1900 Half Hours in the Far North - Life Amid Snow and Ice / James Nisbet, London / Richly Illustrated / Gilt Edged Pages / In Good Condition

In good condition, here is a lovely antique copy of Half Hours in The Far North - Life Amid Snow and Ice. Published in 1899 by James Nisbet & Co., London. Richly illustrated throughout in black and white. Gilt edged on all sides. 

The Half-Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science is referred to at the top of the title page as being for Young Readers, but the books are filled with information and today we would deem the books equally suited for adult readers.

Contents: Iceland; Northern Russia; Greenland; Orkney; Shetland; Arctic Seas; Norway; Sweden.

Inside the pages are clean and tightly bound. Opens onto floral endpapers and the front free endpaper has a couple of bookplates (see photos). There is a small nick to the page next to the right-hand side of the large bookplate. All edges are shiny gilt. The book has developed a mild lean over time.

Red cloth covered boards have attractive black and gilt decoration to the front and spine. In very good order - with just a few very faint dark marks and some fading to the red of the spine. The gilt and black decoration remain shiny bright and this is an eye-catching book.

Your vintage copy of Half Hours in the Far North will be wrapped with care in tissue and ribbon* and will be sent well packaged. I am always happy to add a gift card with a message to the parcel. 

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H 19 cm x W 14 cm, 340 pages, 0.69 kg. I dispatch worldwide daily from the UK. (There are just a very few countries which I am unable to ship to).

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