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John Buchan SIGNED The Last Secrets; The Final Mysteries of Exploration 1923
John Buchan SIGNED The Last Secrets; The Final Mysteries of Exploration 1923
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The Last Secrets: the Final Mysteries of Exploration
By John Buchan
SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1923 First Edition. Hardback in pictorial cloth binding, 8vo, 303 pages, illustrated with frontispiece, eleven plates, and ten maps. Collated complete. Signed by the author and dated Dec 1923.
This book gives a detailed record of some of the main explorative achievements of the first two decades of the twentieth century. A fascinating glimpse into one the most exciting epochs for exploration,
CONTENTS
“Lhasa”, “The Gorges of the Brahmaputra”, “The North Pole”, “The Mountains of the Moon”, “The South Pole”, “Mount McKinley”, “The Holy Cities of Islam”, “The Exploration of New Guinea”, and “Mount Everest”.
John Buchan (1875–1940) was a Scottish novelist (Famous for his 'Thirty-Nine Steps') and historian who served as Governor General of Canada. Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
CONDITION
A good first signed edition. The cloth binding is in very good condition. Endpapers good. Some spotting to the half-title page and the reverse blank side of the frontispiece. Pages clean throughout with perhaps the odd faint spot to the odd margin. Overall a good signed first edition.
(Location : Glass Cabinet 4)
By John Buchan
SIGNED AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR
Published by Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1923 First Edition. Hardback in pictorial cloth binding, 8vo, 303 pages, illustrated with frontispiece, eleven plates, and ten maps. Collated complete. Signed by the author and dated Dec 1923.
This book gives a detailed record of some of the main explorative achievements of the first two decades of the twentieth century. A fascinating glimpse into one the most exciting epochs for exploration,
CONTENTS
“Lhasa”, “The Gorges of the Brahmaputra”, “The North Pole”, “The Mountains of the Moon”, “The South Pole”, “Mount McKinley”, “The Holy Cities of Islam”, “The Exploration of New Guinea”, and “Mount Everest”.
John Buchan (1875–1940) was a Scottish novelist (Famous for his 'Thirty-Nine Steps') and historian who served as Governor General of Canada. Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
CONDITION
A good first signed edition. The cloth binding is in very good condition. Endpapers good. Some spotting to the half-title page and the reverse blank side of the frontispiece. Pages clean throughout with perhaps the odd faint spot to the odd margin. Overall a good signed first edition.
(Location : Glass Cabinet 4)
