Quarto (ca. 23 x 18cm). 1 pp. Gray ink on wove paper with printed address letterhead " The Red House, Hornton Street, W." With ink stamp received 14 DEC 01 on top on page. Mild fold marks, otherwise a very good letter written in a legible hand. An interesting letter from Conway to his literary agent highlighting both his mountaineering and art endeavours. Conway notes that he needs the typescript of the first (Italian Renaissance) back for "my February lectures., [and that] my History of Spitsbergen., advances apace." "In 1896 Conway surveyed in Spitsbergen, an island in the Arctic circle about which he wrote several books. According to Arnold Lunn, Conway's experiments with skis while crossing Spitsbergen made him one of the pioneers of British skiing"(Oxford DNB). Conway's History of Spitsbergen titled: "No Man's Land, a History of Spitsbergen from its discovery in 1596 to the beginning of the Scientific Exploration of the Country" was published by the Cambridge University Press in 1906. Seller Inventory # MB91

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Title: Conway, Sir William Martin (1856-1937). ...

Publication Date: 1901

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