Fine Books & Manuscripts
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Lot 375
[POLAR EXPLORATION]. LYON, Captain G. F. The Private Journa...
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[POLAR EXPLORATION]. LYON, Captain G. F. The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon of H. M. S. Hecla, During the Recent Voyage of Discovery Under Captain Parry. London: John Murray, 1824. 8vo. Illustrated with 7 plates and with folding map. 468 pp. Bound in modern half calf over marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, red gilt morocco lettering label, (title-page and p. 1 with early paper repairs to holes, with residue bleeding to conjugate pages, text toned, occasionally soiled). Very good. FIRST EDITION OF THIS RECORD OF LYON?S EXPLORATIONS AND ENCOUNTERS WITH NATIVE PEOPLES IN POLAR REGIONS. Measurements: 9 x 6 x 1?.
