Dangerous Work Diary of an Arctic Adventure

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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First edition

Hardcover, London: British Library, 2012. First Edition. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. In 1880 a young medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle embarked on an Arctic whaler as a ship's surgeon. Doyle kept a diary of his shipboard experiences. This account is now available in this beautiful facsimile edition that reproduces Conan Doyle's notebook pages in his own elegant hand, acompanied by

• Binding: Hardcover

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