OUR LAST EXPLORERS; THE NARRATIVE OF THE JEANNETTE ARCTIC EXPEDITION AS RELATED BY THE SURVIVORS, AND IN THE RECORDS AND LAST JOURNALS OF LIEUTENANT DE LONG.

Hartford, CT:American Publishing Company. 1882. 1st edition. 479pp. Illustrated. Hardcover.  Decorated boards soiled and shelfworn, with silver still bright on front cover but dulled/darkened on spine strip.  With wear along edges, spine ends beginning to fray, and edge points gently bumped and worn to boards.  Page edges soiled.  Internally end-pages lightly age-toned with a previous owners name in ink on 1st free end-page, otherwise, aside from an occasional smudge or spot of very slight foxing scattered throughout, a very good, clean copy.  The binding is tight with hinges intact.  *"With Graphic Descriptions of Arctic Siberia, The Lena and its Delta, the Native and Exiled Inhabitants of the Country, etc;and Mr. Newcomb's narrative of a winter overland journey from the arctic ocean to St. Petersburg. Also an account of the Jeannette search expeditions, their discoveries, the burning of the Rogers, etc, etc."...title page