CAPTAIN SCOTT: And the Antarctic Tragedy
by Brent, Peter/Fuchs, V. E. (Introduction)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York, NY: Saturday Review Press (1974) 224 pp. Original purple covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding very bright and clean. Spine ends and bottom corners bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ has light edge wear. Illust. w/ 16 pages of colour plates and about 100 b/w illustrations. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 505BIO
- Title
- CAPTAIN SCOTT: And the Antarctic Tragedy
- Author
- Brent, Peter/Fuchs, V. E. (Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Saturday Review Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY SCOTT ROBERT FALCON 1868 1912 CAPTAINS BRITISH ROYAL NAVY OFFICER EXPLORERS EXPLORATION ANTARCTIC REGIONS ANTARCTICA DISCOVERY SOUTH POLE RACE AMUNDSEN ROALD ENGELBREGT GRAVNING 1872 1928 NORWEGIAN EXPLORERS POLAR REGIONS WORLD HISTORY NONFICTIO
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Terms of Sale
Shoemaker Booksellers
All books are subject to prior sale. E-mail reservations are prefered and strongly recommended. Returns accepted only with prior notification w/in 7 days of receipt and book must be received back in same condition. Shipping costs are only refunded if the book was incorrectly described.
About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
Established in 1992, we are family owned and operated. We strive to provide excellent customer service and our inventory is hand picked for the best quality and subject matter. Our diverse inventory of used, rare and out of print books, as well as ephemera, covers most areas of interest and favors more the uncommon or unusual titles.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting One Book
Instead of collecting by series, author, publisher...why not just one title? Learn more about collecting variations and editions of one book.
Collecting P. T. Barnum
P. T. Barnum was not only one of the founders of modern day circus performance, he was also the author of the second most printed book of the 19th century. Learn about collecting P. T. Barnum books and ephemera here.
