Lot 268
  • 268

PALMER. THULIA, A TALE OF THE ANTARCTIC, NY, 1843, 2 COPIES, ONE PRESENTATION COPY, OTHER IN A PRESENTATION BINDING

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Thulia: a tale of the Antarctic. New York: Samuel Colman, 1843
FIRST EDITION, 2 copies, 8vo (225 x 150mm.), half-titles, 12 woodcut illustrations and vignettes, 3 full-pagecopy 1: inscribed by Victorine Putnam (wife of the publisher G.P. Putnam) to Mrs Newton, original green morocco gilt (presentation binding), g.e., [Rosove 246.A1 (but this colour of binding not noted)], spotted, binding very slightly rubbedcopy 2: PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed by the author to William W. Baynes, surgeon R.N., original blind-stamped cloth gilt, g.e., [Rosove 246.A2.e], slightly damp-stained and spotted, binding a bit marked

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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Catalogue Note

UNCOMMON. "This charming work, deriving from the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838-42, contains the earliest published Antarctic poetry" (Rosove). The appendix is a prose description, Antarctic adventures of the United States' schooner Flying-Fish, in 1839.