A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology. Reprinted, and Presented to the Arctic Expedition of 1875, by the President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society
by Royal Geographical Society
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1875. xii, 292pp. Octavo. Blue blind-stamped cloth with gold gilt lettering and emblem stamped to the spine. Brown coated endpapers. Illustrated with two folding maps. Some rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. Some very light spotting to the edges of the text block. A very good to near fine copy. A. B. 14929. Under the heading "Arctic Geography and Ethnology". Contributing authors include Dr. Robert Brown, Dr. Rink, Admiral Baron von Wrangell, and Vice-Admiral R. Collinson on Geography, and Clements R. Markham, and Doctors Rink, Simpson and others on Ethnology. 1875
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- Title
- A Selection of Papers on Arctic Geography and Ethnology. Reprinted, and Presented to the Arctic Expedition of 1875, by the President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society
- Author
- Royal Geographical Society
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1875
- Keywords
- Greenland|Polar|Nares Expedition|Arctic
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
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- Spine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
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