From Colin Page Books, Storrington, United Kingdom
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The first English edition. Two volumes. Octavo (23 x 16cm). Translated from the German edition of 1875. 'Narrative of the Austro-Hungarian expedition in 1872-4 led by Julius Payer and Karl Weyprecht, to explore the Russian Arctic north of Novaya Zemlya, with an account of the Tegetthof's drift in the Barents Sea, the discovery and exploration of Franz Josef Land and the expedition's return by small boat across the Barents Sea to Novaya Zemlya. Included is a great deal of scientific information relating to meteorology, sea ice, aurora as well as the techniques of polar travel and survival'- King. Vol. I, pp. xxxii,335; Vol. II, pp. xiv,303. With a chromolithograph frontis to Vol. I, two double-page maps & 92 illustrations engraved on wood, many full page. Some occasional foxing. Publisher's blue cloth with bevelled boards, gilt, lighty rubbed and with a small nick to upper rear board of the first volume. Vg. [Chavanne 3411; Arctic Bib. 13202; King 857; Mill 361; Hanson 124; Foster 306]. Seller Inventory # 11112
Bibliographic Details
Title: New Lands Within The Arctic Circle. ...
Publisher: London: Macmillan & Co.
Publication Date: 1876
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