London: G. G. Harrap & Company, Ltd. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1939. 1st. Hardcover. The book has been rebound in red cloth covered boards with gilt titles on spine, tape stains on end papers, unobtrusive library markings, library pocket and cncellation stamp on back end paper ; A bright, solid book, B&W plates throughout. Appears not to have been read very much ; Ex-Library; 285 pages; Segal attempts to give a history of the attempts of various explorers to discover the Artic in its various aspects, its passages, its flora and fauna, its peoples. These explorers, many of whom gave their lives, traveled by sea, by air, and overland. Many places are named in honour of these men. In an appendix at the end is a chronological list of the explorers, their nationality, the location of their exploration and the year, ending in 1918. .

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Seller: Ainsworth Books (CA)
Seller's Inventory #: 16906
Title: The Conquest of the Arctic,
Author: Segal, Louis
Illustrator: B&W Plates
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition: 1st
Publisher: G. G. Harrap & Company, Ltd
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1939
Keywords: Arctic, nansen, vitus bering, Exploration

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Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.

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