Polar Books Catalogue

  • Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;

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    Reference 1321 (1432)
    Category Arctic;
    Author Leslie, Sir John; Robert Jameson; Hugh Murray
    Title NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN THE POLAR SEAS AND REGIONS: with illustrations of their CLIMATE, GEOLOGY, AND NATURAL HISTORY; AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE WHALE-FISHERY.
    Publishing Information Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd and Simpkin & Marshall,1830.
    Description 1st Edition; (4), vi, [2], 424 pages, illustrated, engravings and line drawings in text, all as called for on contents page.1 folding map. Dark brown cloth binding with paper label on spine. Pages uncut, no front end papers, covers worn and faded, title illegible, some foxing and spotting, mainly to plates and tissue paper guards and map, odd neat pencil annotation in margin. Binding splitting at front prelim map section but still holding. Some tissue paper guards loose or missing.One of the most popular general accounts of polar exploration, reprinted many times and translated into several languages.
    Price £150.00
    Keywords Arctic, polar bears, eskimos, north S1-Arc
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