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Narrative of the North Polar Expedition. U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Frances Hall Commanding.
by Davis, C. H., editor
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1878. Official account of the ill-fated expedition, in the course of which Hall died - poisoned by arsenic, as determined much later - though the ship made a 'farthest North' record. Later printing, with final revisions to a few chapters by J. E. Nourse, tipped-in facsimile of Hall's last dispatch. Stout hardcover, full orange cloth, gilt titling & decoration. General wear, spine rubbed & tanned; endsheets professionally replaced; some foxing, mostly around the plates. Text clean; [2], 696 pages; index, appendix; two steel engravings, 38 wood engravings, two color 'photolithographs', six maps - as called for.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8½" By 10½".
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- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- p0555os
- Title
- Narrative of the North Polar Expedition. U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Frances Hall Commanding.
- Author
- Davis, C. H., editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1878
- Keywords
- Exploration, North Pole, Disaster
- Size
- 8½" By 10½"
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Spine
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