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ADOLPHUS W. GREELY (1844-1935)
Three Years of Arctic Service An account of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition of 1881-84 and the attainment of the farthest North. New York: Trow's for Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. 2 volumes, 8° (234 x 155mm.). Frontispieces, 42 plates (2 folding), 6 maps (1 double-page, 1 folding, 1 folding and loosely inserted in pocket at rear of vol.II), numerous illustrations, some full-page. (Loose map torn at folds and browned.) Original blue cloth, upper covers and spines blocked in black, silver, gilt, red and grey (upper cover of vol.II affected by damp, extremities rubbed and bumped with small tears to head and foot of spines and lower cover of vol.I). Provenance: Herman F. Freedman (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Arctic Bibliography I, 6114.
Frederick George JACKSON (1860-1938). A Thousand Days in the Arctic by... Jackson... with a preface by Admiral Sir F. Leopold McClintock. London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899. 2 volumes, 8° (239 x 155mm.). 3 frontispieces, 2 plates (1 folding), numerous illustrations (62 full-page), 5 folding maps (4 printed in two or more colours). (Occasional small tears to folding maps.) Original blue cloth, upper covers and spines blocked in gilt, t.e.g. (neat repair to upper joint and head of spine of vol.II, extremities bumped). FIRST EDITION. Arctic Bibliography I, 7943.
And six other works in seven volumes (Einar MIKKELSEN. Lost in the Arctic being the story of the 'Alabama' expedition, 1909-1912. London: 1913. 4°. Original cloth. Presentation copy signed by the author. [Arctic Bibliography II, 11428]; E.E. RICH [editor]. John Rae's Correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company on Arctic Exploration 1844-1855. London: The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1953. 8°. Original cloth. Limited edition; F. NANSEN. Farthest North. Westminster: Constable & Co., 1897. 2 volumes, 8°. Original cloth. [cf. Arctic Bibliography II, 11893]; Sir William Martin CONWAY. The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1897. 4°. Original cloth, t.e.g. FIRST EDITION. [Arctic Bibiography I, 3378]; William Francis BUTLER. The Wild North Land. London: 1873. 8°. Original cloth. FIRST EDITION; Elisha Kent KANE. The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. 8°. Original cloth. [Cf. Arctic Bibliography I, 8381]). (11)
Three Years of Arctic Service An account of the Lady Franklin Bay expedition of 1881-84 and the attainment of the farthest North. New York: Trow's for Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. 2 volumes, 8° (234 x 155mm.). Frontispieces, 42 plates (2 folding), 6 maps (1 double-page, 1 folding, 1 folding and loosely inserted in pocket at rear of vol.II), numerous illustrations, some full-page. (Loose map torn at folds and browned.) Original blue cloth, upper covers and spines blocked in black, silver, gilt, red and grey (upper cover of vol.II affected by damp, extremities rubbed and bumped with small tears to head and foot of spines and lower cover of vol.I). Provenance: Herman F. Freedman (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Arctic Bibliography I, 6114.
Frederick George JACKSON (1860-1938). A Thousand Days in the Arctic by... Jackson... with a preface by Admiral Sir F. Leopold McClintock. London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1899. 2 volumes, 8° (239 x 155mm.). 3 frontispieces, 2 plates (1 folding), numerous illustrations (62 full-page), 5 folding maps (4 printed in two or more colours). (Occasional small tears to folding maps.) Original blue cloth, upper covers and spines blocked in gilt, t.e.g. (neat repair to upper joint and head of spine of vol.II, extremities bumped). FIRST EDITION. Arctic Bibliography I, 7943.
And six other works in seven volumes (Einar MIKKELSEN. Lost in the Arctic being the story of the 'Alabama' expedition, 1909-1912. London: 1913. 4°. Original cloth. Presentation copy signed by the author. [Arctic Bibliography II, 11428]; E.E. RICH [editor]. John Rae's Correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company on Arctic Exploration 1844-1855. London: The Hudson's Bay Record Society, 1953. 8°. Original cloth. Limited edition; F. NANSEN. Farthest North. Westminster: Constable & Co., 1897. 2 volumes, 8°. Original cloth. [cf. Arctic Bibliography II, 11893]; Sir William Martin CONWAY. The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1897. 4°. Original cloth, t.e.g. FIRST EDITION. [Arctic Bibiography I, 3378]; William Francis BUTLER. The Wild North Land. London: 1873. 8°. Original cloth. FIRST EDITION; Elisha Kent KANE. The U.S. Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1854. 8°. Original cloth. [Cf. Arctic Bibliography I, 8381]). (11)
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