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(ARCTIC.) Phipps, Constantine John. A Voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's Command. 3 folding maps (one loose), 12 double-page engraved plates, 11 folding tables (included in pagination). 4to, 1/2 morocco matching Lot 37 above, backstrip ends and front joint worn, rear cover partially detached; includes half-title and final leaf with binder's directions; some browning in second half of volume not affecting engraved matter; bookplate of Henry Marquand on front free endpaper. London, 1774
first edition of the official account of the 1773 expedition of the ships Racehouse and Carcass. Although blocked by pack ice north of Spitsbergen, they reached a record 80º48'N. Books on Ice 1.10, Hill 1351.
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