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Buy this book on-line [Adams, William Henry Davenport] : The Arctic World Illustrated, its Plants, Animals, and Natural PhenomenaT. Nelson and Sons, London, 1879
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. vii, 339pp. 143 illustrations and coloured full-page map 'North Polar Regions'. Brown covers with gilt and black titles and gilt decorative picture of a man in Arctic canoe on front cover, gilt and black borders. Light occasional foxing and head and tail of spine a little worn and split. Otherwise a nice tight, clean copy. The book is undated but has a presentaion inscription from an E. Gordon Jnr to a Mr D. Murchison Glasgow 24th Dec. 1879. The author is also un-named in this edition but the first edition was 1876 and written by William Henry Davenport Adams. The enlarged edition was possibly not completed by him. 'With a narrative of the British Polar Expedition 1875-1876 and other recent voyages'. Well illustrated throughout. Book Condition: V.g.. Binding: Brown cloth, gilt Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of [Adams, William Henry Davenport] : The Arctic World Illustrated, its Plants, Animals, and Natural Phenomena. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, libri antichi, livres illustrées, first editions and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |