howgate george (5 Ergebnisse)

Diss. Philadelphia 1938. VIII, 363 pages. Softcover. Stamped.[#66688].

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 376 pages. 9.00x6.00x9.21 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. No detailed description available for George Santayana .&Uumlber den AutorGeorge W. Howgate.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

First edition. 12mo. Original printed wrappers, spine a little darkened, bookplates to front and rear wrappers. 183, [1]pp. Washington, An excellent copy of this rare account of the Arctic.   Under the command of Capt. G.E. Tyson, the Florence spent the winter of 1877-8 near Baffin Island collecting supplies to equip a scientific expedition to Lady Franklin Bay the following year, with the ultimate plan of establishing a colony there. The expedition wintered in the Cumberland Sound region of Baffin Island and the text gives a daily account of their activities.   Maggs handled this same copy in 2006. We've had no other in the last 35 years. Auction records list just four copies between 1905 and 1969 and none since. This copy has the Beekman Pool bookplate on the rear wrapper.   Arctic Bibliography, 18168.