Add this copy of Russell W. Porter: Arctic Explorer, Artist, Telescope to cart. $49.95, very good condition, Sold by Michael Patrick McCarty, Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New Castle, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Bond Wheelwright Company.
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Very Good. No Dustjacket. Size: 9x6x1; Russell Porter was the cofounder of the amateur telescope making movement in the United States and architectural draftsman of the 200-in. Hale Telescope at Palomar Mountain. Porter studied civil engineering at the University of Vermont and architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT] but abandoned his coursework to pursue arctic exploration under the influence of admiral Robert Peary. Porter served as surveyor, astronomer, and artist on the ill-fated Fiala-Ziegler Expedition that failed to reach the North Pole (1903-1905). He also surveyed and mapped Mount McKinley in Alaska, but did not reach its summit. Following these adventures, Porter temporarily settled at Port Clyde, Maine, where he married Alice Belle (1907); the couple had two children. There, he constructed his first telescopes and observatories.
Add this copy of Russell W. Porter: Arctic Explorer, Artist, Telescope to cart. $65.00, like new condition, Sold by Structure, Verses, Agency Book rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Spray, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Bond Wheelwright Co.
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As New in As New jacket. Size: 8vo 8"-9" tall; Berton C. Willard has penned a fine biography, with David O. Woodbury providing a Preface, of Russell W. Porter, and has signed the title page in ballpoint pen, in 2003. Laid in is a photo postcard protected in plastic sheet on card stock, titled "Eskimos, Chevak, Alaska". First Edition, First Printing. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf-and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Hardcover. Laid in to this octavo format copy is Black-and-white photos and illustrations throughout. The dust jacket blurb notes that Russell W. Porter (1871-1949) was born in Springfield, Vermont and became an artist, engineer, astronomer and arctic explorer, but came to be most influential as an amateur telescope-maker. The biography is heavy on diaries, publications, letters, and interviews. xiii+ 274 pp. plus full notes, bibliography, and index.
Add this copy of Russell W. Porter, Arctic Explorer, Artist, Telescope to cart. $98.95, very good condition, Sold by THE OREGON ROOM rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Phoenix, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by Bond Wheelwright Company.
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Very Good. Size: 9x6x1; Signed by author on title page, 1976 hardcover 1st edition, Fine-/VG+ DJ in Mylar, dustjacket has creases at top edges-moreso on rear panel-in new Mylar, no other markings found, cover has slight wear at bottom corner.
