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The Captain Of The 'Pole-Star:' Weird And Imaginative Fiction
de Doyle, Arthur Conan
- Usado
- near fine
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1553100689
- ISBN 13
- 9781553100683
- Librería
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Osseo, Wisconsin, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Ashcroft, BC: Ash Tree Pr, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Printing. Limited to 600 copies. Maroon cloth binding. The clear plastic dust jacket cover has scuffing. 460 pages. .
Sinopsis
From the book:September 11th. - Lat. 81 degrees 40' N.; long. 2 degrees E. Still lying-to amid enormous ice fields. The one which stretches away to the north of us, and to which our ice-anchor is attached, cannot be smaller than an English county. To the right and left unbroken sheets extend to the horizon. This morning the mate reported that there were signs of pack ice to the southward. Should this form of sufficient thickness to bar our return, we shall be in a position of danger, as the food, I hear, is already running somewhat short. It is late in the season, and the nights are beginning to reappear. This morning I saw a star twinkling just over the fore-yard, the first since the beginning of May. There is considerable discontent among the crew, many of whom are anxious to get back home to be in time for the herring season, when labour always commands a high price upon the Scotch coast. As yet their displea-sure is only signified by sullen countenances and black looks, but I heard from the second mate this afternoon that they contemplated sending a deputation to the Captain to explain their grievance. I much doubt how he will receive it, as he is a man of fierce temper, and very sensitive about anything approaching to an infringement of his rights. I shall venture after dinner to say a few words to him upon the subject. I have always found that he will tolerate from me what he would resent from any other member of the crew. Amsterdam Island, at the north-west corner of Spitzbe-rgen, is visible upon our starboard quarter-a rugged line of volcanic rocks, intersected by white seams, which represent glaciers. It is curious to think that at the present moment there is probably no human being nearer to us than the Danish settlements in the south of Greenland - a good nine hundred miles as the crow flies. A captain takes a great responsibility upon him-self when he risks his vessel under such circumstances. No whaler has ever remained in these latitudes till so advanced a period of the year.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 032110
- Título
- The Captain Of The 'Pole-Star:' Weird And Imaginative Fiction
- Autor
- Doyle, Arthur Conan
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1553100689
- ISBN 13
- 9781553100683
- Editorial
- Ash Tree Pr
- Lugar de publicación
- Ashcroft, BC
- Fecha de publicación
- 2004
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Palabras clave
- fiction scifi horror fantasy
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