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John E. Potter and Company. Trade Paperback. Fair/None. Red cloth , gilt and black titles and decoration. Cloth very badly mottled; edgewear ; soiling at edges of pages. Unfortunate condition for a very hard-to-find book.
Thrilling Tales of the Frozen North by WHARTON, Captain William H - 1894: A Graphic Account of the Heroic Efforts of Intrepid and Daring Travelers and Explorers in the Lands of the Midnight Sun
by WHARTON, Captain William H
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Thrilling Tales of the Frozen North: A Graphic Account of the Heroic Efforts of Intrepid and Daring Travelers and Explorers in the Lands of the Midnight Sun
by WHARTON, Captain William H
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
Pp. 718. Folding map, in color, bound in after copyright page. Includes a 2pp. list of "technical terms" germane to ice navigation. With occasional and full-page b&w illustrations. Decorated endpapers. Blue cloth with a stunning stamped scene of a harpooner ready to strike an angry walrus, in silver and black. Slightly shaken, with faint edgewear. A seemingly thorough comprehensive compendium of Arctic exploration from the Russians and Frobisher through to Greely. Slightly shaken; previous owner name in ink on front pastedown; Gift note in pencil on blank preliminary page; wear to edges of spine. Please see photos. Scarce.
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Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Illustrator Folding map with occasional full-page b&w illustrations.
- Format/Binding Decorated blue cloth with striking Arctic tableau on front cover.
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First thus.
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher John E. Potter
- Place of Publication Philadelphia
- Date Published 1894
- Keywords Parry Franklin Expedition DeLong
- Size Thick 8vo.
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THRILLING TALES of the FROZEN North
by Captain William H. Wharton
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Binding
- Paperback
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Syracuse, New York, United States
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$25.00
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Thrilling Tales of the Frozen North
by WHARTON, Captain William H
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
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$100.00
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Philadelphia: John E. Potter, 1894. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Folding map with occasional full-page b&w illustrations.. 8vo. Pp. 718. Folding map, in color, bound in after copyright page. Includes a 2pp. list of "technical terms" germane to ice navigation. With occasional and full-page b&w illustrations. Decorated endpapers. Blue cloth with a stunning stamped scene of a harpooner ready to strike an angry walrus, in silver and black. Slightly shaken, with faint edgewear; previous owner name in ink on front pastedown; Gift note in pencil on blank preliminary page; wear to edges of spine. Please see photos. Scarce. Scarce. A seemingly thorough comprehensive compendium of Arctic exploration from the Russians and Frobisher through to Greely.
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$100.00