A Library of Curiosities - Part II
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Lot 36
HALL, Charles Francis, 1821-1871. Narrative of the North Polar Expedition.
Estimate: $200 - $400
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HALL, Charles Francis, 1821-1871. Narrative of the North Polar Expedition : U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall commanding, edited under the direction of the Hon. G.M. Robeson, Secretary of the Navy, by Rear-Admiral C.H. Davis, U.S.N.
Washington, DC : United States Government Printing Office, 1876.
1 preliminary leaf, 696 pages, 35 unnumbered leaves of plates : frontispiece, illustrations, portrait, maps.
Bound in gilt pictorial cloth.
H: 10 1/4 W: 8 1/4 in.
Condition
Fair. T.p. and first four pages detached; text block through p. 192 partially detached. Text and plates in Good to Very Good condition.
Provenance: Exlibris copy, “Drexel Institute of Art, Science, and Industry,” with bookplate on front pastedown endpapers.
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From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum.
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