Nearest the Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S. S. Roosevelt, 1905 - 1906
by Peary,R. E. U.S.N. (Robert) (1856-1920)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No dustjacket
- Seller
-
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: and Company,Doubleday,Page, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No dustjacket. 4to. pp. xx, 411, 95 b/w photographs, two coloured folding maps at rep, and coloured frontispiece, attractive bookplate on front pastedown, upper edge gilt, embossed gilt vignette on front board, gilt title on spine, green cloth, "" An account of Peary's expedition to Ellesmere Island and crossing the ice to the Arctic Basin, returning by way…
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Edmonton Book Store
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 271224
- Title
- Nearest the Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S. S. Roosevelt, 1905 - 1906
- Author
- Peary,R. E. U.S.N. (Robert) (1856-1920)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dustjacket
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- and Company,Doubleday,Page
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1907
- Size
- 4to
Terms of Sale
The Edmonton Book Store
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About the Seller
The Edmonton Book Store
Biblio member since 2006
Edmonton, Alberta
About The Edmonton Book Store
In business for nearly 30 years, we offer thousands of out-of-print and antiquarian books, with specialities in Western Canadian studies, signed Canadian literature and art books.
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- Vignette
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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