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Beyond Petsora Eastward": Two Summer Voyages to Noyaya Zemlya and the Islands of Barents Sea.: With appendices on the botany and geology by Colonel H. W. Fielden.
by PEARSON, Henry J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: R. H. Porter,, 1899. First edition of this richly illustrated ornithological, botanical, and geological work detailing the results of the expeditions undertaken by Pearson and Feilden to the extreme north east of Europe in 1895 and 1897 upon the Saxon and the Laura. Pearson (1850-1913) was a fellow of The Royal Geographical Society, and a member of the British Ornithologists' Club and The Royal Horticultural Society. This work was noted for its contributions to the understanding in those societies of the Arctic region. This copy has the bookplate of the arctic explorer William Herbert Hobbs (1864-1953) to the front pastedown. Hobbs led four expeditions to Greenland to study the region's geology and the nature of glaciers. Large octavo. Original green cloth over bevelled boards, titles to spine and front cover in gilt, illustration to front cover in gilt, top edge gilt, black coated endpapers. Title page printed in red and black. Colour frontispiece of bird eggs, 88 black and white plates, 2 folding maps, and numerous illustrations in the text. Minor rubbing to extremities, gilt remarkably bright, a couple of very light scuffs to rear cover, book block square, faint foxing to fore edge, hint of offsetting from frontispiece; a beautiful copy in near-fine condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 148728
- Title
- Beyond Petsora Eastward": Two Summer Voyages to Noyaya Zemlya and the Islands of Barents Sea.
- Author
- PEARSON, Henry J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: R. H. Porter,
- Date Published
- 1899
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Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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