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BACK, GEORGE, Sir. Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean, in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. 16 engraved plates; folding engraved map. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 black morocco gilt, spine worn, front cover detached; plates variously foxed, offsetting onto facing pages, map reinforced on verso but partly separated at folds. London, 1836
first edition, regular-paper issue. Arctic Bibliography 851; Hill 42 ("one of the fundamental books on Arctic exploration"); Lande 935. With the bookplate and signature of Copley Amory, with a note in his hand: "Original loan to Geo. W. DeLong / Rtd[?] from San Francisco."
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