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London: John Murray, 1875. xii, 292pp. Octavo. Blue blind-stamped cloth with gold gilt lettering and emblem stamped to the spine. Brown coated endpapers. Illustrated with two folding maps. Some rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Some very light spotting to the edges of the text block. A very good to near fine copy. A. B. 14929. Under the heading "Arctic Geography and Ethnology". Contributing authors include Dr. Robert Brown, Dr. Rink, Admiral Baron von Wrangell, and Vice-Admiral R. Collinson on Geography, and Clements R. Markham, and Doctors Rink, Simpson and others on Ethnology. 1875

London. John Murray. 1875. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo, 21cm, The First Edition, xii,292p., with 2 folding maps, in the original blue cloth, gilt crest and titles, a fine copy. (Ar) A.B. 14929. Stefansson Collection Catalogue. Vol. I-p452. Contents include: 1. On the Physical Structure of Greenland, by Robert Brown. 2. On the Best Means of Reaching the Pole, by Admiral Baron Von Wrangell. 3. On the Discoveries of Dr. Kane, U.S.A. (1853-55). by Dr. Rink. 4. The Arctic Current around Greenland, by Admiral C. Irminger. 5. Notes on the State of the Ice, and on the Indications of OpenWater from Behring Strait to Bellot Strait, along the Coasts of the Arctic America and Siberia, including the Accounts of Anjou and Wrangell. By Vice-Admiral R. Collinson. - Ethnology - 1. Papers on the Greenland Eskimos. by Clements R. Markham. 2. On the Descent of the Eskimo. By Dr. Rink. 3. The Western Eskimo. by Dr. Simpson. 4. Report on the Anthropological Institute. Questions for Arctic Explorers.

London: John Murray, 1875. xii,292 pp. Octavo. Two folding maps (one colour), and illustrations in text. Original blindstamped blue cloth with gilt lettered spine, and brown coated endpapers. Fine condition. A. B. 14929. At head: "Arctic Geography and Ethnology." Contributors include Dr. Robert Brown, Dr. Rink, Admiral Baron von Wrangell, and Vice-Admiral R. Collinson on Geography, and Clements R. Markham, and Doctors Rink and Simpson, etc on Ethnology. This copy belonged to expedition member Alfred Arthur Chase Parr, 2nd Lieutenant of the Alert 1876-76. Parr has boldly signed the top of the half title. A great copy from the library of someone that was on the expedition. We also have unsigned copies of the book available in fine condition for the special price of $100.00 each. Please enquire 1875

London, Murray, 1875. . First edition. 8vo., xii, 292pp., 2 folding maps (1 in colour), original blue cloth gilt, a fine copy. In 1873 the Admiralty began planning an expedition to find a route to the North Pole through Smith Sound, the passage between Greenland and Canada. This collection of papers was published in 1875, with the aim of being 'useful to the officers of the [British Arctic] expedition' leaving later that year. The book is divided into two sections: geographical observations by the likes of Admiral Collinson, who led the 1850 expedition in search of John Franklin, and ethnographic observations, including accounts of the Inuit and their language.