Oct 24, 2019 - Sale 2521

Sale 2521 - Lot 118

Price Realized: $ 1,062
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
PALMER, JAMES CROXALL. Thulia: A Tale of the Antarctic. 12 wood-engraved illustrations, including 3 full-page. 72 pages, including half-title and 5 pages of music ("Antarctic Mariner's Song," composed by expedition geologist James Dwight Dana). 8vo, 228x151 mm, original gilt- and blind-stamped cloth, spine ends chipped, rear joint cracked at bottom, front cover corners worn through; moderate marginal foxing of contents apart from heavy foxing on endleaves. Booklabel of Charles I. Bates on front pastedown. New York: Samuel Colman, 1843

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first edition of a volume containing 2 poems based on the author's experiences aboard the schooner Flying Fish during the 1838-42 U. S. Exploring Expedition, and an appendix describing the schooner's itinerary. Spence 890.