Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska

In Response to the Resolution of the House of Representatives of December 11, 1884

By P. H. Ray

Washington: Government Printing Office. 1885. First Edition. 4to; (iv), 695pp.; coloured frontispiece, folding map, twenty plates including several of eskimos and two hand-coloured, of birds, numerous plans and in-text drawings. Index. Publishers black ruled cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, a very good clean copy with original tissue guards in place, no prior ownership markings and no institutional markings.

The report of the expedition, under the command of First Lieutentant P.H. Ray during the years 1881-83. The book contains seven parts and includes a narrative and results of studies in meteorology, ethnography, natural history, magnetism and tidal motion. The War department specified that "careful attention will be given to the collection of specimens of the animal, mineral and vegetable kingdoms." A very detailed and well produced publication.