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Lot 130
Sale 625 - Adventure & Exploration Library of Steve Fossett
Mar 15, 2019
4:59AM CT
Live / Chicago
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WEDDELL, James (1787-1834). A Voyage towards the South Pole, performed in the years 1822-24. Containing an Examination of the Antarctic
8vo. With hand-colored engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates, 8 maps (6 folding), and 2 folding plates of coastal profiles. (Folding map and one profile backed, one profile split at folds repaired on verso, some mostly marginal soiling.) Modern half green calf. FIRST EDITION. Hill (2004) 1843; Rosove 345.A1; Spence 1246; Taurus Collection 4.