THE ROMANCE OF MODERN EXPLORATION : With Descriptions of Curious Customs, Thrilling Adventures and Interesting Discoveries of Explorers in All Parts of the World

Archibald Williams

Published by J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA, 1905

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Text/trace soil spot to pg 22, else AS NEW. Illustrated, bi-color, gilt embossed green linen boards/NF w/light edge & surface wear. DJ/None. PO name to fEP. Frontispiece w/tissue guard: Photo of Lhasa Palace of the Buddhist Pope, Dalai Lama. To explore is to probe, investigate that which is not yet known. English technical journalist Archibald Williams (1871 - 1934), began to write a series of this romantic genre for young readers 1903. This volume of 1905, is the 5th in the series. Anthor excursion into the universe of discovery. 384 pgs, 26 illustrations w/tissue guards. 35 biographies of 19th century men who explored life and earth in Tibet, Turkestan, Manchuria, East India, Africa, the Middle East, Australia and the North Pole --- a world remote from done, scanning by dromes, scarred by technologically advanced warfare, while a superlative examle of prose admired in the 1990s & what the words sought to convey. Seller Inventory # 010250

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Title: THE ROMANCE OF MODERN EXPLORATION : With ...

Publisher: J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA

Publication Date: 1905

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible - Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: First American Edition, First Printing