avail. However, Hall was able to provide a lot of information about Inuit living.Condition of this book:Very clean, foxing, mostly to preliminary leaves. Very sound in library binding. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free… Read More

First edition, hardcover, 1879, Washington. Large heavy book has been professionally recased using original boards and spine, new endpapers. Paginates complete with all images and maps (13 European, 8 Inuit). Large folding map in rear pocket backed with linen, two panels with marbled paper over linen. Frontis portrait is heavy brittle stock and looks to have been reattached. Excellent interior with no ownership markings, no foxing, all images bright. Binding is sound. Boards show moderate patina, stains, etc but gilt remains bright. Old spine laid down over matching cloth looks rough but is not fragile. Arctic Biblio 6486. Please see images of the book you will receive. Notes: Hall did not survive his 3rd voyage so Nourse sorted through Hall's voluminous notes and artifacts to produce this report. Contains some high quality images on plates and is packed with interesting images embedded in text.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1879. Good. Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition Made by Charles F. Hall: His Voyage to Repulse Bay, Sledge Journeys to the Straits of Fury and Hecla and to King William's Land, and Residence Among the Eskimos During the Years 1864-'69. Government Printing Office, Washington 1879. L preliminary pages, 644pp. Illustrations, maps, sketches, steel engravings. Index. Red boards with gilt design of a sledge in the arctic in gilt on front; re-backed with original spine laid down. Newer endpapers. Boards bumped and soiled. Edges soiled. Interior is very clean. Slight warping to pages at bottom edge. Soiling to steel engraving of Hall at frontis. Large folding map (Map of the North Polar Region) backed on linen is in wonderful shape. Good condition overall. Narrative of the residence of the late Capt. C.F. Hall among the Eskimos plus a narration of his journals and note-books of his second exploration including his voyage to Repulse Bay, sledge journeys to the… Read More

Government Printing Office, Washington D.C, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. J.E. NOURSE [editor]. Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition Made by Charles F. Hall, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1879.Heavy quarto, first edition, pp. l, 644, green buckram library binding, maps including large folding map attached to rear pastedown, heliotypes and other illustrated plates, library markings to preliminaries. Largely based on Hall's own manuscripts.In addition to exploration, the purpose of the voyage was to solve the mystery of the disappeared Franklin expedition -- to no avail. However, Hall was able to provide a lot of information about Inuit living.Condition of this book:Damp stain throughout, mostly in upper margin. Foxing, mostly to preliminary leaves. Rear map has some splits along folds, with no loss. Very sound in library binding. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation,… Read More

Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1879. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Gilt spine lettering and dog sledding past ice floes pictorial on green cloth covered boards. Bottom corners lightly worn, but straight, tight, clean with only a few small foxing spots on the end papers. Lots of photos & illustrations but folding map not present in the back pocket.