"Being an Account of an Inland Journey of Exploration and Survey, with Descriptions of several Mountain Ascents.and into most of the Fjords of Spitsbergen, and of an almost complete circumnavigation of the main Island". With contributions by J. W. Gregory, D.Sc., A. Trevor-Battye, and E. J. Garwood. Green moire silk boards with gilt vignette. Brown cloth spine with gilt title. Gilt top page-block with others untrimmed. Newspaper clipping on inside. Newspaper articles and ephemera loose inside. Sporadic foxing. xii, 371 pages. Colour frontispiece plate. 7 full-page colour plates. Full-page and in-text illustrations. 2 fold-out colour maps. "Conway and companions spent the summers of 1896 and 1897 exploring, climbing and surveying West Spitsbergen. The party conducted challenging overland expeditions as well as thirteen mountain ascents over areas and up mountains then virtually unknown. They surveyed nearly 600 square miles of central West Spitsbergen, which included nearly circumnavigating the entire main island". Shipped and insured [courier liability] with UPS Shipping. N.B. Remote Areas and Island Destinations incur an additional shipping costs of €19.50 levied by the Courier company. Please do not bid unless you are prepared to make this payment should it apply to your address otherwise books cannot ship.