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ROSS (Sir James Clark). A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the Years 1839-43, in 2 vols., first edition, London: John Murray, 1847, 8vo, tinted lithographic plates (including folding panorama, 'Part of the South Polar Barrier'), 8 maps (3 folding), wood-engraved vignette chapter-headings, and 16 pp. advertisements dated January 1847 at rear, all as called for, variable spotting and foxing to plates, maps and titles, but text generally clean, ownership inscriptions, two gatherings starting, vol. II front inner hinge splitting, original cloth gilt, a little bumped (2)

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