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BARRINGTON, D[aines] (1727 (?)-1800). The Possibility of Ap...

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BARRINGTON, D[aines] (1727 (?)-1800). The Possibility of Approaching the North Pole Asserted? A New Edition. With an Appendix, Containing Papers on the Same Subject, and on A Northwest Passage. by Colonel Beaufoy F. R. S? New York: James Eastburn & Co., 1818. 8vo. Illustrated with engraved map of the North Pole and engraving of men hunting a bear on the title-page. 187, [3, blank] pp. Publisher's original plain paper boards, printed paper label on spine (binding worn, soiled, spine chipped, label worn, text and map toned and foxed). Good. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THIS ?NEW EDITION". Rare in publisher's boards. The appendix by Beaufoy discusses the possible use of reindeer for arctic exploration. Sabin 3629.