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E. L. Carey & A. Hart, 1835. Hardcover. Acceptable. Poor condition. Reading copy only. Philadelphia and Baltimore, 1835. Paper covered boards with cloth spine; external hinges split; front board has pulled away from spine and rear board nearly detached; heavy wear to covers; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; bookplate on front pastedown; school library stamp on free front endpaper; pages toned and foxed; uneven edges; no maps or plates; no internal markings; 456 pages.

Paris 1835 Baudry's European Library. Hardcover. Octavo., 475pp., 2 steel plates, newly professionally rebound in 3/4 soft light brown leather leather with gilt decorations and lettering on spine. Binding is attractive and in Fine condition; internally VG plus, leaves cropped a bit (margin only, not affecting text); clean; binding very secure. No ownership marks. Excellent condition. .

New York: Greenwood Press, Publishers, 1969. Hardcover issued without dust jacket. very good. Facsimile Reprint. xxxiii,[1],740pp. + 2p.l.,ii,18,8; xii,120,lxivpp. Two volumes Folio in original brown cloth with plates and maps. very good Also includes at end of 1st volume "supplement to Captain John Ross's Narrative... Containing the Suppressed facts..." by John Braithwaite and Sir John Ross's "Explanation and Answer to Mr. John Braithwaite's Supplement to Captain John Ross's Narrative...". 1969

Carey, Hart & Company. Hardcover. Acceptable. Rebound Hardcover. 456 pp. Corner, edge and cover wear/bumping. Shelf wear. Interior pages are age tanned/stained, but clean. Map in front of book, has tearing and creasing.

Greenwood Press, Publishers, 1969. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 2 books in total

Orlando Hodgson, 1836. 1836 reprint. hardcover. 9-463pp, 13 plates, original black cloth, recased and spine repaired, edge of spine worn, maybe prelim pages lacking, small inscription, some foxing but generally clean, Good.. Narrative of expedition to Boothia Peninsula in the Victory, and return by sledge, boat, and the Isabella. The expedition was financed by Felix Booth, and led by Sir John Ross, with his nephew, James C. Ross, second in command and head naturalist.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

E-176: E. L. Carey. Good. 1835. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. E. L. Carey & A. Hart, Philadelphia, PA. 1835. Xxii, 456 pgs. Illustrated with a hand-colored folding map. Bound in 19th century full calf leather with gilt titles present to the spine. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards (boards are chipped and worn). Ex-library item with bookplate present to the reverse of the front board, previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In 1829, frustrated by the lack of progress in search of a northwest passage, a philanthropic gin distiller, Felix Booth, sponsored John Ross's second expedition. With his nephew James Clark Ross as second-in-command, Ross sailed down Prince Regent Sound in search of an opening to the west. The two Rosses mapped James Ross Strait and parts of King William Island and in 1831 James located the Magnetic North Pole. The Ross expedition then disappeared in the ice-bound Gulf of… Read More