Lot #2 [ALASKA] Cruise of the Revenue-Steamer Corwin in Alaska and the N. W. Arctic Ocean in 1881.

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[ALASKA]
Cruise of the Revenue-Steamer Corwin in Alaska and the N. W. Arctic Ocean in 1881. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883. First edition. Contemporary half brown morocco over cloth, with gilt morocco lettering piece "Capt. J. C. Taylor" to upper cover, the spine in six compartments separated by five raised bands, gilt lettered in two, recased. 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches; 120 pp.; tinted lithographed frontispiece depicting Salvelinus malma [Dolly Varden trout], tinted lithographed plates, some with hand color. Recased, preserving original spine, upper corner repaired, generally a bit rubbed, some toning and foxing throughout, final leaf with repair to upper corner.
Together with another copy in original cloth but lacking the color plates. Kimes 160.

ESTIMATE $100-200

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