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Auction #118 begins on 03 Oct 2024

Conway (Sir William Martin)

The First Crossing of Spitsbergen

Being an Account of an Inland Journey of Exploration and Survey, with Descriptions of several Mountain Ascents and into most of the Fjords of Spitsbergen, and of an almost complete circumnavigation of the main Island.

Published: J. M. Dent & Co, London, 1897

Edition: First edition

Reserve: $190

Approximately:

Estimate: $400-420

Bidding opens: 3 Oct 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 10 Oct 16:30 GMT

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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


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