Andrée's balloon expedition in search of the North pole
1898, First Edition. New York : Frederick A. Stokes Company. Very good copy in the original white-illustrated blue cloth boards, now somewhat rubbed at the edges. Spine lightly dust-dulled, with endbands somewhat rubbed. Some faint damp-staining to the fore-margin of some early leaves, with interior remaining otherwise tight, bright and clean. A well-preserved copy overall. Item #461075
Physical description; 306 pages : illustrations, plates, portraits ; 21 cm. Notes; Translated from the French. Account of S. A. Andrée's ill-fated Arctic balloon expedition of 1897. Subjects; Andrée, Salomon August 1854-1897. Balloon ascensions Arctic regions. Andrée's Balloon Expedition (1897) Arctic regions Discovery and exploration Swedish. North Pole Discovery and exploration. Explorers Sweden Biography. Aeronautics Arctic regions.
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