Practical Hints to Scientific Travellers [Six Volumes]

Six volumes, all 12mo., uniformly bound. The first volume is the revised second edition and the other volumes are all first editions. All volumes bound in light gray cloth with black blocked title label to the front board and spine and gold gilt lettering stamped to both. Black and white illustrations, maps and charts throughout all volumes. Volumes III, IV, V and VI all have their glassine jackets. A touch of toning to spines of the first two volumes, otherwise an attractive set in tight and clean condition. A complete set of this wonderful guide to traveling in different regions of the world; each volume contains articles by different authors with scientific knowledge that focus on a particular region of the world. The second volume has the chapters: "Polar Regions", "Spitsbergen", "Novaya Zemlya", "Greenland" and "Turkestan"; the fourth volume has a chapter called "Antarctica" by Griffith Taylor and the sixth volume's first chapter is on Canada, as a whole. Although this set isn't completely polar related, it does contain several chapters throughout that focus on the various polar regions, as well as providing fascinating information and illustrations for the other parts of the world as well.…