SMUCKER, Samuel M.
Arctic Explorations and Discoveries During the Nineteenth Century; Being Detailed Accounts of the Several Expeditions to the North Seas, Both English and American, Conducted by Ross, Parry, Back, Franklin, M'Clure and Others. Including the First Grinnell Expedition, Under Lieutenant de Haven, and the Final Effort of Dr. E. Kane in Search of Sir John Franklin
New York, Miller, Orton & Co, 1857. Hardcover. pp. xiii, [25] - 517 + ads. 8vo. Blind-decorated brown cloth binding with near-total loss of gilt spine lettering. Engravings, including tissue-guarded portrait and frontispiece. Loss to spine ends and corners, ink names and blind-stamp to front endpapers, foxing to first pages. Binding sound, contents unmarked. Smucker's Accounts of Some of the Most Fascinating Arctic Expeditions. Ill.: illustrated.
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Keywords: Polar; Arctic; Exploration illustrated