THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP "CHALLENGER." VOYAGES OVER MANY SEAS, SCENES IN MANY LAND
by Spry, W.J.J
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brother, 1877. xviii,388pp. including in-text illustrations, plus plates, folding map, and 8pp. of advertisements. Frontis. Original green cloth, gilt sailing ship on front board, spine gilt. Dark stain on upper portion of front board, cloth worn at extremities. Gift inscription on front fly leaf, previous owner's name stamped on titlepage and front pastedown. Light tideline in fore-edge of final fifty pages of text. Withal, still a very good copy. First American edition, after the London edition of the previous year. The Challenger and her crew undertook a long voyage in order to collect scientific information regarding the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, in the hope that a telegraphic line of communication could be established between the old and new worlds. Spry describes the voyage from England to Lisbon, Gibraltar, the West Indies, Bermuda, the Cape of Good Hope, the Straits of Magellan, and finally to Spithead
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- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP "CHALLENGER." VOYAGES OVER MANY SEAS, SCENES IN MANY LAND
- Author
- Spry, W.J.J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brother
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1877
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Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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