Cloth
1969 · New York
by Captain Sir James Clark Ross
New York: Augustus M. Kelley, 1969. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very sharp example of the 1969 reprint --complete in 2 volumes-- of the 1847 original printings, published originally by John Murray of London and here re-done by Augustus M. Kelley of New York. Both volumes in this handsome re-issue clean and Near Fine in crisp, Near Fine dustjackets, with one very small closed tear along volume 1's top-edge. Thick octavos, Foreword by Sir Raymond Priestley. Fold-out plates in each volume, several dozen maps and plates complementing Captain Ross's text. Vol. 1: August 1839-April '41; Vol. 2: April 1841-September '43. (Inventory #: 23065)