€250
Signed by H.W. Gore Booth, Arctic Explorer
Arctic Travel: Nordenskiold - The Arctic Voyages of Adolf Erik Nordenskiold, 1858-1879, 8vo London (MacMillan & Co.) 1879. First Edn., Ed. by Alex Leslie. Hf. title, cold. map frontis errata slip, text illus. thro.-out, 3 fold. maps, and 43pp. cat at end, orig. gilt decor. cloth. Good. Rare (1)
* Co. Sligo title page inscribed by, 'H.W. Gore-Booth Yatch 'Kara.' Sir Henry William Gore-Booth, 5th Baronet, landlord & Arctic explorer lived at Lissadel, Co. Sligo. He was a good friend of Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh, of Borris & participated in some voyages to Norway with him. He was the father of Constance Gore-Booth, later Countess Markievicz, Republican leader and her sisters Eve, poet, & Mabel, & Mordaunt.
Binding tight. Fading to gilt with wear on top and bottom of spine. Fading to gilt decoration on front cover. Some staining to front and back end papers. Foxing to title page. Inscribed with blue pencil on title page. Dedication page unopened. Errata page present. Illus. page torn on top. No loss to text, some foxing throughout text and maps. One map coming loose.
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