Book Description

First edition, one of 150 copies for the “Special Edition”. 4to. pp. [8], 368; illusts., maps; as new in original cloth-backed boards, gilt, in the original slipcase.
Dealer Notes
In 1880, Conan Doyle - later to become the creator of the Sherlock Holmes stories - sailed as a ship’s surgeon aboard the Arctic Whaler Hope from Peterhead into northern waters. This is the first publication of his diary, which contains a high quality reproduction of the original journals together with an annotated transcription.
Author Doyle, Arthur Conan.
Date 2012
Binding Original cloth-backed boards in slipcase
Publisher London: The British Library
Condition See description
Pages [8], 368

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