May 24, 2007 - Sale 2116

Sale 2116 - Lot 22

Price Realized: $ 600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
BARROW, JOHN. Voyages of Discovery and Research within the Arctic Regions, from the Year 1818 to the Present Time. Frontispiece portrait, 2 maps (one large and folding). 8vo, publisher's cloth, rebacked but retaining the original label, recased; text a bit toned. London: John Murray, 1846

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first edition. "A sequel to the 1818 edition of a A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic regions . . . Contains a detailed account of the principal British expeditions into the North American Arctic, from Sir John Ross in 1818 to those of George Back and Sir George Simpson in 1836-39"--Hill 73; Arctic Bibliography 1096; Sabin 3669.

From the library of Dr. John M. Levinson, with his bookplate.