BOUND IN GREEN FULL LEATHER, WITH EXTENSIVE GILT DECORATION TO SPINE, THIS 1860 FIRST EDITION IS VG. XL111/379pp WITH FOLDING MAP OF BAFFIN BAY WITH PROGRESS OF THIS ARCTIC JOURNEY MARKED, PREFACE BY AUTHOR, CONTENTS : 34 CHAPTERS AS FOLLOWS : INTRODUCTION, PREPARATION, THE START, ICEFIELDS, UNDER SAIL, A GLOOMY NIGHT, ROUNDING CAPE ALEXANDER, FLEET AT SEA, NORTHUMBERLAND ISLAND, AT SEA IN SNOWSTORM, ACROSS WHALE SOUND, AMONG THE ESQUIMAUX, HOPES CHECKED, BUILDING A HUT, HUT FOUND BY ESQUIMAUX, 2 WEEKS FAMINE, MOVING SOUTH, PLAN FOR GETTING SUPPLIES, PETERSEN, CONTACT WITH ESQUIMAUX,FAILURE OF PLANS, PETERSEN'S ADVENTURES,SUPPLIES OBTAINED, GOOD CHEER, ABANDONING THE HUT, PLOTS AND COUNTERPLOTS, MOVING NORTH, OVER FROZEN SEA, CAPE ALEXANDER, REACHING THE BRIG, CONCLUDING REMARKS. APPENDIX. ALL EDGES AND ENDPAPERS MARBLEDBINDING SOUND, BOOKPLATE PRIZE AT HARROW SCHOOL, CONDITION VG