The Arctic world: it's plants, animals, and natural phenomena - With a historical sketch of Arctic discovery
1876, First Edition. London : T. Nelson and Sons, Paternoster Row; Edinburgh; and New York. 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. Item #182257
Price: €275.00