The Cruise of the "Cachalot" : Round the World After Sperm Whales
by Bullen, Frank T
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1906. Hardcover. Ex-library, New Plymouth High School, Taranaki New Zealand. Gilt library stamp on front board. Splits to gutters at hinges. School prize label on front endpaper, with recipient's name erased.; "Twelfth impression (second edition)". xx, 375, [1 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 7 plates + 1 folding map. Rebound in half-calf leather binding. Spine with gilt decoration and raised bands, red lettering piece with gilt lettering. Page edges sprinkled in red and blue. Page dimensions: 177 x 116mm. .
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Details
- Seller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 24124
- Title
- The Cruise of the "Cachalot" : Round the World After Sperm Whales
- Author
- Bullen, Frank T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Keywords
- Whaling
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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