Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River and Along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean in the Years 1833, 1834, 1835
Philadelphia: E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1836. First American Edition. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. Pp. 4 of publisher advertising, viii, [9] - 456. Illustrated with a fold-out map tipped in to the title page. Appendices. Publisher's blue cloth backstrip over brown paper covered boards, printed lettering piece mounted to the spine, fore-and tail-edges untrimmed. Bookplate and bookseller tag on front pastedown. Significant loss to lettering piece, shaken, board edges rubbed through, corners bumped and edges dented, head edges dust-soiled, moderate foxing throughout. Good-. Item #12268
Admiral Sir George Back FRS (1796 - 1878) was a British Royal Navy officer, naturalist and artist, and Arctic explorer.
Price: $400.00

