Title: The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted...With an Appendix Containing Papers on the Same Subject, and on a North West Passage by Colonel Beaufoy Author: Barrington, Daines Place: London Publisher: T. and J. Allman Date: 1818 Description: xxiv, 258, +[3] ad pp. Folding map; vignette title page. (8vo) 23x14.5 cm (9x5¾") modern half morocco and mottled boards, black leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Second Edition. A new edition of Barrington's 1775 work with additional material compiled from the records of early navigators, whaling and fishing captains, etc. The appendix includes discussion of reaching the pole by reindeer during the winter months. The first edition to include Beaufoy's appendix on the North West Passage. Sabin 3629. Lot Amendments Condition: Some soiling and light staining within, short tear to title page and adjacent leaf; very good. Item number: 250491
Title: The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted...With an Appendix Containing Papers on the Same Subject, and on a North West Passage by Colonel Beaufoy Author: Barrington, Daines Place: London Publisher: T. and J. Allman Date: 1818 Description: xxiv, 258, +[3] ad pp. Folding map; vignette title page. (8vo) 23x14.5 cm (9x5¾") modern half morocco and mottled boards, black leather spine labels lettered in gilt. Second Edition. A new edition of Barrington's 1775 work with additional material compiled from the records of early navigators, whaling and fishing captains, etc. The appendix includes discussion of reaching the pole by reindeer during the winter months. The first edition to include Beaufoy's appendix on the North West Passage. Sabin 3629. Lot Amendments Condition: Some soiling and light staining within, short tear to title page and adjacent leaf; very good. Item number: 250491
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