The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of The Globe.
Hartwig, Dr. G.
Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., London, 1892
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Octavo; xviii, 548p. 8 plates, 2 maps, wood engravings. Contemporary full black calf by Allman binders, the spine with raised bands, gilt compartments, black lettering piece. Joints rubbed, corners sl worn. Spine rubbed, a used but attractively bound copy. Seller Inventory # 028679
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Title: The Polar World: A Popular Description of ...
Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co., London
Publication Date: 1892
Binding: Full-Leather
Condition: Good
Edition: New Edition
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The Polar World A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe
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Harper & Brothers, New York, 1869
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Hardcover
Seller: Bookshelf of Maine, Franklin, ME, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Corners bumped. Top and bottom of spine frayed. Surface soiling to the boards. ; The book is in Very Good condition . Tissue guard and pristine interior pages. The author of several other scientific works here gives a description of the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the globe in both a popular and scientific way. He gives a succinct history of the several polar expeditions, American and European. Of value to the naturalist as well as general reader. Heavy book. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 486 pages. Seller Inventory # 7507
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The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe
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Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1892
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Hardcover
Seller: Kerr & Sons Booksellers ABA, Cartmel, CMA, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1892, 'new edition' as stated on title page. Octavo. xviii, 548pp. Illustrated with 8 plates, 2 maps, and numerous woodcuts. Original green cloth, gilt titles to spine (faded), blind decoration to upper board. Extremities rubbed, with a few very small areas of loss. Sporadic mild spotting/foxing internally. Overall a 'Good+' copy. Seller Inventory # 009054
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The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe
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Longmans, Green, London, 1892
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Hardcover
Seller: Glenbower Books, Dublin, Ireland
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. New Edition. gilt-decorated green cloth, slight sun-darkening at spine, internally clean and sound, binding a little cocked, gift presentation inscription to Armagh Natural History and Philosophical Society dated 1892 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 27654
The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe
Published by
Longmans, Green, & Co., London, 1892
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Hardcover
Seller: Wheeler's Bookshop, Midhurst, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1892. Red full leather with gilt Rugby School insignia to front. Raised bands and gilt decs. Attractively marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. xviii. 548 pp. B/w sepia illustration plates and b/w illustrations to text. Two fold-out map plates. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Includes Preface to the Second Edition (1874). Rugby School prize plate at front pastedown, dated 1896. Clean and bright. Binding near as-new. VG+. Seller Inventory # __#17422
The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe
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Longmans, Green and Co., 1869
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Hardcover
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very good copy in umber cloth with gilt titles. Rubbing and edge-wear. Binding firm and square. Pages toning only slightly, with minor foxing on endpapers. Name on endpaper. Lovely plates. Seller Inventory # 040451
The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe
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London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1881
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Hardcover
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1881. Full red leather prize binding for King's School Canterbury. Second Edition. 8vo. [1], xviii, [1], 548pp., [1]. Illustrated with 8 chromolithographs, 3 folding maps and numerous woodcuts. 5 raised bands on spine and gilt lettered title and designs on spine. All page edges marbled. A nice volume with maps and views of the arctic and antarctic. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition worn with nice gilt decoration and titles. Joints good condition - worn and a little strained. Corners fair to good condition - bumped and worn. Boards good condition - marked and scratched, with the King's School crest to the front board. Page edges good condition - marbled. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition - paper cracked but holding well. Paste downs good condition - marbled. End papers good condition - marbled, inscribed to former pupil. Title good condition. Pages good condition. Binding attractive prize binding, structurally sound. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1881. Binding: Hardback. Seller Inventory # ABE-1513803411798
The Polar World: a Popular Description of man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1869., 1869
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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8vo., (9 5/8 x 6 2/8 inches). Engraved frontispiece and profusely illustrated throughout with wood-engravings (one or two insignificant spots, some fore-edges creased). Original purple bevelled cloth, gilt (spine faced, extremities worn with minor loss). Provenance: from the library of the family of Amiel Weeks Whipple (1818 - 1863) his sale his sale Doyle New York, 23rd April 2012, lot 115. First American edition, with new chapters by the American Editor "Alaska" and "The Innuits", and new illustrations. "The object of the following pages is to describe the Polar World in its principal natural features, to point out the influence of its long winter-night and fleeting summer on the development of vegetable and animal existence, and finally to picture man waging the battle of life against the dreadful climate of the high latitudes of our globe either as the inhabitant of their gloomy solitudes, or as the bold investigator of their mysteries" (Preface). Seller Inventory # 72lib828