Author: Captain G S Nares, Commander of the Expedition
Title: The Official Report of the Recent Arctic Expedition
Description: John Murray, London, 1876. First Edition, Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Report to the Admiralty of the expedition that left Upernivick on 22 July 1875 and returning in October 1876. This is an ex-library copy with flaws as described. Black half-leather binding with banded spine and dark blue covers are lightly rubbed at edges, binding is sound with strengthened inner hinges. Crossed and stamped large library label is pasted to the inside of the front cover, additional end-papers (darkened), no half-title-page, frontis map has been pasted to previous end-paper with resultant wrinkles on both surfaces and a stamp of "Free Public Library Westminster S.W." on the obverse of the frontis shows through the pasted end-paper (although not visible from the map. Title-page is darkened, has a crossed out reference number in the upper leading corner and a psted paper rectangle covering a "Free Public Library Westminster S.W." stamp, small feint stamp on reverse and short closed tear (approx 1cm) on leading edge. Pages are little darkened with some smudge marks mainly in margins, page 84 to 91have a very small ink mark on the lower corner, "Free Public Library Westminster S.W." stamp acorss the bottom of the final page. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 61115030126. ISBN: 085206201X

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