Published by Harpers, 1836
Seller: Hill Country Books, Ctr Sandwich, NH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover Harper's Family Library Edition. 373 pp + folding map (frontispiece), 15 engraved illustrations (some full-page). Original linen cloth boards show some mild sunning, scattered light foxing. Contains chapters on the climate of polar regions, the animal and vegetable life, ancient voyages to the north, voyages in search of the Northeast and Northwest Passages and the North Pole. Nice copy.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1836
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Harper's Stereotype Edition. 373 pp + folding map (frontispiece), 13 engraved illustrations (some full-page). Original pebbled cloth boards show some mild sunning, scattered light foxing. Arctic Bibliography 9945 (referring to the 1830 Edinburgh edition): Contains chapters on the climate of polar regions, the animal and vegetable life, ancient voyages to the north, voyages in search of the Northeast and Northwest Passages and the North Pole.Chronicle of broad scope and appeal intended "to exhibit a complete and connected view of successive voyages to the arctic regions" to the time of publication.