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To the Arctic! The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest Times to the Present
by MIRSKY, Jeannette with Vilhjalmur Stefansson (intro.)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1948. First Thus. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Good+/Good. Warren Chappell (design). Large 8vo. Pp. xx1, 334, xviii. Illustrated with maps and drawings in the text, black & white photo reproduction plates, and one fold-out map. Revised and expanded edition with introduction by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, appendices, sources and index. Jacket, typography and binding design by Warren Chappell. Dark blue cloth, titles and illustration stamped in gilt on the spine, illustration stamped in blind on the cover, Borzoi device in blind on back, blue-gray topstain, fore-edge untrimmed: moderate moisture transfer of dust jacket to board edges, leaves crisp and bright. In the two color illustrated dust jacket with price $5.00 intact on the front flap: edges rubbed, spine ends chipped, closed tears and scars to rear panel. First published by Viking in 1934 as To the North!, this revision of the classic survey is brought up to date. More than a hundred explorers covered including Frobisher, Hudson, Bering, Dezhnev, Wrangel, Ross, Parry, Franklin, Nansen, Peary, Nordenskiöld, Wegener, MacMillan, Stefansson, Cook, Papanin, Andrée, Amundsen, Ellsworth, Wilkins and Schmidt.
Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.
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- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7020
- Title
- To the Arctic! The Story of Northern Exploration from Earliest Times to the Present
- Author
- MIRSKY, Jeannette with Vilhjalmur Stefansson (intro.)
- Illustrator
- Warren Chappell (design)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
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Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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