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The Land of Desolation Being a Personal narrative of Observation and Adventure in Greenland.

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The Land of Desolation Being a Personal narrative of Observation and Adventure in Greenland.

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FIRST EDITION. Publishers brown cloth with gilt vignette. Gilt title to spine. Colour endpapers, presentation bookplate. Frontispiece plate. Full-page and in-text illustrations. Narrative of a visit to Greenland in the steam yacht of the artist William Bradford, 1869, giving an account of the trip along the coast, from Julianehaab to Melville Bay, with chapters on the Norst ruins, on the settlement of Julianehaab, glaciers, icebergs, fiords, polar bear hunting, Upernavik, Disko Island, Godhavn, etc, A very lovely copy.

Publisher: Harper & Brothers., New York

Author: Isaac I. Hayes

Date Published: 1872

Binding: Hardback

Condition: Very Good

Weight: 486g

Reserve: $15.00

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