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Alex Armstrong 'A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage'
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$800 - $1,200
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$400
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191 The Collection of John Elliot Lawford | Part 2: Online Auction (lot 95-432)
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Alex Armstrong
A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage
with numerous Incidents of Travel and Adventure during nearly five years’ continuous service in the Arctic Regions while in search of the Expedition under Sir John Franklin.
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1857. xxii, [1 l.,] 616p, tinted lithographed frontis and hand coloured folding map [complete, lightly foxed]. 230mm, paper splt along inside hinges, original blue pebble cloth worn, with piece missing from head of spine and lacking spine caps, contents generally clean sprinkle of light spasmodic foxing. Old owner’s stamp on title page [W.R. Garthorne, Hull].
The first edition, written by the surgeon and naturalist on Robert McClure’s Franklin search expedition aboard the HMS Investigator.
A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage
with numerous Incidents of Travel and Adventure during nearly five years’ continuous service in the Arctic Regions while in search of the Expedition under Sir John Franklin.
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1857. xxii, [1 l.,] 616p, tinted lithographed frontis and hand coloured folding map [complete, lightly foxed]. 230mm, paper splt along inside hinges, original blue pebble cloth worn, with piece missing from head of spine and lacking spine caps, contents generally clean sprinkle of light spasmodic foxing. Old owner’s stamp on title page [W.R. Garthorne, Hull].
The first edition, written by the surgeon and naturalist on Robert McClure’s Franklin search expedition aboard the HMS Investigator.
