Narrative of the North Polar Expedition. U. S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876. Edited under the direction of the Hon. G. M. Robeson, Secretary of the Navy. 2 steel engraved frontispieces, 30 wood engraved plates, 6 maps, 2 photolithographs. 696pp. 4to, original red cloth, spine expertly recased with most of original backstrip, edges of corners worn, cloth lightly soiled, light foxing to a Frontis., inner hinges strengthened. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876. First Edition. Internally a tight, bright copy. The expedition lasted from 1871 to 1873. In 1871..... More