British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876 Journals and proceedings of the Arctic expedition, 1875-6, under the command of Captain Sir George S. Nares, R.N., K.C.B.... Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 1877 . London: for Her Majesty's Stationary Office, [1877]. 2° (33 x 21cm.) 31 lithographed charts, maps, and views only. (Lacking one chart and 6 or more pages of text at one end, one chart with small repairs to folds, another with old stain and ragged outer margin, a third with tear along fold, final page of text with laminated repair at upper margin.) Original blue printed wrappers (rebacked, covers laid down on free endpapers). [ with :] A PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM COMPILED BY H.C. HART, NATURALIST ON THE EXPEDITION, oblong 4° (34.3 x 26.5cm.), containing a mounted sample of the expedition writing paper and envelope, both with embossed vignettes of the ships Alert and Discovery , and 63 albumen prints, most mounted one to a page and averaging 6¼ x 8¼in. (157 x 209mm.), each with manuscript caption in pen-and-ink by Hart, several also captioned in the negative and credited to J. Mitchell (Some browning to edges of images.) Contemporary black calf by T.H. Reilly, 24 Grafton St., Dublin, titled in gilt on upper cover: 'British Polar Expedition. 1875-6. H.C. Hart, Naturalist, H.M.S. Discovery.' The two volumes preserved together in modern blue half morocco box.
British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876 Journals and proceedings of the Arctic expedition, 1875-6, under the command of Captain Sir George S. Nares, R.N., K.C.B.... Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 1877 . London: for Her Majesty's Stationary Office, [1877]. 2° (33 x 21cm.) 31 lithographed charts, maps, and views only. (Lacking one chart and 6 or more pages of text at one end, one chart with small repairs to folds, another with old stain and ragged outer margin, a third with tear along fold, final page of text with laminated repair at upper margin.) Original blue printed wrappers (rebacked, covers laid down on free endpapers). [ with :] A PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM COMPILED BY H.C. HART, NATURALIST ON THE EXPEDITION, oblong 4° (34.3 x 26.5cm.), containing a mounted sample of the expedition writing paper and envelope, both with embossed vignettes of the ships Alert and Discovery , and 63 albumen prints, most mounted one to a page and averaging 6¼ x 8¼in. (157 x 209mm.), each with manuscript caption in pen-and-ink by Hart, several also captioned in the negative and credited to J. Mitchell (Some browning to edges of images.) Contemporary black calf by T.H. Reilly, 24 Grafton St., Dublin, titled in gilt on upper cover: 'British Polar Expedition. 1875-6. H.C. Hart, Naturalist, H.M.S. Discovery.' The two volumes preserved together in modern blue half morocco box.
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