Farthest North: Or, The Life and Explorations of Lieutenant James Booth Lockwood, of the Greely Arctic Expedition.
by Lanman, Charles
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- very good
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1885. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. 1p.l.,333pp. 12 mo (approximately 17.8cm tall) in original gilt lettered green cloth and yellow coated endpapers with engraved frontispiece (portrait), 4 plates and folding map at end. Paper a bit age toned but overall a very attractive copy or an uncommon title. very good AB 9669. First edition. Based on Lockwood's diaries - he was not among the few survivors of Greely's Lady Franklin Bay expedition. 1885
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127114
- Title
- Farthest North: Or, The Life and Explorations of Lieutenant James Booth Lockwood, of the Greely Arctic Expedition.
- Author
- Lanman, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. Appleton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1885
- Keywords
- Arctic|Ellesmere Island|Greely Expedition
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