The Coral Sea
by VILLIERS, Alan;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York & Toronto, McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1949], First edition. . original cloth, dj (chipped at edge, sunned, price clipped), front endpaper bound upside down by publisher, else near fine in good+ dj. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; v, 310 pp, illustrations from drwgs by James Fuller, maps including map endpapers showing routes of explorers in this area, bibliog, index. . The history of this area, east of Australia in the South Pacific, with an emphasis on early explorers but also some more recent history. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J10896
- Title
- The Coral Sea
- Author
- VILLIERS, Alan;
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth, dj (chipped at edge, sunned, price clipped), front endpaper bound upside down by publisher, else near fine in go
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York & Toronto, McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1949], First edition.
- Size
- 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; v, 310 pp, ill
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel - Pacific & Australia;
Terms of Sale
Horizon Books
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About the Seller
Horizon Books
Biblio member since 2003
Toronto, Ontario
About Horizon Books
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- Good+
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- Sunned
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