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1 volume. Final edition 1897.
With contributions by J. W. Gregory, D.Sc.,
A. Trevor-Battye, and E. J. Garwood.
Green moire silk boards with gilt vignette.
Brown cloth spine with gilt title.
Gilt top page-block with others untrimmed.
Newspaper clipping on inside.
Newspaper articles and ephemera loose inside.
Sporadic foxing.
xii, 371 pages.
Colour frontispiece lithograph.
7 full-page colour lithographs.
Full-page and in-text illustrations.
2 fold-out colour maps.
"Conway and companions spent the summers of 1896 and 1897
exploring, climbing and surveying West Spitsbergen. The party
conducted challenging overland expeditions as well as thirteen
mountain ascents over areas and up mountains then virtually
unknown. They surveyed nearly 600 square miles of central
West Spitsbergen, which included nearly circumnavigating
the entire main island", [AB 3378].
Recorded shipping weight 1500g
Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.
- Binding Condition: Very good
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 24.5 x 18.5 cm
- Name: West Clare Rare Books
- Contact Person: Tom Moloney
- Country: Ireland
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 0657087803
- Preferred Payment Methods: Credit Cards - PayPal - Cheque.
- Trade Associations: AA Approved
