Hunting and Adventure in the Arctic
by Nansen, Fridtjof
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Duffield and Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1925. First American Edition. Hardcover. New York: Duffield and Company, 1925. First American Edition. Large 8vo. [6],462pp. Original blue cloth with gilt letters, polar bear stamped in white on front cover. Ex-library, white number and letters (2 lines) on spine, elementary library stamp on title page; edges have light-moderate wear, head of spine moderately worn, small playful sticker on half-title page (wash hands). Interior clean, very good. Total of 75 illustrations: 6 maps, 3 photographs, and 66 drawings by noted explorer and scientist Nansen here in this narrative recalling his first trip in 1882 to the Arctic onboard the sealer Viking. ; Ex-Library; Illustrated; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 462 pages .
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Details
- Seller
- Dale A. Sorenson (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 10365
- Title
- Hunting and Adventure in the Arctic
- Author
- Nansen, Fridtjof
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Duffield and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Arctic, Polar Exploration
Terms of Sale
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Dale A. Sorenson
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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