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BIRD LIFE AT THE POLE BY COMMANDER CHRISTOPHER ROBIN AS TOLD TO WOLCOTT GIBBS
by Wolcott Gibbs
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Morrow & Co, New York, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition 171pages. Original covers in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket for protection. Illustrated, b/w illustrations. Bruton & Bruton (illustrator, 1 map, pictorial end papers. Gift inscription dated 1936 on front end paper, all illustrations present. Shelf wear, 1 plate loose and 1 plate has some glue residue where it has been reattached in the past but overall in good condition. Satire on Famous Explorers and their travel plans. This is the first USA edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 401. .
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 401
- Title
- BIRD LIFE AT THE POLE BY COMMANDER CHRISTOPHER ROBIN AS TOLD TO WOLCOTT GIBBS
- Author
- Wolcott Gibbs
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Morrow & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- BZDB349 antarctic, arctic, exploration, polar. Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Wolcott Gibbs BIRD LIFE AT THE POLE BY COMMANDER CHRISTOPHER ROBIN AS TOLD TO WOLCOTT GIBBS.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration;
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