Polar Books Catalogue
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Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;
Reference 2290 (1556) Category General Polar; Author Hartwig, George Title THE POLAR WORLD: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe. Publishing Information London: Longmans,Green, and Co. 1892. Description New Edition, 1892: xviii, 548 pages. Illustrated, 8 plates, 2 maps, numerous woodcuts. Green cloth covers with embossed decoration and gilt titling, brown end papers. Describing the Polar World at that time including principal natural features, influence of its long winter-night and fleeting summer on the development of flora and fauna, and how man survives the climate as the inhabitant or as the explorer. SIGNED: Gift inscription "Thomas Mageure With the best wishes of G H? Xmas 1911, A slight mark of great appreciation of valued help in matters financial". End papers toned, contents clean. Price £100.00 Keywords polar, eskimos, reindeer, polar bear S1-Pol ISBN Add this to your basket