Author: Anonymous [Adams, W. H. Davenport ? (1828-1891)]
Title: The Arctic world: it's plants, animals, and natural phenomena - With a historical sketch of Arctic discovery
Description: London : T. Nelson and Sons. Paternoster Row; Edinburgh; and New York 1876. First Edition. Provenance: Grammar and Middle Class High School. 68 Downham Road with bookplate. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over bevelled boards. Recased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Minor. scattered marginal foxing. Corners sharp with an overall tight. bright and clean impression. ; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 276 pages; Physical desc. : viii. [9]-276 p. : illus.plates. frontis ; 33 cm. Subject: Arctic regions - Description and travel - Travel literature - Discovery and exploration - History. 19th century. Zoology - Arctic regions. Front cover title: The Arctic world. illustrated.

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