Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the shores of the Arctic Ocean in the years 1833, 1834 and 1835

by George Back, Capt

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First edition

London: John Murray, 1836. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 2 , 663, 1 ; large folding map and 16 engraved plates; 20th-century gray morocco backed marbled boards, gilt ruled spine, marbled edges; plates foxed with some damp on upper edge, map with closed tears and neat repairs but one fold with split, text clean and sound, very good. Expedition via Montreal overland to north central Canada to succor members of the Second Ross Expedition, and incidentally to make

• Binding: Leather

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