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Washington [DC]: Government Printing Office, 1879. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. 4to. [9], ii-l, [2], 3-644 pp. Green cloth with a gilt decoration on the front board, gilt lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a frontispiece, several folding plates and maps, and several heliotype plates (with Indigenous Americans depicted on a few of the heliotype plates). The textblock also contains in-text wood engravings. Edited under the orders of the Hon. Secretary of the Navy, by Prof. J.E. Nourse, U.S.N. U.S. Naval Observatory, 1879. A reading copy. Rebacked with the original spine laid down. With a few library markings from the Hudson Bay Company, this volume lacks its title page and instead has a facsimile title page in its place. Also lacks the folding map normally found in the volume's rear pocket.

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USA: Government Printing Office (Washington), 1879. Original green cloth, gilt. Generally fairly clean and tight but hinges cracking and some general signs of wear. FOLDING MAP IS A FACSIMILE. All other illustrations are original. Book is in good double plus condition with noticeable signs of wear and/or age. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES APPLY (GB 2022 £8) Packed weight 2800g. . Hardback. G++/No DW.

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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

Government Printing Office, 1879-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . 74 engravings and photos, 13 maps (including color folding map mounted on cloth in pocket at the rear), 8 sketches of coastline. Red cloth binding with gilt decoration shows some soiling, joints starting, edgewear, cracks and minor loss on the spine, and rubbing. Torn hinges. Pages are lightly tanned and mostly clean.

E-291. Fair. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 1879. L, 644 pgs. . 74 engravings and photos, 13 maps (including color folding map mounted on cloth in pocket at the rear) , 8 sketches of coastline. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (crown of the spine lightly chipped and worn). Light foxing present. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. 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. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Washington: U. S. Government, 1879. Book. VG-. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Book has 644 pages, moderate cover wear, tape repaired spine, fold out maps, illustrations. Contains folded map in rear cover pocket..

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1879. First Printing. Hardcover. Good. Small quarto, publisher's red cloth, good copy, binding shows darkening, freckling to joints, small stains, light discoloration and surface wear to rear board, contents very good, front inner hinge neatly strengthened, light foxing, small dampstain tidemark intruding on upper edge of first third of the book, never that obtrusive, foxing to outermost pages, handsome linen-backed map in pocket at rear is in very good condition with light foxing. 644 pp, illustrated with maps, illustrations and plates, some of which are heliotypes.

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

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1879. Hardback, gilt title to spine and illustration to front board. l, 644pp. Numerous illustrations and maps. Folding map in pocket to rear. 1st edition 1879. Ex-library copy with usual library markings. Some fraying to spine, slight fading to front board. A decent reading copy. A heavy book, additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. (ac11). 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

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: Government Printing Office, 1879. First Edition . Decorative Cloth. Vg+/No Jacket. Heavy 8vo. xlx,644 pgs. b/w illustrs.,drawings and folding maps, plus a large folding map in the back pocket in excellent condition. Offsetting to the title page from the frontis. Ex-Library, well bound; no issues with textblock. Green cloth with typical scuffs & light wear. Numbered library sticker at the bottom of the spine; Same number handwritten on the front paste down endpaper. No other library markings in text. Excellent, clean copy; weighs in at over 2kg; increased shipping charges required. Other photos available if required. Inquiries welcome.

Washington:: Government Printing OFfice,, 1879.. First edition.. publisher's green gilt cloth.. Hinges neatly reinforced with tissue; blank leaf at rear torn; cloth rubbed at corners and bottom of spine.. Folio,. Maps, plates from photograph, portraits, including large folding map in pocket at rear. .

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.

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. The pages are somewhat toned with age and quite clean. Hinges cracked but tight; rubbing to spine and rear. Very Good. Large octavo (7-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in the original decorated green cloth; 664 pages. Illustrated with 2 steel-engraved portraits, over 70 wood engravings, photo engravings, and heliotypes, 8 sketches of regional coastlines drawn by Inuits, and 13 maps, including the large folding linen-backed map in the rear pocket. Hall made three trips to the North. His ship, the Polaris, reached the farthest northerly point then attained by any vessel. This, his second visit and most extended, was published posthumously--Hall never returned from his third trip. Here is a detailed and valuable account of life among the Eskimos in the Arctic.

Government Printing Office, 1879. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Green cloth over boards. Bright decorative gilt on front board. Gilt lettering on spine. B/W etched frontis and plates. Folding maps. Includes map on linen in back pocket.

Washington: U.S. Naval Observatory/Government Printing Office 1879. () xlix, 644+. Very good. 4to. Ex-lib., with only a small, single stamp and a delicate notation to the front free enedpaper.Original green boards, gilt title to spine, gilt pictorial stamped to front. Frontispiece., illus., ports., maps. Corners softly bumped, covers lightly rubbed and soiled. Hinges solid. Complete. Folding maps as well as linen-backed folding map in rear pocket. Clean, tight, bright, impressively sturdy and square..