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British Library Historical Print Editions. Facsimile reprint of 1898 edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall . Near Fine. Soft cover. Reprint. 2011.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The With Peary near the Pole. Translated by H. J. Bull. With maps..

British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-03-25. Paperback. Good.

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-06-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Cambridge University Press, 2014. Paperback. New. 368 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.92 inches.

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Paperback / softback. New. This 1898 English translation of an 1895 Norwegian work is notable for its descriptions of life among the Greenlandic Inuit. Elvind Astrup (1871-95) took part in expeditions led by the American explorer Robert Peary, who later claimed to be the first man to reach the North Pole.

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Cambridge University Press, 2014. Paperback. New. 368 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.92 inches.

E-383. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by C. Arthur Pearson, London, UK/J B Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA. 1898. 362 pgs. 50 illustrations. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in red cloth boards with gilt titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This 1898 English translation of a popular 1895 Norwegian work provides a valuable first-hand account of Arctic exploration in Greenland. Elvind Astrup (1871-95) took part in the expeditions led by the American explorer Robert Peary (1856-1920) between 1891 and 1894. Another of Astrup's shipmates during this time was Frederick Cook (1865-1940) , who would later claim to be the first man to have reached the North Pole. Astrup gives here a short narrative of the expeditions, yet the real appeal of his work lies in its vivid descriptions of life on the ice - not merely that of the… Read More

London: C. Arthur Pearson, Limited, 1898. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 362 +plates,[fold out at rear]pp. Octavo. Original red cloth. Stamped boards with spine title in gilt. Minor shelf wear to spine crown and foot; front lower corner bent with small, closed gash on upper edge. Bookplate on front pastedown; endpapers slightly browned. Illustrated frontis; 4 plates from photographs and numerous in-text illustrations. Fold out map of Greenland at rear. Arctic bib 777.Translation of Astrup's journey to Greenland with Peary in 1891-92. Eivind Astrup served aboard the SS Kite, which set out from New York to determine if Greenland was an island. Peary was accompanied by his wife, Josephine Diebitsch Peary, the first female to travel on an expedition to the Arctic. 1898