Resultados de búsqueda: voyages and research within the arctic de sir john barrow

New York, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. Good minus. Abridged and arranged from the official narratives...". Sold as a good reading copy only. Duodecimo, 7" tall, xii + 359 pages, 1 map plate, decorated brown cloth, gilt spine titles. With significant exterior wear to all edges, chipping and fraying at the back strip and fore-corners, BUT most significantly, moisture stains evident to the endpapers and approximately half the pages but all text remains clear, interior paper moderately foxed, hinges cracked but secure, binding sturdy.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1846. First American edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good. 8vo. [5], vi-xii, [1], 14-359, [1], [1]-8 (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2] pp. Publisher's brown cloth with borders and leafy decorations in blind on each board, a gilt device on the front board, gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a folding map and a plate. Completing the title page: "Under the command of the several naval officers employed by sea and land in search of a Northwest passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with two attempts to reach the North Pole. Abridged and arranged from the official narratives, with occasional remarks. Arctic Bibliography 1096. A history of the major British expeditions to the Arctic region near North America. A bookplate on the front pastedown and a stamp on the title page, several chips to the title page.