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NARRATIVE OF THE SECOND ARCTIC EXPEDITION MADE BY CHARLES F. HALL: HIS VOYAGE TO REPULSE BAY, SLEDGE JOURNEYS TO THE STRAITS OF FURY AND HECLA AND TO KING WILLIAM'S LAND, AND RESIDENCE AMONG THE ESKIMOS DURING THE YEARS 1864-'69
by NOURSE, Prof. J. E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- The pages are somewhat toned with age and quite clean. Hinges cracked but tight; rubbing to spine and rear. Very Good
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. The pages are somewhat toned with age and quite clean. Hinges cracked but tight; rubbing to spine and rear. Very Good. Large octavo (7-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in the original decorated green cloth; 664 pages. Illustrated with 2 steel-engraved portraits, over 70 wood engravings, photo engravings, and heliotypes, 8 sketches of regional coastlines drawn by Inuits, and 13 maps, including the large folding linen-backed map in the rear pocket. Hall made three trips to the North. His ship, the Polaris, reached the farthest northerly point then attained by any vessel. This, his second visit and most extended, was published posthumously--Hall never returned from his third trip. Here is a detailed and valuable account of life among the Eskimos in the Arctic.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003996
- Title
- NARRATIVE OF THE SECOND ARCTIC EXPEDITION MADE BY CHARLES F. HALL: HIS VOYAGE TO REPULSE BAY, SLEDGE JOURNEYS TO THE STRAITS OF FURY AND HECLA AND TO KING WILLIAM'S LAND, AND RESIDENCE AMONG THE ESKIMOS DURING THE YEARS 1864-'69
- Author
- NOURSE, Prof. J. E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - The pages are somewhat toned with age and quite clean. Hinges cracked but tight; rubbing to spine and rear. Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- 1879
- Keywords
- Polar Exploration, Arctic, Illustrated Books, Americana, Travel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Travel; Arctic; Polar Exploration;
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Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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