The Arctic World: Its Plants, Animals, And Natural Phenomena. With a Historical Sketch of Arctic Discovery, Down To The British Polar Expedition: 1875-76

Name: The Arctic World: Its Plants, Animals, And Natural Phenomena. With a Historical Sketch of Arctic Discovery, Down To The British Polar Expedition: 1875-76
Author: [ADAMS, William Henry Davenport]

Book Description

339pp, very well-illustrated (143) with woodcut engravings and a chart showing the discoveries of the British Polar Expedition 1875 - 1876, 4to, expertly re- bound in new old style quarter calf with marbled boards, gilt decorated spine, raised bands, title label inset on black morocco, gilt lettered, some foxing to end papers and at the start (up to P.33) but o/w clean and crisp, T. Nelson and Sons, London, no date of publication but circa 1880. * covers the Arctic Seas, Lapland, Eskimos, Vegetation, Arctic exploration etc. The illustrations are superb. (#BIG/27)

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# BIG/27

Author [ADAMS, William Henry Davenport]

Date 1880

Binding New old style quarter calf

Publisher T. Nelson and Sons

Illustrator ZWECKER, J. B., LABY, A. and Others

Condition Good

Pages 339

Price: £100.00

Offered by K Books Ltd

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