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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1842. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo. [1], pages v-xii, pages 13-302, [2]. Folding map present. Dark brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Moderate toning to the end sheets. Light to moderate scattered foxing to the contents. Map is folded with light toning and occasional light foxing. Former institutional copy with a book label from "Athens (Georgia) Mechanics' Mutual Aid Association" on the front paste down.
NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION TO THE POLAR SEA, IN THE YEARS 1820, 1821, 1822, AND 1823 by Wrangell, Admiral Ferdinand - 1841
by Wrangell, Admiral Ferdinand
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NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION TO THE POLAR SEA, IN THE YEARS 1820, 1821, 1822, AND 1823
by Wrangell, Admiral Ferdinand
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NY: Harper & Brothers, Cliff - St, 1841. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Apparently the 1st American edition. 12mo printed paper over boards. 302pp. Folding map (with closed 4 1/2" tear). Map, "Map of the North-East Part of Siberia" is 10 1/5" x 15 1/2" . Cover information says volume is Harpers' Family Library No. CXLVIII, etc. Fair only as spine paper is missing; general wear; light foxing; stains on a number of pages in last part of book; rear free endpaper missing; no ads. Binding is stable so the book is easy to read & won't fall apart. Scarce.
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- Keywords Polar, Arctic, Wrangell
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Narrative of An Expedition to the Polar Sea, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, And 1823: The Family Library No. 148
by Wrangell, Admiral Ferdinand (of the Russia Imperial Navy)
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Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea, in the years 1820, 1821, 1822, and 1823; Commanded by Lieutenant, now Admiral Ferdinand Wrangell, of the Russian Imperial Navy
by Wrangell, Admiral Ferdinand (Edward Sabine, Ed)
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New York: Harper and Brothers, 1842. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Very Good. 12mo [6x4in, 15.2x10.2cm], xvii, [1], [19]-302 pp., [1] advertisement, frontispiece fold out map of Northeast Siberia with routes [9.5x14in neatline, 105.x14.75in sheet]; Three-Quarter bound brown leather with blind rules, marbled paper over brown cloth covers, gilt lettering on red and black labels on spine with gilt devices, pale yellow end papers; Some shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, old chipping of marbled paper along outside/inside edges, corners rubbed and worn, chip to leather at bottom of spine, oil/wax stains to top and bottom of spine that darkens leather, rear end papers at hinges affecting text from page 220 to end and, to lesser degree, on front end papers, misfolds to map. [Arctic Biblio 18994, Howes E151, Hill 1916, Lada-Mocarski 106, Smith 10616 (London)]. Baron Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangell (1796-1870) (German spelling, also spelled Wrangel and Vrangel) was born to Baltic German nobility in the…
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