Feb 04, 2016 - Sale 2404

Sale 2404 - Lot 71

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(ARCTIC.) Sabine, Edward, editor. The North Georgia Gazette, and Winter Chronicle. xii, 132 pages. 4to, original boards, worn, rebacked with original spine label laid down; with half-title but lacking errata slip; uncut; signatures of early owners M.A.T. Whitby (a naturalist) and C.L. Eastwick on title page, Edinger bookplate. In modern 1/2 calf tray case. London, 1821

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"A weekly newspaper established by Parry's crew in 1819-20, 'to enliven the tedious and inactive months of winter' in the Arctic region. It is an amusing collection of poems, songs, humorous essays, etc."--Sabin 55714. Arctic Bibliography 12547; Books on Ice 2.10.