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London & Hanover: Andreas Linde & I. W. Schmidt.. Good+. 1753. First Edition. Paperback. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 19 pages; 1753 Andreas Linde & I. W. Schmidt, London & Hanover. 1st edition. Presumably as issued, this example essentially in self wraps, with title page serving as the front cover. Slim patterned paper over the sewn spine edge. 19 pp. Mild soil to edges of the title page/cover and the blank verso of the last printed page. This example does not have the single engraved plate for which the bibliographies call. Scarce, with only two copies recorded in institutions indexed in Worldcat. Mylius studied medicine, did some general science writing, some exploring and tried his hand at literature as well. This paper was apparently the fruit of his 1753 expedition to Greenland. G++ thus .

London: Folio Society. Near Fine. 1992. First Edition Thus. Hardcover in slipcase. color maps & monochrome plates ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 279 pages; 1992 Folio Society. Slipcased hardcover. 1st Folio Society printing. Tightly bound and fresh in color pictorial map wraparound illustrated cloth. Feels and appears unread. Slipcase bright and fresh. About as new. NF .

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1952. Sixth Printing. Hardcover. Landmark Books # 27; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 181 pages; Circa [1957] Random House. HC/DJ. 6th printing. Landmark Books # 27. Snug, solid and neat in a generally neat and bright color pictorial dust jacket with price clipped front flap. Jacket has sharp edges and bright panels with just mild shelf rubbing and a few tiny nicks at edges. Illustrated from toned woodcuts by Lynd Ward. . Attractive copy. NF/VG  .

Philadelphia: Davis, Porter & Co. Fair. 1865. First American Edition. Hardcover. Hand colored engravings; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 144 pages; 1865 Davis, Porter & Co. HC 1st American edition of the work which originally appeared in London, 1860. Illustrated with 4 hand colored woodcuts of polar adventures. Bound in original textured brown cloth with originaql endpages intact and complete. Cloth binding is shabby and worn with damp mottling to rear board; if there were gilt designs at spine they have been completely effaced. Top front corners heavily rubbed with boards rounded; cloth chipped away at spine ends. Several prior owner names penciled to front. Binding generally sound and contents clean but with a few superficial gaps between signatures and a bit shaken in the spine. Complete contents near VG but in quite shabby binding, so Good only overall at best .

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company. Very Good-. 1928. early printing. Hardcover. B&W Photographs; Fold-out map; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 324 pages; 1928 Doubleday, Doran & Company. HC Early printing. Soundly bound and clean in original thatch patterned light blue cloth with titles in black to cover and spine. Cloth at spine moderately sun faded but titles still bold. Trimmed front jacket flap laid in at front. Contents bright, clean and neat with no marks. Illustrated with b&w photos and immaculate large fold-out map. Light toning to rear endpages where some clippings had been laid in. VG- .

Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith. Good+. 1989. reprint. Paperback. Maps and b&w photos; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1207 pages; 1989 Gibbs Smith. Three volumes complete. Trade size paperbacks in uniform pictorial design covers. 428; 364; 415 pp. Snugly bound copies illustrated with maps and &w photos. Dust spotting top edges and mild foxing to front edges. Polar Passion has light damp evidence in the base of the spine with shallow damp line in the spine corrner of the page stock and mild blanching to the covers at base of spine. Solid reading / reference copy. G++ to VG- .