Peary
by Hobbs, William Herbert
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- very good
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: MacMillan Company, 1936. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. xv,502pp. Octavo in original gilt lettered blue cloth with plates (including frontispiece portrait) from photos and illustrations from drawings (including maps). Covers slightly rubbed. Inscribed "For Singing Cove Camp from the Author, Ann Arbor, Mich., Feb. 25th, 1938. very good AB 7160. Biography of Robert E. Peary with appendices including a list of his publications. 1936
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121023
- Title
- Peary
- Author
- Hobbs, William Herbert
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- MacMillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Polar|Peary, Robert E.|North Pole
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Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
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- Gilt
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