My Attainment of the Pole. Being the Record of the Expedition that First Reached the Boreal Center 1907-1909. With the Final Summary of the Polar Controversy.
by COOK, Dr. FREDERICK A.;
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New York The Polar Publishing Co. 1911 1st edition. Hardback. Approx 10 x 7.5 inches. In brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front and design of faces to front. In very good condition. Minor rubbing to edges, corners and ends of spine. Endpapers very good. Front itssue guard slightly darkened along edge. Else inside pages very clean and tight throughout. An excellent copy. 604pp. 50 B&W photo illustrations. Including some B&W diagrams and tailpieces.
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- Title
- My Attainment of the Pole. Being the Record of the Expedition that First Reached the Boreal Center 1907-1909. With the Final Summary of the Polar Controversy.
- Author
- COOK, Dr. FREDERICK A.;
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York The Polar Publishing Co. 1911 1st edition
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- FOREIGN TRAVEL::Antarctic / Arctic COOK, Dr. FREDERICK A.; My Attainment of the Pole, Being the Record of the Expedition that First Reached the Boreal Center 1907-1909, With the Final Summary of the Polar Controversy, The Polar Publishing Co., 1911 1st
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