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John C. Potter, 1873-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Bound in publisher's red cloth. Gilt lettered. Hardcover. Generally clean. Front and rear gutters starting. Fraying to spine ends. Corners bumped. Moderate shelf wear. 651 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

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Philadelphia: Philadelphia Book Company, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good -. Illustrated. History of Arctic explorations, including Russian (Deshneff); Depteff, Behring, Schalaroff; Admiral Van Wrangell. Parry's first, second and third voyages.Sir John Franklin's first and second land expeditions. Scoresby's Discoveries. Grinnell expedition. Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. Brown decorated cloth. Previous owner's name written inside front cover. First front free end paper gone. Illustrated. Frontispiece portraits. 639pp. Spine cloth worn with some losses (about 1/2 inch) at tail. Full refund if not satisfied.

Phila.: Philadelphia Book Co, (c1873). Brown cloth.. Hinges cracked, several sprung signatures, spine torn & reglued, back cover loose, heavily rubbed: Fair (a good reading copy).. 8vo. Illustrated in black & white..

No date but I would guess late 1800's. Cover shows some wear but is firmly attached. Black and white illustrations. Clean interior. Pictures on request

Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Book Company, 1873. rust cloth w/gilt titles; rubbing & moderate wear at spine/tips; part of one engraving is torn off, repaired tear on pg 271; in mylar protective wraps. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Engravings. 12 vo; 2 Pounds.

Hardback. New.

Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Book Company, 1873. First Edition, Thus; 651 clean, unmarked pages., 2 portraits as frontis., plates, a few illustrations in text; original brown cloth rubbed, owner's name on flyleaf; in mylar protective wraps. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by b/w Engravings. 8vo.

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Book Company, 1873. Sold only by subscription. Illustrated. 639 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Head of spine chipped, some light rubbing to extremites; Very Good-Near Fine. Sold only by subscription. Illustrated. 639 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

Philadelphia: John E. Potter, 1873 Small octavo. 651, [8, ads]pp. Two frontis portraits, 35 plates, single-page map, text illustrations. Brown cloth. Contemporary owner's dated signature (1884). Portions of text block age-toned sporadically throughout, as is common for this title. Some light rubbing to spine ends and outer hinge, a few spots to fore-edge of front cover. A very good, clean, and tight copy. A fairly comprehensive work on the various polar expeditions and of the personalities involved: Frobisher, Hudson, Baffin, Behring, Cook, Ross, Franklin, Kane, Hall, et al. Also includes a history of the Polaris Expedition under Captain C. F. Hall..

St. Louis, Valley Publishing Company, 1875.Original decorated cloth gilt. With many woodengraved plates. 651 pp.First published in 1873; with bookplate of Chas.N. Stow. - History of polar exploration particularly the North American Arctic and the search for the Northwest Passage.Arctic Bibliography 15346.