Report of the Cruise of the Revenue Steamer CORWIN in the Arctic Ocean (1885)

  • Cloth
  • Washington DC: Government Printng Office, 1887
By M.A. Healy
Washington DC: Government Printng Office, 1887. Cloth. Very Good +. A tight, presentable copy of the 1887 report of the Arctic cruise of the Corwin in 1885. Solid amd VG+ in its chocolate-brown cloth, with just a touch of light scuffing and spotting to the panels. Tall quarto, the 4 color plates ("Salmon Berry", "Lake Cor-Lac-Ah-Look-Tak Trout", "Amok-Tok" and "Plectrophenax Hyperboreus") present, as called for, in addition to the 2 massive fold-out maps (one at the frontispice, one at the rear).

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