THE NOOSE OF LAURELS: THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE
de Wally Herbert
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0340412763
- ISBN 13
- 9780340412763
- Librería
-
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
This is a first edition of The Noose of Laurels, The Discovery of the North Pole, published in 1989.
It is both a valuable addition to Arctic history, and a gripping adventure story.
Who was the first to reach the North Pole: Frederick Cook or Robert Peary? Or did neither? This book provides a plausible answer. After the British National Geographic Society persuaded Peary's family to finally release his diary, notes and astronomical observations, veteran polar explorer Wally Herbert was invited to assess them. Herbert, who retraced the routes of both men, provides an intensive examination of each man's claim to the Pole. He demolishes Cook's claim, then seriously questions Peary's. You have to read the book to learn his verdict.
395 pages, including photos.
This was slated for review by the Vancouver Sun. The editor wrote 'For Review' on a post-it note and stuck it to the cover. Then she put the dust jacket back on, no one ever reviewed it, and that post-it note has been until today. So there's a glue mark on the cover (photo #4) but that will dry up and flake off.
There's a little bit of shelfwear to the dust jacket.
The inside is perfect but, as you can see, the publisher used extremely porous paper and it has yellowed considerably.But there are no marks on any of the pages--I don't think it's been read.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Louise Aird (CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1021
- Título
- THE NOOSE OF LAURELS
- Autor
- Wally Herbert
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Perfect
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good+
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0340412763
- ISBN 13
- 9780340412763
- Editorial
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Lugar de publicación
- United Kingdom
- Fecha de publicación
- 1989
- Páginas
- 395
- Palabras clave
- Arctic history, Frederick Cook, Robert Peary, Exploration, North Pole
- Catálogos del vendedor
- British History; American History; Canadian History; World History; Adventure, Travel & Exploration;
Términos de venta
Louise Aird
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- Shelfwear
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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Categorías de este libro
- Países y culturas Polar
- Historia Historia occidental Historia de los Estados Unidos
- Historia Historia occidental Historia canadiense
- Historia Historia occidental Historia europea Historia de Europa Occidental Historia británica
- Historia Historia mundial
- Viajes y exploración Viaje
- Viajes y exploración Exploración
- Biografías y ensayos Biografía y memorias