Item #B1996 The Voyage of the Jeannette. Emma DeLong.
The Voyage of the Jeannette
The Voyage of the Jeannette
The Voyage of the Jeannette
The Voyage of the Jeannette
The Voyage of the Jeannette
The Voyage of the Jeannette

The Voyage of the Jeannette

Boston: Broughton, Mifflin and Company, 1883. Edition: 1st edition, Binding: contemporary ½ morocco with cloth boards. Spine with 5 blind tooled compartments of raised bands, gilt lettering on two and three. All edges marbled, paste down and free endpapers marbled. Both volumes contain name of previous owner written in contemporary ink and dated 1884., Notes: together with the large (17 1/8" x 20 1/2" ) rare hand coloured print of the loss of the Jeannette entitled “Le Naufrage de la Jeannette” Painted by Poilleux-Saint Ange dated 1884 and published by Jules Hautecceur in Paris.

Setting sail out of San Francisco in July 1879. DeLong’s intended route was to sail through the Bering Strait and to enter the Pole byway of the New Siberian Islands and Wrangel Island. Two years passed, and the last sighting of the Jeannette was at Wrangel Island. In the space of those two years the crew fought against the ice, but was unable to save the ship which was eventually crushed by the floes. Her crew escaped, but some perished in a storm, and most of those who reached land died from extream conditions., Size: Small 4to, Illustration: Volume 1 contains 8 plates on steel and wood, 7 maps and numerous woodengraved text illustrations. Volume 2 contains 8 plates on steel and wood, 15 maps and numerous wood engraved text illustrations., Volume: 2 volumes, References: National Maritime Museum I 965, Pages: Volume 1 P. frontis, title, printer’s imprint, preface iii-v, blank, contents vii-x, illustration listing xi-xii, 1-440; Volume 2 P. frontis, title, printer’s imprint, contents iii-viii, illustration list ix-x, 441-911., Category: Book Voyages General; Book Arctic & Antarctic. An excellent set. Item #B1996

Edition: 1st edition, Binding: contemporary ½ morocco with cloth boards. Spine with 5 blind tooled compartments of raised bands, gilt lettering on two and three. All edges marbled, paste down and free endpapers marbled. Both volumes contain name of previous owner written in contemporary ink and dated 1884., Notes: together with the large (17 1/8" x 20 1/2" ) rare hand coloured print of the loss of the Jeannette entitled “Le Naufrage de la Jeannette” Painted by Poilleux-Saint Ange dated 1884 and published by Jules Hautecceur in Paris.

Setting sail out of San Francisco in July 1879. DeLong’s intended route was to sail through the Bering Strait and to enter the Pole byway of the New Siberian Islands and Wrangel Island. Two years passed, and the last sighting of the Jeannette was at Wrangel Island. In the space of those two years the crew fought against the ice, but was unable to save the ship which was eventually crushed by the floes. Her crew escaped, but some perished in a storm, and most of those who reached land died from extream conditions., Size: Small 4to, Illustration: Volume 1 contains 8 plates on steel and wood, 7 maps and numerous woodengraved text illustrations. Volume 2 contains 8 plates on steel and wood, 15 maps and numerous wood engraved text illustrations., Volume: 2 volumes, References: National Maritime Museum I 965, Pages: Volume 1 P. frontis, title, printer’s imprint, preface iii-v, blank, contents vii-x, illustration listing xi-xii, 1-440; Volume 2 P. frontis, title, printer’s imprint, contents iii-viii, illustration list ix-x, 441-911., Category: Book Voyages General; Book Arctic & Antarctic.

Price: $2,250.00

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