Buy this book on-line Sides, Hampton : In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS JeannetteDoubleday, New York, 2014
Signed by Hampton Sides in black ink on a front flyleaf. Original publisher's gray paper-covered boards backed with white cloth. Silver-foil lettering on book spine. Original illustrated paper dust jacket included. Dust jacket has a mostly blue color palette and white and silver-foil lettering on front panel and spine. Color illustrations on endpapers. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." 454 pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations and printed photographs included. Notes and Selected Bibliography in the back. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for a small spot at bottom of text block (likely not a remainder mark). Covers are virtually pristine and intact with sharp corners except for minuscule wear to extremities. Binding is tight. Dust jacket is virtually pristine and intact except for minuscule wear to extremities and slight wrinkling and edge wear to the original gilt sticker tipped in on front panel that reads, "Signed First Edition." Dust jacket is not price-clipped. A Fine book in a Fine dust jacket. A history by Hampton Sides that tells the gripping story of the USS Jeannette expedition of 1879-1881. The crew's mission was to reach the North Pole via the Bering Strait. The expedition was financed by James Gordon Bennett, Jr., owner of the New York Herald and overseen by the United States government. German cartographer August Petermann played a pivotal role in the decision to explore the arctic region using the Bering Strait route. The leader of the expedition and commanding officer of the USS Jeannette was George W. De Long who was accompanied by a party of thirty-two other men. Sides delves into the background of the expedition and the events that transpired during the thirty-three men's harrowing journey. Hampton Sides (b. 1962) is an American historian, author, and journalist. He is perhaps best-known for his narrative histories and other works of nonfiction. Sides has written for a number of periodicals and newspapers including the American Scholar, National Geographic, and the Wall Street Journal.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine 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 Sides, Hampton : In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette. 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 antiquarian books, out-of-print books, first editions, fine bindings and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |