May 24, 2007 - Sale 2116

Sale 2116 - Lot 50

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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
DE LONG, GEORGE WASHINGTON. The Voyage of the Jeannette. Maps and plates, including the map in the rear pocket of volume one. 2 volumes. 8vo, publisher's pictorial cloth, minor rubbing at the extremities; front hinges reinforced. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1884

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first edition. De Long, who commanded the Jeannette expedition, died on the Lena Delta before a rescue attempt could reach him. His posthumously published journal was edited by his widow. Arctic Bibliography 3839.

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