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Rare and modern books

Capt Robert Le M M'Clure, Captain Sherard Osborn (Ed)

The Discovery Of The North-West Passage By HMS "Investigator," Capt. R. M'Clure, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854.

Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857

175.00 €

Dodman Books

(Morston, United Kingdom)
Closed until Dec. 31, 2024.

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Details

Year of publication
1857
Place of printing
London
Author
Capt Robert Le M M'Clure, Captain Sherard Osborn (Ed)
Publishers
Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts
Size
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Edition
2nd Edition
Keyword
IOBA25
Cover description
No Jacket
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

In good internal order, with five plates and fold-out map as required. Stock a little toned with occasional spotting, but generally clean and bright. Dampstain to corner of frontispiece but this not replicated elsewhere. Two small closed tears to map and a little creasing, edgewear, etc. Signature of J Sweetser, Searsport, Maine to fep, likely Captain Jeremiah Sweetser. Bookplate of descendant Lincoln Colcord to front pastedown. Bound in well worn brown buckram, with blind embossed roundel to front stating Ship Store Royal Navy. Creasing to spine and wear to edges. A scarce volume with interesting provenance. 8vo. xxxii, 464pp