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THE CONQUEST OF THE NORTH POLE
by Hayes, J. Gordon
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Thornton Butterworth, 1937. Cloth. Very Good. Keystone Library Edition; 317 pp, plus 3 pp of advertisements. Illustrated with 22 b/w photographs, 11 maps and diagrams (including one double page and 3 folding). Original green cloth, blind stamped colophon on front cover, black titling on front and spine. Arctic Bibl. 6800. Excellent review & summary of Arctic activity 1909-1934. Shelfware, spine sunned, some very minor foxing to page edges, eps age toned. Very Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2301. .
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2301
- Title
- THE CONQUEST OF THE NORTH POLE
- Author
- Hayes, J. Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thornton Butterworth
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- BZDB349 qpolarq, polar, antarctic, expedition. polar books antarctic book arctic book Artic/Arctic, Antartic/Antarctic Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Hayes, J. Gordon THE CONQUEST OF THE NORTH POLE.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic;
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Llandudno, Conwy
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- 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....
- Colophon
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- Sunned
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