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Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale Fishery; including researches and discoveries on the eastern coast of West Greenland, made in the summer of 1822 in the ship Baffin of Liverpool
by SCORESBY, William
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Whitby, Yorks: Caedmon of Whitby, 1980. Facsimile reprint of the 1823 edition. Octavo (22cm). Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; xliii,472pp; eight inserted leaves of plates, including two folding maps. Fine in a Near-Fine jacket with three titles on rear flap crossed out by the publisher. A well-produced reprint on good paper of this important and early account of Arctic exploration. From the library of noted zoologist and Curator Emeritus of Mammals at the Smithsonian Institution James G. Mead, with his ownership signature to front free endpaper. ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPY 15614. SABIN 78171.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57254
- Title
- Journal of a Voyage to the Northern Whale Fishery; including researches and discoveries on the eastern coast of West Greenland, made in the summer of 1822 in the ship Baffin of Liverpool
- Author
- SCORESBY, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Caedmon of Whitby
- Place of Publication
- Whitby, Yorks
- Date Published
- 1980
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Octavo
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- G
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- Leaves
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Facsimile
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- Reprint
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- Cloth
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