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Lot 134
Sale 625 - Adventure & Exploration Library of Steve Fossett
Mar 15, 2019
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[ARCTIC EXPLORATION - LAST ADMIRALITY EXPEDITION]. NARES, George Strong, Sir (1831-1915). Narrative of A Voyage to the Polar Sea during
[With:]MARKHAM, Albert Hastings, Sir (1841-1918). The Great Frozen Sea. A Personal Narrative of the Voyage of the Alert During the Arctic Expedition of 1875-76. London: Daldy, Isbister, 1878. 8vo. Maps (one folding and color-printed), numerous plates (2 double-page) and in-text illustrations. Contemporary half tan calf gilt, red lettering-piece gilt, marbled boards. FIRST EDITION. -- MARKHAM, Albert Hastings, Sir (1841-1918). A Polar Reconnaissance, being The Voyage of the Isbjrn to Novaya Zemlya in 1879. London: Kegan Paul, 1881. 8vo. 2 folding maps, 6 wood-engraved plates from photographs, in-text wood engravings. Publishers decorated blue cloth gilt.
