The Voyage of the Challenger.

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A Personal Narrative of the Historic Circumnavigation of the Globe in the Years 1872-1876. Foreword by Major R. Swire Introd. by G.H. Fowler. 2 vols. (Lond.): The Golden Cockerel Press 1938. Folio. Or.qtr.white buckram. Spines gilt. With num. full-page plates many of which are beautifully hand-col. text-illusts. and front end-paper map in Vol.I. Uncut. Ed. lim. to 300 numbered sets. Fine in slightly rubbed original slip-case. NOTE: The Expedition was commissioned by the Government for the purpose of Scientific Investigations and relates to N.S.W. New Zealand New Guinea Hawaii Sth. Africa etc.