1972, ISBN: 9780333133972

Macmillan Ltd.,, 1972. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 1st UK Edition: xiv, 367pp, xii index, [3], illustrated, 16 b/w photographs & other plates. Blue cloth covers with silver titling to… More...

Macmillan Ltd.,, 1972. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 1st UK Edition: xiv, 367pp, xii index, [3], illustrated, 16 b/w photographs & other plates. Blue cloth covers with silver titling to spine in pictorial unclipped dustjacket. The story of Charles Francis Hall, a 19th century Cincinnati businessman who threw up his career as a printer and publisher, left behind his wife and family, and embarked on an extraordinary expedition to the Arctic without any experience or specialised knowledge. In all he made three sorties, beginning with an under-financed search for the lost seamen of the British Franklin expedition and ending in a disasterous attempt to reach the North Pole. This final expedition was backed by the Grant Administration and ended in tragedy. Hall himself died during the attempt, possibly poisoned. In 1968 his body was exhumed 97 years after its burial in the Arctic, and the author was present at the autopsy. Hall became the first explorer to live among the Eskimos although he was appalled by their sexual behaviour and by their treatment of their old. Shelfware, dustjacket tatty, pieces missing, slight bumping, contents clean. Very Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; ISBN: 0333133978. ISBN/EAN: 9780333133972. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2419. . 9780333133972, Macmillan Ltd., 1972<

1971, ISBN: 9780333133972

London: Macmillan. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 0333133978 . 1971 first edition. Covers are fine, dust jacket very slight rubbing at spine ends, notpri… More...

London: Macmillan. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. 0333133978 . 1971 first edition. Covers are fine, dust jacket very slight rubbing at spine ends, notprice clipped. Internally clean and sound with a tight binding. Octavo,367pp, xiv, xii index.16 illustrations,2 maps. A decent copy. Book # 3960e ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 400 pages ., Macmillan, 1971<

1972, ISBN: 0333133978

[EAN: 9780333133972], Gebraucht, [PU: MACMILLAN], Science|Earth Sciences|Geography, Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Book has some water damage, but book is still completely readable.

1972, ISBN: 9780333133972

Hardcover book. Published by MACMILLAN (1972) Media > Book, [PU: Macmillan]

ISBN: 9780333133972

Hardback. Good.