ICE-BOUND. A TRADER'S ADVENTURES IN THE SIBERIAN ARCTIC.
by Ashton, James M
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1928, xvii, 235pp, thirty four photographic illustrations, folding map. Ex-lib, covers quite worn, rebacked with tape, good reading copy. In 1922, the author, an employee, and David Rutherford, the president, of the Phoenix Northern Trading Company, and a crew of six, made an eight month trip from Taxoma, Washington to Cape Nord in the schooner Iskum. There had been political and economic ramifications extending even to the Siberian Arctic as a result of the Russian Revolution, and the author and his boss wanted to see first hand what the situation was and how it was likely to affect future business. Arctic Biblio 763; Parmer Polar 85..
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- Seller
- Legacy Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 05815
- Title
- ICE-BOUND. A TRADER'S ADVENTURES IN THE SIBERIAN ARCTIC.
- Author
- Ashton, James M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS POLAR
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Legacy Books
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Louisville, Kentucky
About Legacy Books
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