Voyages and Discoveries in the Arctic Regions. BOUND WITH Cornwall: its mines and miners ; with sketches of scenery ; designed as a popular introduction to metallic mines.
first edition
1855 · London
by Mayne, Fanny; John R. Leifchild.
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. First editions. Good. Two titles bound together. 18 cm; [4], 140; xii, 303 pages, with illustrations and diagrams in text. Bound in half calf over marbled boards. Four gilt-tooled raised bands on spine, titled in gilt on red leather label. Binding somewhat worn, especially at corners, yet sound and entire. Text a bit toned but quite good.
Two unrelated volumes from the same publishing house bound together. The first is a summary of polar exploration as of 1855, comprising the voyages of Willoughby, Barentz, Frobisher, Scoresby, M'Clure, Belcher, Beechey, Rae, and, of course, Franklin. The second title is a full-blown study of the mining industry in Cornwall, "designed as a popular introduction to metallic mines," according to the title page. (Inventory #: 6185)
Two unrelated volumes from the same publishing house bound together. The first is a summary of polar exploration as of 1855, comprising the voyages of Willoughby, Barentz, Frobisher, Scoresby, M'Clure, Belcher, Beechey, Rae, and, of course, Franklin. The second title is a full-blown study of the mining industry in Cornwall, "designed as a popular introduction to metallic mines," according to the title page. (Inventory #: 6185)