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    Reference 2996 (1068)
    Category Arctic;
    Author De Long, George W.; De Long, Emma (Editor)
    Title THE VOYAGE OF THE JEANNETTE: The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long Lieutenant -Commander of the Polar Expedition of 1879 - 1881. 2 volumes (Vol1 UK 1st, Vol 2 US 1st)
    Publishing Information London: Kegan Paul, Trench and Company, 1883 and Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884.
    Description Volume I is UK 1st Edition: Volume II is US 1st Edition: Vol I - xii, 1-440 pages, illustrated, 16 plates, including portrait frontispiece, vignettes,maps (2 large folding), charts and diagrams. Original covers, black end papers. Volume II is the US 1st Edition: xii, 441-911pp, illustrated, 16 plates, vignettes, 16 maps, charts and diagrams, (1 folding). Brown cloth covers depicting The Jeannette. Both volumes shelf wear. Volume I missing front end paper, gift inscription dated 1885 on fly leaf. Crease to front cover and mark to fly leaf, text block shaken, contents clean. Volume II covers tatty with splits, frays. Front end paper and frontispiece loose, age toning, neatly repaired tears to folding map, all complete.
    Price £400.00
    Keywords Arctic, Siberia S1-Arc
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