11-16-200811-16-2008
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2433Boston
November 16, 2008 11:00 AMCalender
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(Arctic Exploration and Maps/Charts)

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2433Location: BostonDate / Time: November 16, 2008 11:00AM

Description:

(Arctic Exploration and Maps/Charts), Five titles in seven volumes, comprising a group of American Geographic Society of New York publications: Boyd, Louise A., The Fiord Region of East Greenland, 1935, text volume and slipcase of six folding maps/charts, and eight photographic folding plates; Forbes, Alexander, Northernmost Labrador Mapped from the Air, 1938, with text volume and slipcase of eight folding maps; Problems of Polar Research, 1928; and a slipcase of two polar maps c. 1929; together with Griggs, Robert F., The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Washington: The National Geographic Society, 1922, all large 8vo, (minor age wear, some toning, and brittleness).
Estimate $150-200

Keywords

American Geographic Society of New York, Ten Thousand Smokes, Polar Research, Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, National Geographic Society