(ARCTIC) Ross John A Treatise on Navigation by Steam; Compri

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(ARCTIC.) Ross, John. A Treatise on Navigation by Steam; Comprising a History of the Steam Engine. Frontispiece plate, text illustrations. xxiii, 182, [2], 68 pages. 4to, contemporary 1/2 morocco, moderate wear, front board coming loose; repaired tear to frontispiece; errata slip tipped in; early owner's note on title page and initials on backstrip, Edinger bookplate on front pastedown. Tipped in to the rear is an illustrated 24 1/2 x 18 1/2-inch advertisement for Scientific American, probably early 1846, quite worn but nearly complete. London, 1837

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Second edition of a scientific work by the famed Arctic explorer, though it does not actually address the Arctic.