Conquering the Arctic Ice

Conquering the Arctic Ice, With Numerous Illustrations and Maps. Ejnar Mikkelsen. 1909. London: William Heinemann. 8vo. (5.5" x 8.75") Lacking dust jacket. 470 pp. Full grey cloth with pictorial cover of a polar bear and black lettering, rear board with embossed Heinemann colophon to lower corner. Gilt lettering to spine. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed, head and foot of spine ruffled. Evidence of gutter repair to front and rear, spine slightly cocked. First Edition. Illustrated with b& w photographs, two maps, one folding, all accounted for.