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Reminiscences of Adventure and Service: A Record of Sixty-Five Years (In Dustjacket) by Major-General A.W. Greely - 1927

by Major-General A.W. Greely

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Reminiscences of Adventure and Service: A Record of Sixty-Five Years (In Dustjacket) by Major-General A.W. Greely - 1927

Reminiscences of Adventure and Service: A Record of Sixty-Five Years (In Dustjacket)

by Major-General A.W. Greely

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. The 1927 1st edition, in a very presentable example of the original dustjacket. Solid and Near Fine (tasteful former owner bookplate at the front pastedown) in a crisp, price-intact, VG dustjacket, with light chipping --and several small closed tears-- along the panel edges, including light chipping to the spine crown. In a long and varied career, Major-General Greely led, among other things, the Arctic expedition of 1881 to 1884 (the "Lady Franklin Bay Expedition" ) and the "International Polar Expedition"

  • Bookseller Appledore Books, ABAA US (US)
  • Format/Binding Cloth
  • Book Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Jacket Condition Very Good
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1927
  • Keywords rare arctic exploration, rare memoirs of explorers, rare military memoirs

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Reminiscences Of Adventure And Service : A Record Of Sixty-Five Years
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Reminiscences Of Adventure And Service : A Record Of Sixty-Five Years

by Greely, Major-General A. W. (Adolphus Washington)

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First Edition: First Printing
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Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1927. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 356 pages: 6 x 8.5 in.: 2: KB#017037: Dark Red boards, with Gilt Lettering on front and spine have slightly worn corners and spine tips. Otherwise, boards and pages are clean, unmarked (except for small wormhole at top corner of first few pages), bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Contains frontispiece and sixteen additional full-page black & white photograph illustrations. "Raised by hard-working and enlightened parents in the classical tradition of a New England whaling town, and educated in the public schools, Greely early acquired a foundation in such stern Yankee virtues as honor, piety, industry, and love of country. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was too young for service, but by chalking the number "18" on the soles of his shoes he could truthfully say that he was "over eighteen," and was sworn in as a… Read More
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