Narrative On An Expedition To The Polar Sea by Admiral Ferdinand Wrangell - 1841

NY: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1873. Later Printing. Hardcover. Covers are rubbed, and the map has a closed tear (meaning no loss of paper) at the lower corner where it is bound in. Front inner hinge is starting to crack. Light stain at the upper & lower edges, which do not go through the whole book, or intrude near the text. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 302 pages .

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1842. Hardcover. Fair. 16mo. [1], pages v-xii, pages 13-302, [2]. Folding map present. Dark brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on the spine. Moderate toning to the end sheets. Light to moderate scattered foxing to the contents. Map is folded with light toning and occasional light foxing. Former institutional copy with a book label from "Athens (Georgia) Mechanics' Mutual Aid Association" on the front paste down.

NY: Harper & Brothers, Cliff - St, 1841. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Apparently the 1st American edition. 12mo printed paper over boards. 302pp. Folding map (with closed 4 1/2" tear). Map, "Map of the North-East Part of Siberia" is 10 1/5" x 15 1/2" . Cover information says volume is Harpers' Family Library No. CXLVIII, etc. Fair only as spine paper is missing; general wear; light foxing; stains on a number of pages in last part of book; rear free endpaper missing; no ads. Binding is stable so the book is easy to read & won't fall apart. Scarce.

12mo. Pp. xvii, [1], 20-302, [2]. Folding map, Map of the North-East Part of Siberia, which has been clumsily folded over the years (please see photo). Bound in contemporary three-quarter brown morocco with spine labels (the label with "Wrangell" a bit chipped), gilt lettering and tooling on spine. Slight wear to edges, front hinge starting but holding well. Book remains sturdy.See ARCTIC BIB., 18995; HILL, Vol. I, p. 313 ("these explorations seemed to confirm the existence of an open and navigable sea deep in the Arctic"); HOWES, E161. SOLIDAY 10618, using "Vrangel," cites the first English edition, 1840, followed by a Harper edition of 1873. WICKERSHAM 6299 cites the first Harper edition (the first US edition) as 1855. This 1842 edition seems to have eluded bibliographers. A well-bound copy, quite fresh. Photo featuring business card provided for scale.

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1842. First Edition, 2nd Printing. Very Good. 12mo [6x4in, 15.2x10.2cm], xvii, [1], [19]-302 pp., [1] advertisement, frontispiece fold out map of Northeast Siberia with routes [9.5x14in neatline, 105.x14.75in sheet]; Three-Quarter bound brown leather with blind rules, marbled paper over brown cloth covers, gilt lettering on red and black labels on spine with gilt devices, pale yellow end papers; Some shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, old chipping of marbled paper along outside/inside edges, corners rubbed and worn, chip to leather at bottom of spine, oil/wax stains to top and bottom of spine that darkens leather, rear end papers at hinges affecting text from page 220 to end and, to lesser degree, on front end papers, misfolds to map. [Arctic Biblio 18994, Howes E151, Hill 1916, Lada-Mocarski 106, Smith 10616 (London)]. Baron Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangell (1796-1870) (German spelling, also spelled Wrangel and Vrangel) was born to Baltic German nobility in the… Read More