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ARMSTRONG, Alexander, Sir (1818-1899). A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage. London, 1857. FIRST EDITION.

Lot 5

ARMSTRONG, Alexander, Sir (1818-1899). A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage. London, 1857. FIRST EDITION.

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ARMSTRONG, Alexander, Sir (1818-1899). A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage. London, 1857. FIRST EDITION.

8vo (219 x 133 mm). Tinted lithographed frontispiece; lithographed folding map hand-colored in wash and outline (a few reinforcements along folds). 19th-century half red calf, marbled boards (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Earl of Inniskillen (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION, written by the surgeon and naturalist on Robert M'Clure's Franklin search expedition aboard the HMS Investigator. For this work Armstrong was awarded the Gilbert Blane gold medal for the best journal kept by surgeons in the Royal Navy. Arctic Bibliography 682; Chavanne 1540; Hill 34; Sabin 2017; TPL 3408.

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Lot 5

ARMSTRONG, Alexander, Sir (1818-1899). A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage. London, 1857. FIRST EDITION.

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500

Estimate$1,000 – $1,500

Status

Closed

ARMSTRONG, Alexander, Sir (1818-1899). A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage. London, 1857. FIRST EDITION.

Adventure & Exploration Library of Steve Fossett

ARMSTRONG, Alexander, Sir (1818-1899). A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage. London, 1857. FIRST EDITION.

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ARMSTRONG, Alexander, Sir (1818-1899). A Personal Narrative of the Discovery of the North-West Passage. London, 1857. FIRST EDITION.