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MACGAHAN, Januarius Aloysius (1844-1878). Under the Northern Lights. The Cruise of the Pandora. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1876.
The first edition, covering Sir Allen Young's 1875 attempt to navigate the Northwest Passage and sledging during the 1857-59 McClintock expedition. Arctic Bib. 10616.
Octavo (221 x 142 mm). Folding map, 8 plates. 40-pg publishers' catalogue at end. Publishers' green pictorial cloth stamped in green and black. Provenance: Andreas Zust (his sale, Christie's, 9 May 2002, lot 74).
The first edition, covering Sir Allen Young's 1875 attempt to navigate the Northwest Passage and sledging during the 1857-59 McClintock expedition. Arctic Bib. 10616.
Octavo (221 x 142 mm). Folding map, 8 plates. 40-pg publishers' catalogue at end. Publishers' green pictorial cloth stamped in green and black. Provenance: Andreas Zust (his sale, Christie's, 9 May 2002, lot 74).