[ARCTIC EXPLORATION] DUFFERIN, Lord [Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood]

A Yacht Voyage. Letters from High Latitudes: being some account of a voyage, in 1856, in the schooner yacht "Foam," to Iceland, Jan Mayen, and Spitzbergen

New York: R. Worthington, 1878. Third Edition. Octavo (21cm). Gilt-pictorial blue cloth; xii,268,[2]pp; illus. Mildly rubbed at extremities, with some fading and flaking to cloth at crown of spine; 20th-c. private ownership stamp to endpapers and a few page margins; overall a tight, Good or better copy.

Given Worthington's history of piracy, this is likely an unauthorized American printing from the third British edition. Of a higher quality than many of Worthington's titles, however, and a not unattractive copy.

Price: $125.00

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