Presented in this lot is "The Open Sea" by Isaac I. Hayes, M.D., 1885, First Edition, David McKay publisher, Philadelphia, over 30 illustrations. American explorer and physician Isaac Israel Hayes (1832-1881) on early exploration of the North Pole and the Arctic Ocean. Telling the story of an expedition led by Hayes on the schooner "United States" in 1860, the book begins with the plans and funding of the trip, then describes the variety of places visited by the crew, including the landscapes, indigenous people, flora and fauna, climate and weather, and more, ending with the trip home to Boston, Massachusetts in 1861. This account of the expedition, first published in 1866, was compiled from his journals. Having left Boston in a small schooner so overloaded with equipment that a passenger could lean over the deck rail and touch the sea, Hayes and his crew almost faced shipwreck off Nova Scotia and regularly saw their cabins flooded on their way to Greenland, where, in calmer weather, they encountered the first palatial ice floes. Illustrations by American artist F.O.C. Darley featured throughout, including a frontispiece depicting a bear hunt. The grey cloth bound gold gilt stamped illustrated hardcover is in nice condition, slight scuffing noted on cover edges, loose spine at hinges. Intact pages exhibit age tanning and foxing, chapter 39 pages bent at bottom. Measures 5.5"W x 7.5"L x 1.25"D, weight is 1lb, 2oz.