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 3736 (1989) Category Arctic; Author Mirsky, Jeanette (With an Introduction by Vilhjalmur Stefansson) Title TO THE ARCTIC! The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest Times to the Present. Publishing Information London: Allan Wingate,1949. Description 1st Edition: xxi, 334 pages, index, illustrated, b/w illustrations, maps including large folding map. Original covers, no dust jacket. School presentation copy with presentation bookplate dated 1935 and previous owners neat inscription on verso cover, contents clean. Shelf wear, covers faded, edge wear, minor spotting to prelims, map complete. To the Arctic is a revised and enlarged with some material on Russian achievements of the late 1930s of 'To The North' which was withdrawn shortly after publication because of a libel-action threat by Dr. Frederick Cook." Price £4.00 Keywords ISBN Add this to your basket