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Hayes, Isaac I.

The Land of Desolation; Being a Personal Narrative of Observations and Adventure in Greenland

1892

107,16 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1892
Luogo di stampa
New York. Harper & Brothers
Autore
Hayes, Isaac I.
Edizione
First edition.
Soggetto
Travel - Polar
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

12mo [19 x 13 cm]; 357, [2, ads] pp frontis, 39 illus, mostly being full-page and maps. original cloth with gilt picture on front cover in black border, gilt spine title lettering, spine ends lightly frayed, spine slightly faded but lettering clear, endpaper inscription, very good clean and sound copy. A picture of this book is available upo Arctic Bibliography 6792: 'Narrative of a visit to Greenland in the steam yacht of the artist William Bradford, 1869, giving an account of the trip along the coast, from Julianehaab to Melville Bay, with chapters on the Norst ruins, on the settlement of Julianehaab, glaciers, icebergs, fiords, polar bear hunting, Upernavik, Disko Island, Godhavn, etc, with numerous illustrations of local scenes and customs'. Smith H62: 'interestingly written'.