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Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. Good+/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover: 2 Volume set. Blue cloth boards with color illustration on front board.Title in silver on frontboards and on spines. Tired boards are frayed at corners and spine ends. Rubbing and soil. Foredge soil. Frontispieces are tissue guarded. This narrative is based on his personal diary but includes official field reports and maps. Clean text. Binding still tight. No maps in rear pocket. .
THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE. An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of the Farthest North by Greely, Adolphus W - 1894
by Greely, Adolphus W
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THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE. An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of the Farthest North
by Greely, Adolphus W
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New York: Scribner's. 1894. Hardcover. Second edition, slightly abridged, with new author Foreword. Thick octavo. Original dark blue decorated cloth stamped in gilt & silver, brown endpapers. pp [2, blank], (xxiv), 726, [2, blank] + engraved frontispiece portrait with tissue guard + folding map at rear; numerous photos and maps in text. Ex high school library (Ellicottville, New York), with bookplate on front pastedown, remains of pouch and rubber stamp on rear pastedown; call numbers in white to a blank area of the spine; mild wear to spine tips and outer corners, small worn to top edge of rear cover; slight rubbing at foot of spine; usual yellowing to page edges; clean tear to inner third of the folding map neatly repaired on black side with clear archival paper tape; else a VG clean and tight copy, inner hinges not cracked (in other words, the little heathens never looked at the book). "This United States expedition during the First International Polar Year, based at Fort Conger, Lady Franklin Bay...on the east coast of Ellesmere Island, explored the north coast of Greenland from Cape Bryant to Cape Washington...the interior and west coast of Grinnell Land (northern Ellesmere Island), and extended the mapping of Hayes Sound... on Ellesmere. As relief ships failed to reach them, members of the party made a march out of the Hall Basin area, all but seven dying of starvation before rescue at Cape Sabine, Smith Sound" - Arctic Bib. 6118. "In preparing a popular edition in English, the same plan and scope have been followed as were the French and German editions. All the photographic reproductions have been retained, and only such portions of the text have been omitted as bear on scientific and historical matters, unessential to a full understanding of the expedition. - author's Preface to New Edition. Note: 2 kg parcel, extra shipping will be required. .
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THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE, AN ACCOUNT OF THE LADY FRANKLIN BAY EXPEDITION OF 1881-84 & THE ATTAINMENT OF THE FARTHEST NORTH
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THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE, AN ACCOUNT OF THE LADY FRANKLIN BAY EXPEDITION OF 1881-84 & THE ATTAINMENT OF THE FARTHEST NORTH
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Charles Scribner's Sons, 1886. Good+/No Dust Jacket. Hardcover: 2 Volume set. Blue cloth boards with color illustration on front board. Spine ends are frayed, as well as all four corners. Light rubbing and soil to boards. Previous owners name stamped on second free endpaper. Hinges in volume two are cracked. Top edge of rear pocket in volume two has separated from rear board. No maps in pocket. Frontispieces are tissue guarded. This narrative is based on his personal diary but includes official field reports and maps.Text is clean, binding is still tight. .
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Three Years Of Arctic Service, An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of the Farthest North (Two Volumes)
by Greely Adolphus W
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Charles Scribner, 1886. 1886 First Edition US. hardcover. xxv, 428pp, xii, 444pp, green cloth bindings with maroon leather labels, text blocks edged in red, Vol I lacks the frontispiece, Vol II lacks one of the front endpapers and the final folding map, otherwise a VG set.. This United States expedition during the First International Polar Year, based at Fort Conger, Lady Franklin Bay, on the east coast of Ellesmere Island, explored the north coast of Greenland from Cape Bryant to Cape Washington, the interior and west coast of Grinnell Land, and extended the mapping of Hayes Sound. As relief ships failed to reach them, members of the party made a march out of the Hall Basin area, all but seven dying of starvation before rescue at Cape Sabine, Smith Sound. This narrative of the expedition's course by the leader, includes accounts of the battle with sea ice, the sledge journeys, the life of the men in the camp and on the march, and the geography of the territory explored; with a chapter on polar…
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THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE. An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of the Farthest North.
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London: Richard Bentley and Son. 1886. Second UK Edition. Second UK Edition. Two volumes. Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt titles and illustration to the spine, with white and gilt illustration to the upper board. Illustrated with a steel engraved frontispiece portrait in volume I, 42 full page plates (many from photographs), numerous illustrations and five maps in text from drawings, four further maps (one double page and three fold out maps, including a large coloured map to the rear of volume II). Grey coated endpapers. A very good, set the binding square and firm, with bumping and nicks to the spine ends of both volumes and a few small tears to the head of the spine of volume II. The cloth, with a few light marks on the boards, is worn to the corners, with a 2cm tear to the rear spine fold of volume II. The contents, with a few marks to the pastedown and endpapers, with a small ink mark to the title pages and light spotting to the prelims and closed text block edge, are otherwise…
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THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE AN ACCOUNT OF THE LADY FRANKLIN BAY EXPEDITION OF 1881-84 AND THE ATTAINMENT OF THE FARTHEST NORTH
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London, 1886. Two volumes. xxv,[1],428pp.; xii,[2],444pp., plus forty-seven plates and two folding maps. A few Greely-related ephemeral items stored in a pocket mounted on rear pastedown of first volume. Publisher's pictorial cloth, rebacked in matching cloth, spine gilt. Minor shelf wear, light soiling, corners bumped. Tape repairs to one folding map, contemporary bookplate on each front pastedown, modern bookplate on each rear pastedown. Very good. Mostly unopened. First edition, signed "Sincerely yours, A W Greely" on the front flyleaf. The tremendous story of Greely's grueling Arctic expedition, ending with the party's long privation and the rescue of the survivors. "Includes accounts of the battle with ice on the sea, the sledge journeys, the life of the men in camp and on the march, and the geography of territory explored; with a chapter on polar ice" - ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY. Greely had explored far northern Greenland; the expedition was fraught with dissension, and lost a number of men. ARCTIC…
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THREE YEARS OF ARCTIC SERVICE. An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of the Farthest North.
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1886. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Two volumes. Publisher's original blue cloth with titles and illustration in red, silver and gilt to the upper boards and spine. Illustrated with a steel engraved frontispiece portrait in volume I, 42 full page plates (many from photographs), numerous illustrations and five maps in text from drawings, four further maps (two double page, two folding, including a large coloured map in a rear pocket of volume II, as issued). Grey coated endpapers. A very good set, the bindings square and firm with some bumping and small nicks to the spine tips. The cloth and gilt remains bright and fresh. The contents, with spotting to the prelims and occasionally to the margins are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. The large folding map in the pocket at the rear of volume II, has a couple of short closed tears to the blank margin and is otherwise sound. An attractive example.…
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Three Years Of Arctic Service An Account Of The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition Of 1881-84 And The Attainment Of The Farthest North.
by GREELY, Adolphus W[ashington] [1834-1935]
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New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1886. First Edition. Account of the American expedition of 1881-84, based at Fort Conger, Lady Franklin Bay, on the east coast of Ellesmere Island, which explored the north coast of Greenland from Cape Bryant to Cape Washington, the interior and west coast of Grinnell Land, and Hayes Sound on Ellesmere. All but seven members of the party perished of starvation before the survivors were rescued at Cape Sabine, Smith Sound. Arctic Bib. 6118. cfNational Maritime Museum I 971. large 8vo. p. xxv, 428; xii, [1 leaf], 444. engraved frontis. portrait of Greely by Charles Schlecht, 41 plates, most engraved after photographs by George W.Rice, photographer of the expedition., 2 folding facsimiles, 81 text illus., & 9 maps (4 folding – 1 coloured – 1 in rear pocket). contemporary full dark red calf, all edges gilt (bit rubbed, marginal dampstaining to portions of text & to plates – entering image of some plates in Vol. II). elala5678
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Three years of Arctic service. An account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the attainment of the Farthest North,
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London, Bentley, 1898. . Second UK edition. 2 volumes, 8vo, xxv, 428; xiii, 444 pp., 9 maps (2 very large, short splits to folds), numerous illustrations, many full-page, original blue cloth gilt, pictorial vignette to upper cover, light wear to corners and edges, a very good bright copy. This United States expedition during the First International Polar Year, based at Fort Conger, Lady Franklin Bay, explored the north coast of Greenland from Cape Bryant to Cape Washington, the interior and west coast of Grinnell Land, and extended the mapping of Hayes Sound. Includes struggles with ice at sea, sledge journeys, life of the men on the march and in camp, and the geography of the territory. Appendices include Ethnology, Natural History, Ornithology, and Botany. Arctic Bibliography 6118.
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