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MARKHAM, ALBERT HASTINGS, Sir. Northward Ho! 1879

MARKHAM, ALBERT HASTINGS, Sir. Northward Ho! Frontispiece; text illustrations; map. Half-title. 2 integral ad leaves at end, following by publisher's 39-page catalogue dated March 1879. 8vo, original dark green pictorial cloth, binding slightly cocked, spine ends bumped, slight wear to lower cover corners. Wellesley Free Library bookplate (released). London, 1879

  • Notes: first edition of a history of Arctic exploration from the 6th to later 19th centuries, including the previously unpublished text of the journal of midshipman Thomas Floyd on the 1773 Phipps expedition (see lot 136).
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