fess hon (2 risultati)

8vo, pp. 27, [5]; self-wrappers, saddle-stitched; old Brown University rubberstamp at the top of the first leaf, accession numbers in pencil; all else very good. Uncommon: only 7 in OCLC: University of Alberta, Royal Danish Library, Smithsonian, Oberlin, Dartmouth, the U.S. Navy and National Geographic Society. Regarding the accounts of Robert Peary and Frederick Cook and their respective claims of having reached the North Pole. Fess supports Robert E. Peary's claim to discovery of the North Pole and declares similar claim by Frederick A. Cook to be fraudulent. He also states that U.S. Congress does not support Cook.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1917 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 10 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.