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    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. 1874.
    Description 2nd Edition: xviii, 548pages. Illustrated, 8 plates, 3 maps, numerous woodcuts. Maroon half covers with five raised bands, gilt panelling and lettering to spine, marbled end papers, page edges gilt. 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. Covers bumped edges frayed, front end paper splitting, age toning, some minor foxing.
    Price £35.00
    Keywords qpolarq, polar, eskimos, reindeer, polar bear S1-Pol
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