Last Of The Arctic Voyages ; Being A Narrative Of The Expedition In H.M.S. Assistance, Under The Command Of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., In Search Of Sir John Franklin, During The Years 1852-53-54

Belcher, Edward. John Richardson, Owen Thomas Bell. J. W. Salter. Lovell Reeve.

London, 1855

By Lovell Reeve
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Two volumes. Rebound in half leather and paper-covered boards, marbled edges and endpapers. 6 x 9.75 in. (15.5 x 21.5 cm).

Volume I: xx, 383 pp.
Volume II: vii, 419 pp.

All charts, plates, and wood engravings present, though several are bound out of sequence.
Condition

Volume I. Ownership bookplate on the front pastedown. Fore-edge tear to the half-title mended; fore-edge corners bumped and creased, with the upper fore-edge corners of numerous leaves similarly creased. Chart titled Discoveries in the Arctic Sea, 1819–54 tipped in, with tears (amateurishly mended) and stained. Occasional tissue guards absent. Scattered mild foxing throughout.

Volume II. Ownership bookplate on the front pastedown. Many leaves creased at the crown along the inner margin. Occasional tissue guards absent. Scattered mild foxing throughout.

Bindings with numerous abrasions, stains, and surface scars exposing the boards.
Notes

Last Of The Arctic Voyages ; Being A Narrative Of The Expedition In H.M.S. Assistance, Under The Command Of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., In Search Of Sir John Franklin, During The Years 1852-53-54. With Notes On The Natural History By Sir John Richardson, Professor Owen Thomas Bell, J.W. Salter, And Lovell Reeve
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