Polar.- Du Chaillu (Paul B.) The Land of the Midnight
Polar.- Du Chaillu (Paul B.) The Land of the Midnight Sun, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces (1 folding), plates and illustrations, large folding linen-backed map at end vol. 1., spotting to first and last few leaves, near contemporary half-morocco, gilt, 1881 § Kane (Elisha Kent) Arctic Explorations: the Second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin ..., 2 vol., portrait frontispieces, additional engraved titles, 18 plates, 1 folding isothermal chart. 3 maps (1 folding), illustrations, scattered faint spotting, contemporary half-calf, gilt, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners, Philadelphia, 1856; and another similar, 8vo (5)
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Polar.- Du Chaillu (Paul B.) The Land of the Midnight Sun, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces (1 folding), plates and illustrations, large folding linen-backed map at end vol. 1., spotting to first and last few leaves, near contemporary half-morocco, gilt, 1881 § Kane (Elisha Kent) Arctic Explorations: the Second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin ..., 2 vol., portrait frontispieces, additional engraved titles, 18 plates, 1 folding isothermal chart. 3 maps (1 folding), illustrations, scattered faint spotting, contemporary half-calf, gilt, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners, Philadelphia, 1856; and another similar, 8vo (5)