My Attainment of the Pole

Published by Mitchell Kennerley, New York, NY, 1913

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Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA)

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B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by Alvin Seale, along with a long note that he knew that Cook was making up his story about attaining the pole. It appears that this is also part of Alvin Seale's library, with his embosses seal on the frontispiece. The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. The front endpaper has been removed by a former owner. There is an inked "F-2" on the front pastedown page. "Alvin Seale (July 8, 1871 July 28, 1958) was a naturalist known for his aquarium design and as an ichthyologist. In 1896, the year that Seale would have graduated from Stanford in zoology, he was picked by Professor Jordan, along with fellow student Norman B. Scofield, to go to Point Barrow in Alaska. His mission was to look for salmon in the Mackenzie River. Before returning to Stanford Seale collected sea birds along the Alaskan coast on behalf of the British Museum. He also went with his roommate to the Klondike to join the gold rush there. According to Seale, his companion "struck it rich. " Seale, however, was too busy exploring the native wildlife to waste his time searching for gold. In his unpublished diary Seale writes that he spent "an exciting year." (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Notable Personage, Unrelated.…

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Title
My Attainment of the Pole
Author
Cook, Frederick A
Publisher
Mitchell Kennerley, New York, NY
Publication year
1913
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
3rd Printing.

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S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 25 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer/compiler of price guides, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.

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