NORTHWARD OVER THE GREAT ICE: A Narrative of Life and Work along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891 1897 - Two Volumes
Published by Methuen & Co., London, 1898
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, United KingdomPolar Books
AbeBooks seller since May 27, 2023
Condition: Used - Very good
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1st Edition; Vol I - lxxx, 520 pages Vol II - xiv, 624 pages. Illustrated, portrait frontispieces, plates, about 800 illustrations, folding panorama, maps, (1 folding). Original covers. A very good set, shelf wear, minor fraying to corners of covers but a nice bright set. Age toning to end papers as expected. Volume 1, some very minor wrinkling to early page edges and page xxv of the preface splitting on edges due to fragility of paper. Charing X Road 4.5.73 on front end paper both volumes otherwise contents clean, some pages still uncut. Folding map in excellent condition. With a description of the little tribe of Smith-Sound Eskimos, the most northerly human beings in the world, and an account of the discovery and bringing home of the 'Saviksue' or Great Cape-York meteorites. With details of his summer voyage and reconnaissance of the Greenland Inland Ice in 1886. A thirteen months sojourn in Northern Greenland, including a twelve hundred mile sledge journey across the ice-cap and the determination of the insularity of Greenland, 1891-2. A twenty-five months stay in North Greenland, including a second twelve hundred mile sledge journey across the ice-cap, the completion of the study of the Whale-Sound natives, a detail survey of that region, and the discovery of the great Cape-York meteorites, 1893-5. Lastly summer voyages in 1896 and 1897, including the securing of the last and the largest of the great Cape-York meteorites, the 90-ton mass. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3238. This is a SET of books, therefore heavier than a standard volume, and will involve extra shipping charges to some countries.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- NORTHWARD OVER THE GREAT ICE: A Narrative of Life and Work along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891 1897 - Two Volumes
- Author
- Peary, R. E
- Publisher
- Methuen & Co., London
- Publication year
- 1898
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic
Polar Books
Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since May 27, 2023
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