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BRIEF HISTORY OF POLAR EXPLORATION SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF FLYING W.L.G. Joerg 1930 1st ed Softcover Pamphlet and Maps in Slipcase Near Fine
By Joerg, W.L.G.
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American Geographical Society, New York, 1930, 1st edition. 50 page softcover with two maps contained in cloth-covered box.
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A grey linen-covered slipcase (with the usual gilt titles on black label of the American Geographical Society to the front) containing the two maps and a fifty-page accompanying booklet, stapled and paper covered. Maps are a physical map of the Arctic and a bathymetric map of the Antarctic.
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