Author: Kingston, William H.G.
Title: At the South Pole; or the Adventures of Richard Pengelley, Mariner
Description: London, Cassell and Company, Ltd. Cloth. Stated seventh edition. Bound in green cloth with attractive silver gilt illustration of small boats and their crew traversing ice floes. 351 pages plus ads. With a frontis illustration and small illustrations heading each chapter. A fictional account of a journey to Antarctica, geared toward juvenile audiences. In GOOD+ condition. Minor soiling to the covers with a small noticeable dark spot on the rear cover. Some scuffing, especially along the fore edges and extremities. Some fading to the covers with minor scuffing and wear to the gilt cover illustration. Spine sunned. Extremities scuffed with some bumping to the corners and pulling/fraying to the spine. Front hinge cracked in the interior and rather weak. Text block clean and solid with general darkening to the pages and a previous owner's inscription on the ffep. Nice copy in GOOD+ condition. Good/No Jacket.

Keywords: Antarctica South Pole


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