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    Reference 3268 (1351)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Paul B. Du Chaillu
    Title THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN: SUMMER AND WINTER JOURNEYS THROUGH SWEDEN, NORWAY, LAPLAND AND NORTHERN FINLAND WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE INNER LIFE OF THE PEOPLE, THEIR MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, THE PRIMITIVE ANTIQUITIES, ETC.
    Publishing Information London: George Newnes, 1899.
    Description 1899 New Edition: 760pages plus fold out map at rear, illustrated throughout, page edges gilt. Original Blue decorative cloth covers. The account of the Peninsula of Scandinavia, and of the life of its people, given in these volumes, is the result of a series of journeys made at different times, from 1871 to 1878, embracing a sojourn in the country of nearly five years."During these trips he met the King of Sweden as well as common farmers,house-building, reindeer herding, sailed through fjords & hiked over glaciers. A beautiful book.
    Price £60.00
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