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Across Greenland's Ice-Fields: The Adventures of Nansen and Peary on the Great Ice-Cap
by Douglas, M.; Markham, Clements R.[Introduction]
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1902. Book. Fair. Hardcover. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 218 pages. Twelve black and white plates. Reprint of the 1897 first edition. "Heart-stirring narratives relating the difficulties and perils attendant on the exploration of the Inland Ice of Greenland. Miss Douglas conducts her readers over those trackless wastes of snow and ice, in the footsteps of Nordenskiold, of Nansen, and of Peary; and certainly those who begin the journey with her will, in continuing it to the end, derive no small amount of pleasure and instruction." - Introduction. Above-average wear to publisher's blue cloth illustrated with polar bears. Writing inside front board. Hairline opening in binding at half-title. A worthy reading copy..
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- Bookseller
- RareNonFiction.com
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 745H4750
- Title
- Across Greenland's Ice-Fields: The Adventures of Nansen and Peary on the Great Ice-Cap
- Author
- Douglas, M.; Markham, Clements R.[Introduction]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- Fridtjof Nansen, Arctic Exploration, Robert Peary, Polar Exploration, Greenland - Inland Ice, Nordenskiold,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel, Exploration & Adventure;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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