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British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876 Sir George Strong NARES (1831-1915). Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea during 1875-6 in H.M.Ships 'Alert' and 'Discovery'. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1878. 2 volumes, 8° (217 x 142mm). Half-titles. 2 folding lithographic map, 6 mounted 'woodburytype' photographs, 7 plates (5 wood-engravings, 2 lithographs. (Tear to folding map in vol.I, old dampstain to margin of coloured plate in vol.II.) Original green cloth, blocked in gilt and black, contained within a single modern cloth slipcase. Provenance : Admiral Sir Alexander Milne (bookplates and author's presentation inscription 'Sir Alexr. Milne/Bart. G.C.B./From/The Author'); Angus McMillan (bookplate). Author's presentation copy of the first edition. Arctic Bibliography 12026A (incorrect plate count). [ With :] [Clements R.MARKHAM (editor)]. Arctic Geography and Ethnology. A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology. Reprinted, and presented to the Arctic Expedition of 1875, by... the Royal Geographical Society. London: John Murray 1875, 8° (211 x 133mm). 2 folding lithographic maps. Original blue cloth, blocked in gilt and blind; together with five others (G.S.NARES. The Official Report of the recent arctic expedition, London, 1876, 8°; [BLUE BOOK] Arctic Expedition.,.. 1875 , London, 1875, 7 parts in 2 volumes (plus 1 loosely inserted duplicate section 'Chart to Accompany papers and Correspondence'), 2°; [W.H.D.ADAMS]. The Arctic World: its plants, animals, and natural phenomena, London, [no date but 1876?], large 4°; D.Murray SMITH Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores from the earliest times to the expedition of 1875-76 , Glasgow, Melbourne and Sydney, 1877, large 4°). (8)