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Lot 207
Sale 503 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Sep 13, 2017
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[HALL, Charles Francis (1821-1871) - Joseph Everett NOURSE (1819-1889), editor
Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition Made by Charles F. Hall... and Residence Among the Eskimos during the years 1864-69. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1879.4to, (260 x 195 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, numerous illustrations and maps, some folding. (Old tape repairs.) Publisher's pictorial green cloth (light rubbing). FIRST EDITION. The work is a narrative of Hall's second expedition including his voyage to Repulse Bay, sledge journeys to the straits of Fury and Hecla and to King William's Land.
