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CONWAY, William Martin (1856-1937). The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1897.
The first edition of Conway’s survey of Spitsbergen. Conway, a British art professor and mountaineer, spent two summers surveying the interior of Spitsbergen. This volume, with plates after his photographs and sketches, records his first season of work. Arctic Bib. 3378
Octavo (235 x 170mm). Title page in red and black; 58 plates, 8 of which colored; 2 folding maps; in-text photographic illustrations. Publisher’s original green and tan cloth, top edge gilt. Provenance: Milton M. R. Freeman (signature) – High Latitude, Bainbridge Island.
The first edition of Conway’s survey of Spitsbergen. Conway, a British art professor and mountaineer, spent two summers surveying the interior of Spitsbergen. This volume, with plates after his photographs and sketches, records his first season of work. Arctic Bib. 3378
Octavo (235 x 170mm). Title page in red and black; 58 plates, 8 of which colored; 2 folding maps; in-text photographic illustrations. Publisher’s original green and tan cloth, top edge gilt. Provenance: Milton M. R. Freeman (signature) – High Latitude, Bainbridge Island.