A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology; Reprinted, and Presented to the Arctic Expedition of 1875, by the President, Council, and Fellows of The Royal Geographical Society
London: John Murray, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], vi-xii, [1], 2-292 pp. Blue cloth with borders in blind on each board, gilt lettering and a gilt decoration on the spine. Brown endpapers and pastedowns. With two full-page illustrations, two fold-out maps in color, and with charts. Arctic Bibliography 14929. With papers from some of the leading arctic explorers and historians at the time: Henry Rink published a detailed history of Inuit peoples this same year, and Clements Markham would go on to publish several arctic histories and texts on the Inuit peoples of Greenland. A lovely example. Near Fine. Item #000015069
The textblock a touch dust-soiled, else a sharp copy.
Price: $350.00