Oct 02, 2012 - Sale 2287

Sale 2287 - Lot 110

Price Realized: $ 132
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Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(ARCTIC.) Scoresby, William. Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale-Fishery. 2 maps (both torn), 6 plates. 8vo, contemporary 1/4 calf, needs binding; minor foxing and offsetting, paper flaw on title page slightly affecting imprint. With half-title. Edinburgh, 1823
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first edition. Scoresby's final Arctic voyage on the ship Baffin was to the relatively unknown eastern coast of Greenland in 1822. Arctic Bibliography 15614; Hill 1543 (lacking half-title); Sabin 78171.