Voyage of the Challenger: Atlantic; a Preliminary Account of the General Results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Year 1873 and the Early Part of the Year 1876, C. Wyville Thomson, Harper and Brothers Publishers, New York, 1878, American 1st edition, in Two Volumes, Vol I: xx, 391pp., Vol II: xiii, 340 pp., 9 x 6¼ inches, green fabric boards with gilt titling to spine, Condition covers and spine scuffed and stained, shelf wear to head and foot of spine, and bottom edge, corners worn to boards, top text edge soiled, library sticker to inside front cover with library stamp, boards slightly separating at hinge. Ex-library edition.
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Voyage of the Challenger: Atlantic; a Preliminary Account of the General Results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Year 1873 and the Early Part of the Year 1876, C. Wyville Thomson, Harper and Brothers Publishers, New York, 1878, American 1st edition, in Two Volumes, Vol I: xx, 391pp., Vol II: xiii, 340 pp., 9 x 6¼ inches, green fabric boards with gilt titling to spine, Condition covers and spine scuffed and stained, shelf wear to head and foot of spine, and bottom edge, corners worn to boards, top text edge soiled, library sticker to inside front cover with library stamp, boards slightly separating at hinge. Ex-library edition.
Auction: The Fine Collectors Sale, 9th Oct, 2024
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