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Title: Half Hours in the Far North: Life and Snow and Ice
Description: London, Daldy, Isbister and Co , 1877. Cloth. The first edition of this scarcely found instalment from the Half Hour Library of travel, nature and science for young readers. The first edition. A very smart instalment from The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for Young Readers. Very scarce to find this volume on its own. In the publisher's attractive decorative cloth binding with illustrative gilt.This book contains immersive accounts of voyages and travels taken in the far north, such as the quest to find the remnants of the 'Terror' and 'Erebus', travels to northern Russia, and the vast central deserts of Iceland. Illustrated with a frontispiece, sixteen plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Collated, complete. In the original decorative cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the occasional spot. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Half Hours in the Far North Illustrated Geography Natural Science Illustrated Not Stated


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