|
|
DOUGLAS, M Favorite Library ListingsIf you cannot find what you want on this page, then please use our search feature to search all our listings. Click on Title to view full description
|
|
|
|
1 |
DOUGLAS, M Favorite Library Frozen North
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co, 0,
DOUGLAS, M. The Frozen North. The Story of North Polar Expeditions with Nordenskiöld, Nares, Greely, De Long, Nansen and Jackson-Harmsworth. Illustrated with maps, colored plates and engravings. Boston: De Wolfe, Fiske & Co.,[n. d.]. Pp 176, including colour frontis. + [3] leaves of colour plates. Illustrated with [16] pp of b/w illustrations to text. Small 8vo, pictorialtan cloth, gilt to upper board. The Favorite Library. Cover adds: "The Nar rative of Arctic Discovery." This is a series of vignettes of some of the early arctic explorers and the untold hardships they had to face, including shipwrecks, horrific weather conditions, terrifying attempts to walk to safety, starvation, madness and often death. Very nice colour illustrations. Covers worn, extremities bumped, frayed, upper board splayed, front inner hinge cracked, pages browning to edges, bookplate, previous owner’s inscription to front free endpaper, ow vg. 30.00
Price:
30.00 CDN
|
|
Add to Shopping Cart |
|
|
|
