USA – Polar Exploration Signed – In the Lena Delta; a narrative of the search for Lieut-Commander DeLong and his companions 1885 followed by an account of the Greely Relief Expedition by George W Melville, 1st edition, Dedicated in ink 'Philada Han 1887. To my old Comrade Mr C Williamson with the compliments of the author Geo Melville, Chief engineer USN', 16x illustrations, 4x double page maps, pictorial cloth covers faded and scuffed, front cover shaken, internally clean