Author: Anonymous
Title: In the Polar Regions or, Nature and Natural History in the Frozen Zone with Anecdotes and Stories of Adventure and Travel
Description: London, T. Nelson and Sons, 1894. Cloth. A scarce illustrated account of polar expeditions, with anecdotes of adventure, travel, and nature in the frozen regions. Illustrated with a frontispiece and sixteen plates, with many in-text images. Collated complete. Accounts of experiences and nature in the polar regions, with chapters on the Arctic summer, polar bears, Eskimos and their dogs, the sea-otter, hunting, the snowy owl, Mount Erebus, and much more. Written anonymously. In the original blue cloth binding. Eternally, sound with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the board. A 3" split in the cloth to the rear joint with small splits at the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd handling mark. Age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front pastedown dated 1904. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Keywords: Polar Regions Nature Natural History Regions Not Stated


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