May 24, 2007 - Sale 2116

Sale 2116 - Lot 94

Price Realized: $ 540
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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
WEBSTER, W. H. B. Narrative of a Voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, in the Years 1828, 29, 30. 7 maps and plates. 2 volumes. 8vo, later 3/4 morocco, very minor rubbing along the joints; minor foxing and soiling. With the original cloth panels and backstrips bound in. With the half-title in the second volume only, as issued. London: Richard Bentley, 1834

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first edition. The author served as the surgeon aboard the HM Sloop Chanitcleer's scientific expedition, commanded by Henry Foster, to the South Shetland Islands. "The party visited the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, spending about two months at Deception Island"--Rosove 344.A1; Spence 1245; Sabin 102429.

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