Oct 12, 2023 - Sale 2648

Sale 2648 - Lot 187

Price Realized: $ 688
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
Armstrong, Alexander (c. 1818-1899)
A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage.

London: Hurst & Blackett, 1857.

First edition, octavo, illustrated with full page lithographic frontispiece showing HMS Investigator stuck in the ice on 29 August 1851, and folding map with routes added by hand in color (torn in half with a slight loss, repaired in part); bound in publisher's original textured dark blue cloth, repaired; 8 3/4 x 5 3/8 in.

Arctic Bibliography 682; Chavanne 1540; Hill 34; Sabin 2017; Staton & Tremaine/TPL 3408.