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O'REILLY, Bernard (1776-1827). Greenland, the Adjacent Seas, and the North-West Passage to The Pacific Ocean, Illustrated in a Voyage to Davis's Strait, During the Summer of 1817. London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1818. 4to. Illustrated with 3 engraved charts and 18 plates. [viii], [1]-293, [1, blank], [2, ads] pp. Publisher's plain boards, printed paper label on spine (front board detached yet present, spine chipped, torn, rear joint starting, some wear, soiling, scuffing to boards, some dampstaining to first several leaves, some occasional foxing, thumbsoiling in text and plates, a few ink markings to ffep). Fair. FIRST EDITION OF THE ACCOUNT OF THIS ATTEMPT TO FIND THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE. Arctic Bibliography 12852. Sabin 57576.