Northward Over The "Great Ice". A Narrative of Life and Work along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891-1897.
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Book Description
First UK edition. 8vo. 2 vols. pp. [viii], xv-lxxx, 520 & xiv, 624; port. frontis. to each vol., numerous photo. illusts. throughout, folding panorama, large folding map to vol. II; previous owner’s inscriptions to flyleaf of each, minor spotting, else very good copy in original cloth with vignette to upper boards, gilt, t. e.g., a few minor marks but a handsome set.
Dealer Notes
Peary's reconnaissance of Greenland and the ice-cap station determined the insularity of Greenland and mapped the previously uncharted northern coastlines.
AuthorPeary, Robert E.
Date1898
BindingOriginal cloth, gilt
PublisherLondon: Methuen & Co.
ConditionSee description
Pagespp. [viii], xv-lxxx, 520 & xiv, 624
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