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Lot 45
[GREELY, Adolphus Washington (1844-1935)]. A group of 10 works by or about Greely in 10 volumes, various 8vo and 4to sizes, condition generally fine.
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[GREELY, Adolphus Washington (1844-1935)].  A group of 10 works by or about Greely, including:


GREELY, Adolphus Washington. Handbook of Arctic Discoveries. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1896. Publisher's red cloth gilt. -- LANMAN, Charles (1819-1895). Farthest North or, the Life and Explorations of Lieutenant James Booth Lockwood, of the Greely Arctic Expedition. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1885. Publisher's blue cloth gilt. Arctic Bibliography 9669. -- SCHLEY, Winfield Scott (1839-1911) and SOLEY, J.R. The Rescue of Greely. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1885. Publisher's blue cloth gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- BRAINARD, David Legge (1856-1946). The Outpost of the Lost: An Arctic Adventure. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1929. Publisher's green cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. --  And 6 others. Together, 10 works in 10 volumes, various 8vo and 4to sizes, condition generally fine. Provenance for the lot: Collector's bookplates, a few pencil marks. Complete list available on request.

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