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Lot 139
Sale 625 - Adventure & Exploration Library of Steve Fossett
Mar 15, 2019
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Live / Chicago
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['JEANNETTE' VOYAGE]. 3 works about the voyage of the 'Jeannette,' comprising:
DANENHOWER, John W. (1849-1887). Lieutenant Danenhower's Narrative of the "Jeannette". Boston: James R. Osgood, 1882. 8vo. Frontispiece portrait, double-page map, a few plates or illustrations. Publisher's printed tan wrappers (light chipping). -- [DE LONG, George Washington (1844-1881)]. U.S. House of Representatives. Jeannette Inquiry. Before the Committee of Naval Affairs...Forty-Eighth Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884. 8vo. Modern cloth. -- DE LONG, George Washington (1844-1881). The Voyage of the "Jeannette." Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1884. 2 volumes, 8vo. Folding map in rear pocket, numerous plates, portraits, charts, and plans (a few folding). Publisher's decorated brown cloth. -- Together, 3 works in 4 volumes, all FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally good.