American Explorations in the Ice Zones. The Expeditions of DeHaven, Kane, Rodgers, Hayes, Hall, Schwatka, and DeLong; the Relief Voyages for the Jeannette by the U.S. Steamers Corwin, Rodgers, and Alliance; the Cruise of Captain Long and Raynor of the Me…

624 pp. Original blue-green cloth, gilt, silver, and black titles, silver arctic motifs on spine and front board. One of at least three binding variants issued in the same year. Wood engravings throughout text, several engraved plates, map in text of Alaska and Adjoining Region (including Bering Strait). Nourse collects the accounts of numerous important arctic expeditions, as well one antarctic voyage. Lothrop published the original in 1884, which was reprinted the same year by B.B. Russell, though it is important to note that Russell's imprint does not include the folding map.