The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions
by Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
The Macmillan Co, 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR WITH A LETTER and other material. Original blue cloth, with gilt titles. Cloth is water damged along the bottom, and rubbed in places; inner hinges a bit loose, but intact. Signed and dated by Stefansson on the front free endpaper. Laid in loose is a full-page TLS on Dartmouth letterhead from Stefansson to Fifine Kent regarding Stefansson's relationship to Alaska, musk oxen, and other topics. Also laid in loose is Stefansson's Memorial Service booklet . 8vo. xxxi + 784pp., with index, and 113 b/w plates, 7 maps, plus two large color fold-out maps housed in the rear pocket (maps are unused, and Fine).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00537048
- Title
- The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions
- Author
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Co
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- Polar Exploration, , , , , , , ,
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Arundel Books of Seattle
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Seattle, Washington
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