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CRESSWELL, Samuel Gurney, Lieut. (1827-1867). A Series of Eight Sketches in Colour (Together with a Chart of the Route) by…, of the Voyage of H.M.S. Investigator (Captain M’Clure), During the Discovery of the North-West Passage. Plaistow, West Sussex: Arctic Press, 1998.
Elephant folio. 8 color plates and a color map, title-page, 2 leaves of text; loose in paper wrappers; in original publisher’s box with printed label.
FACSIMILE EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 21 of 200 copies reproducing Cresswell’s iconic views of the entrapment and abandonment of the H.M.S. Investigator in the Arctic ice.