THE ARCTIC PROBLEM AND NARRATIVE OF THE PEARY RELIEF EXPEDITION OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA
by Heilprin, Angelo
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Kennebunk, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: Contemporary Publishing Co, 1893. Hardcover. Good +. 165 pp; with 15 plates plus 1 map; summary of previous attempts to reach North Pole; details of the Spitsbergen Route; and fascinating account of the 1891-1892 Peary Relief Expedition; an ex-library copy; has library stamp on front paste-down, but no other library markings; 1 plate is split along gutter for approximately 1/2 it's height; binding beginning to separate at same point; boards only very slightly worn.
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- Seller
- Maiden Voyage Booksellers (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 70383
- Title
- THE ARCTIC PROBLEM AND NARRATIVE OF THE PEARY RELIEF EXPEDITION OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA
- Author
- Heilprin, Angelo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Contemporary Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- Arctic Exploration; Peary Expedition; Polar Exploration
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime Reference;
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.