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 2382 (661) Category Arctic; Author Keely, Robert N. and G. G. Davis Title IN ARCTIC SEAS OR THE VOYAGE OF THE KITE: The Voyage of the Kite with the Peary Expedition Together with a Transcript of the Log of the Kite. Publishing Information Philadelphia: Rufus C. Hartranft, 1893. Description 1893 Edition. vii, 524 pp, illustrated, over 100 b/w illustrations, photographs, folding map, floral eps. Turquoise cloth covers with silver vignette of ship and gilt titling to front cover and gilt titling to spine. AB8485 This book contains the addition of a log of the second, or expedition of the "Kite", July 4th to sept. 22, 1892. A narrative of the relief party's activities at McCormick Bay and in the inland ice; of Mrs peary's winter; and the results of Peary's trans-Greenland march. Contemporary pencil gift inscription on ffep dated Christmas 1893. Shelfware, bumped, covers are soiled, titling on spine faded, fep split along front hinge, contents clean, age toning to pages. Good Price £75.00 Keywords qpolarq, eskimo, arctic, polar S1-Arc ISBN Add this to your basket