Objects of Desire
Wed, Feb 25, 2026 10:00AM EST
Lot 159
DE LONG, George. The Voyage of the Jeannette.
Estimate: $300 - $500
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $10 |
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $50,000 |
| $1,000,000 | $100,000 |
DE LONG George (1844-1881). The Voyage of the Jeannette: the ship and ice journals of George W. De Long, lieutenant-commander U.S.N. ...
Edited by his wife, Emma De Long.
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, Boston. 1884.
2 volumes: frontispieces, illustrations, plates, portraits, folded maps.
Bound in gilt pictorial cloth.
Volume 1: xii, 440 p.
Volume 2: xii, [441]-911 p.
Each volume H: 9 1/4 x W: 6 x D: 2 1/2 in.
Fair to poor. Covers rubbed and corners bumped, some slight foxing throughout, some slight tears. Maps are torn and loose. Slight water damage to top edges.
Pocket map in vol. 1 (Track Chart of U.S.S. Jeannette) torn in half.
Slight tears in vol. 2, pp. 649, 664, 859. Map p. 745 detached and split, map p. 840 torn. Frontispiece of Vol. 2 loose.
Edited by his wife, Emma De Long.
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, Boston. 1884.
2 volumes: frontispieces, illustrations, plates, portraits, folded maps.
Bound in gilt pictorial cloth.
Volume 1: xii, 440 p.
Volume 2: xii, [441]-911 p.
Each volume H: 9 1/4 x W: 6 x D: 2 1/2 in.
Condition
Pocket map in vol. 1 (Track Chart of U.S.S. Jeannette) torn in half.
Slight tears in vol. 2, pp. 649, 664, 859. Map p. 745 detached and split, map p. 840 torn. Frontispiece of Vol. 2 loose.
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From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum, CWRU.
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