Adventures of Uncle Sam’s Soldiers: 1st Edition 1907 Hardcover Harper & Bros.
This Excerpt from Adventures of Uncle Sam’s Sailors: ” NO war could offer severer tests Of courage and endurance than the Arctic expeditions Of Commander Peary, who, in the year 1906, planted the American ag nearer the north pole than any one has ever gone before”. This book Opens with the gallant explorer’s own descriptions of his Arctic life, when, in 1891 1892, he remained in the North, and determined that Greenland is an island, and discovered Melville Land and Heilprin Land, which lie beyond.
- Author: Commander R.E. Peary, U.S.N., Captain A.V. Wadhams, U.S.N., Molly Elliot Seawell, Franklin Matthews, Kirk Munroe and others.
- Publisher: Harper & Brothers, NY and London.
Illustrated black/blue/red boards are intact with wear to edges, corners and spine. Discoloration is apparent and stains on front cover. Bend on lower right corner of cover. The spine is intact and pages connected. Edges are tanned. The inner front cover contains inked inscription to former owners. The text is overall in very clean condition, although slightly tanned and shows some type of staining on some of the pages but does not cover the text. Overall, for its age, the book is in good condition.
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Item is in USED GOOD condition, photos are of actual item. We do our best to point out any major flaws.