Hovgaard l (6 resultados)
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Librería: Basi6 International, Irving, TX, Estados Unidos de AmericaBasi6 International
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EUR 162,64
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Condición: Brand New. New. US edition. Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service.
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Editorial: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London, 1882
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Librería: Compton Books, Guildford, Reino UnidoCompton Books
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EUR 230,25
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A very good copy in publishers illustrated olive green cloth with gilt lettering to front cover and spine. School Presentation plate on the front paste down. With three maps and the forty seven original illustrations. Frontise fold out map+liv+293+fold out map. Some light foxing. Ver…y small Nick to top of spine. The SS Vega departed Sweden in July 1878 and became the first vessel to both circumnavigate Eurasia and successfully navigate the Arctic's Northern Passage. While Nordenskiöld's primary two-volume official report is better known as The Voyage of the Vega, Hovgaard's publication provides a popular, richly illustrated first-hand perspective that includes folding color maps, engravings, and details on Indigenous cultures, such as the Chukchi, Samoyeds, and Alaskan Inuit. Arctic flora and fauna, including observations of Novaya Zemlya and Steller's sea cow. Scientific discoveries, covering geomagnetic observations and space dust.
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- Edición internacional
Librería: UK BOOKS STORE, London, LONDO, Reino UnidoUK BOOKS STORE
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EUR 352,84
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Condición: New. Brand New! Fast Delivery This is an International Edition and ship within 24-48 hours. Deliver by FedEx and Dhl, & Aramex, UPS, & USPS and we do accept APO and PO BOX Addresses. Order can be delivered worldwide within 6-10 days and we do have flat rate for up to 2LB. Extra shipping charges will be requested if th…e Book weight is more than 5 LB. This Item May be shipped from India, United states & United Kingdom. Depending on your location and availability.
Editorial: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London, 1882
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- Primera edición
Librería: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Sur AfricaChapter 1
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EUR 135,34
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Añadir al carritoHardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 293 pages plus folded maps (complete). A handsome copy. Full leather. Stamped with the badge of 'Upland College Stoke Newington Green'. The leathered boards are smart. They do have some wear to the shelving edges, corners and seams. The title panel on the spine has been…worn so that the titling is indistinct. The gilt decoration has just genial wear. They are steady, sound, healthy. Marbled paper trims. Marbled end papers. The front pastedown has a school presentation label. The contents are gratifying. They do have some shallow puddles of foxing here and there, but by far, they are clean, clear, confident, evocative, thrilling, eager. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Más imágenesEditorial: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London, 1882
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Librería: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Reino UnidoRooke Books PBFA
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Condición: Usado - Aceptable
EUR 236,31
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Añadir al carritoCloth. Condición: Good. First edition. The fascinating first English language edition of a Danish naval officer's account of the first crossing of the Northeast Passage. Complete with colour folding maps and numerous further illustrations. The first English language edition of Danish Navy Commander Andreas Hovgaard's account of…Adolf Erik Nordenskiold's Vega Expedition, where Hovgaard was in charge of both meteorological and geomagnetic observations. Translated from the original Danish by H. L. Braekstad.Illustrated with three colour maps, two of which are folding, and a further forty seven plates and vignette illustrations consisting of both views of the expedition's surroundings, and portraits of those on board. Collated, complete.The finest achievement amongst Nordenskiold's many Arctic explorations was the Vega expedition, where the SS Vega became the first vessel to circumnavigate the Eurasian continent, and the first ship to complete a voyage through the Northern Passage.With the bookplate of the James Hadden Circulating Library to the front pastedown, and no further library markings within, and athirty-two page publisher's catalogue to the rear.In this richly illustrated work, Commander Hovgaard provides a thrilling first hand account of a pioneering voyage. In the publisher's original pictorial cloth binding, with gilt title. Back strip faded, with bumping to spine head and tail, and board extremities. Front and rear hinges starting, with boards holding firm. Circulating library bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, generally firmly bound, though strained towards centre of text block. Pages bright, with scattered areas of spotting and handling marks, including to maps and plates. Good. Not Stated (ilustrador). book.
Más imágenesEditorial: London Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington, 1882
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Librería: Shapero Rare Books, London, Reino UnidoShapero Rare Books
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EUR 302,97
Envío por EUR 17,65Se envía de Reino Unido a Estados Unidos de AmericaCantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Añadir al carritoFirst English edition; 8vo (22 x 15 cm); 47 engraved illustrations, 3 colour maps, 2 of which folding including frontispiece, prize inscription to first blank, bookplate to front pastedown, some very light spotting to title; full tree calf prize binding, gilt school crest to upper boards, spine in six gilt compartments with gilt… morocco lettering piece, all edges gilt, touch of rubbing to extremities, a fine copy; xlviii, 293 pp. A fine prize binding copy of the narrative of the Swedish Vega expedition, the first Arctic expedition to navigate through the Northeast Passage, the sea route between Europe and Asia through the Arctic Ocean, and the first voyage to circumnavigate Eurasia. Although weighed down by a troubled start to the enterprise, the expedition has come to be considered to one of the most important successes for Swedish science in the nineteenth century.
