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Auction archive: Lot number 19

The Arctic World: Its Plants, Animals, and Natural Phenomena, With a Historical Sketch of Arctic Discovery

Estimate
US$150 - US$250
Price realised:
US$96
Auction archive: Lot number 19

The Arctic World: Its Plants, Animals, and Natural Phenomena, With a Historical Sketch of Arctic Discovery

Estimate
US$150 - US$250
Price realised:
US$96
Beschreibung:

Title: The Arctic World: Its Plants, Animals, and Natural Phenomena, With a Historical Sketch of Arctic Discovery Author: [Adams, William Henry Davenport] Place: London Publisher: Date: T. Nelson Description: 276 pp. Wood-engraved plates & illustrations. 12¾x9½, gilt-pictorial blue cloth, top edge gilt. First Edition. The fauna and flora of the tundra and arctic regions, living with the Eskimo, hunting big game such as polar bear, and fishing in polar waters. There is also a lengthy chapter on the explorations of Parry, Kane, Franklin and other noted polar explorers. Lot Amendments Condition: Joints and edges worn, extremities worn; recased with new endpapers, some foxing within, very good. Item number: 209329

Auction archive: Lot number 19
Auction:
Datum:
21 Jan 2010
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: The Arctic World: Its Plants, Animals, and Natural Phenomena, With a Historical Sketch of Arctic Discovery Author: [Adams, William Henry Davenport] Place: London Publisher: Date: T. Nelson Description: 276 pp. Wood-engraved plates & illustrations. 12¾x9½, gilt-pictorial blue cloth, top edge gilt. First Edition. The fauna and flora of the tundra and arctic regions, living with the Eskimo, hunting big game such as polar bear, and fishing in polar waters. There is also a lengthy chapter on the explorations of Parry, Kane, Franklin and other noted polar explorers. Lot Amendments Condition: Joints and edges worn, extremities worn; recased with new endpapers, some foxing within, very good. Item number: 209329

Auction archive: Lot number 19
Auction:
Datum:
21 Jan 2010
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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