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 2972 (1040) Category Arctic; Author Welzl, Jan (Introduction by Golombek, B & Valenta, E; Translated by Weatherall, M. & R.) Title THE QUEST FOR POLAR TREASURES. Publishing Information New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. Description 1st US Edition, (The Czech original, "Po Stopach Poldrnich Pokladu" was published in 1930): 352pp. Yellow cloth covers with black titling in dustjacket. Jan Welzl (1868–1948), travelled through Northern Canada and the polar regions, worked as a gold prospector, and became an Eskimo chief. Shelfware, dustjacket very tatty, pieces missing. Covers grubby, spine spotted, end papers spotted. Signature on fep. Contents clean. Good Price £15.00 Keywords Arctic, polar, qpolarq, S1-Arc ISBN Add this to your basket