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Arctic Ordeal: The Journal of John Richardson Surgeon-Naturalist With Franklin 1820-1822
by Houston, C. Stuart (ed)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0773504184
- ISBN 13
- 9780773504189
- Seller
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About This Item
Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press, 1984. First Canadian Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hochbaum, H. Albert. xxxiii, 349pp w appendices, notes, bibliography and index. Eight indexed maps, nine indexed tables. In-text illustrations by H. Albert Hochbaum were each drawn on site while following the route of the explorers described in the journal. Light purple endpapers. Med blue cloth w crisp silver lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Illustrated DJ shows small wear to head. DJ moderately yellowed at edges and spine. DJ now preserved in archival cover. Quarto. Appendixes by John W. Thomson (Lichenology) and Walter O. Kupsch (Geology) and with a Foreword by W. Gillies Ross.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044221
- Title
- Arctic Ordeal: The Journal of John Richardson Surgeon-Naturalist With Franklin 1820-1822
- Author
- Houston, C. Stuart (ed)
- Illustrator
- Hochbaum, H. Albert
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Canadian Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0773504184
- ISBN 13
- 9780773504189
- Publisher
- McGill-Queens University Press
- Place of Publication
- Kingston and Montreal
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 349
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Northwest Territories - description and travel - to 1900. Arctic regions - discovery and exploration - British. Scientific expeditions - Arctic regions. Natural history - Northwest Territories. Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865. NOISBN Pre-Confederati
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian History; Exploration / Travel / Adventure;
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