LOPEZ, Barry. Arctic Dreams. Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape. [London], Macmillan, [1986].
8vo. Publisher's wrappers printed in blue; pp. [xxiv], 453, [2]; wrappers a little spotted.
Uncorrected proof copy of the first Britsh edition, marked as such on the printed wrapper; appendices not completed yet. This book became a classic of Polar writing, encompassing the cultural and psychological aspects of the extreme regions and their perception of humans through the ages.
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