[Rarebooks] FS: THE OPEN POLAR SEA Inscribed by Isaac Hayes, 1867
Charles Agvent
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Tue Mar 5 11:58:29 EST 2013
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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