Author: SARGENT, EPES
Title: The Wonders of the Artic World: A History of All the Researches and Discoveries in the Frozen Regions of the North, from the Earliest Times; with the Polaris Expedition
Description: Philadelphia PA: Andrus & Judd, 1873. First Edition. Hardcover. Original 1873 red hardback edition with black lettering. Not a reprint or POD. Hinges weak but not broken, however the title page is loose from binding but complete. Edges and top and bottom of spine and corners beginning to frey as are the edges of the gutters.Contents very clean as are the illustrations. "With sketches of the Cabots, Frobisheer, Hudson, Baffin, Behring, Cook, Ross, Franklin, Parry, Back, Rae, McClontock, Kane,Hayes, Hall and others....Includes the Polaris Expedition by William H. Cunnington... Sold only by Subscription." Item now in archival sleeve to preserve and protect condition. Our photo's/scans are of the actual item being sold, not a borrowed image! We provide tracking and ship daily or next business day!; Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 651 pages. Good with No dust jacket as issued .

Keywords: Artic Exploration


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