THE QUEST FOR POLAR TREASURES.
Published by The Macmillan Company, 1933
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used





Seller: Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, United KingdomPolar Books
AbeBooks seller since May 27, 2023
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 41.13
Quantity: 1 available
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1st US Edition, (The Czech original, "Po Stopach Poldrnich Pokladu" was published in 1930): 352pp. Yellow cloth covers with black titling in dustjacket. Jan Welzl (1868–1948), travelled through Northern Canada and the polar regions, worked as a gold prospector, and became an Eskimo chief. Shelfware, dustjacket very tatty, pieces missing. Covers grubby, spine spotted, end papers spotted. Signature on fep. Contents clean. Good This is the first USA edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2972.
Seller Inventory # 2972
Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE QUEST FOR POLAR TREASURES.
- Author
- Welzl, Jan (Introduction by Golombek, B & Valenta, E; Translated by Weatherall, M. & R.)
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Publication year
- 1933
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- Poor
- Binding
- Cloth
- Edition
- First English Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic
Polar Books
Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since May 27, 2023
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 14 to 45 business days | 5 to 14 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 33.27 | US$ 46.58 |
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We have secondhand and rare antiquarian books, scientific papers, reports, maps, photographs and other ephemera on Antarctica, the Arctic, polar travel, history, mountaineering and exploration and whaling for sale. If you are looking for scarce book you could find it here. Alternatively if you cannot find a particular book please contact us as we may not have got round to adding the book you are looking for to our catalogue.
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Polar Books
United Kingdom
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