[Rarebooks] FS: SIGNED Isaac Hayes: THE OPEN POLAR SEA: A NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TOWARDS THE NORTH POLE, 1867

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HAYES, Isaac I. THE OPEN POLAR SEA: A NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY 
TOWARDS THE NORTH POLE IN THE SCHOONER "UNITED STATES" New York: Hurd & 
Houghton, 1867. First Edition. Half contemporary calf, gilt; xxiv, 454 
pages. Illustrated with a portrait and nine plates. A presentation copy 
INSCRIBED by the author for William Jarvis, Jr. "with the best regards 
of his friend" and SIGNED I. I. Hayes in New York on 6 January 1867. 
Armorial bookplate of Henry Payne McIntosh. Tear to marbled front 
endpaper. Rubbing and darkening of covers. Very Good, clean copy and 
quite scarce when signed. (#005526)        $600.00

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