A Narrative of the Voyage of the Argonauts in 1880; compiled by the Bard from the most authentic records, illustrated by the Photographer, and intended for the amusement, edification, and ever-lasting glorification of the Argonauts themselves.

Name: A Narrative of the Voyage of the Argonauts in 1880; compiled by the Bard from the most authentic records, illustrated by the Photographer, and intended for the amusement, edification, and ever-lasting glorification of the Argonauts themselves.
Author: [Banks, William Mitchell.]

Book Description

First edition. 8vo. pp. [vii], 134; sixteen mounted full-page real photograph illustrations; some age-toning to photos., a little occasional browning or dust-soiling, previous owner’s bookplate to front pastedown, else good in original cloth, gilt, a little darkened on spine, minor soiling. A presentation copy, inscribed to half-title “To dear Mollie from one of the Argonauts”.

Dealer Notes

Schiötz 54***; Bibliotheca Norvegica II 6916. The author, a surgeon, travelled with a party of fifteen on this yacht voyage that took them to Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Norway (Bergen and the neighbouring fjord regions). The account is illustrated by real photographs taken by another member of the crew, Doctor Richard Caton.

Author [Banks, William Mitchell.]

Date 1881

Binding Original cloth, gilt

Publisher [Edinburgh:] Printed for the Argonauts [by Neill & Co.]

Condition See description

Pages [vii], 134

Price: £475.00

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A Narrative of the Voyage of the Argonauts in 1880; compiled by the Bard from the most authentic records, illustrated by the Photographer, and intended for the amusement, edification, and ever-lasting glorification of the Argonauts themselves.

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A Narrative of the Voyage of the Argonauts in 1880; compiled by the Bard from the most authentic records, illustrated by the Photographer, and intended for the amusement, edification, and ever-lasting glorification of the Argonauts themselves.

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