discovery and exploration – an atlas-history of man's journeys into the unknown
by Debenham, Frank
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Paul Hamlyn, London, 1968. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: maps & contemporary drawings & photographs. clean copy, slight spotting of the edges of the text block, small bump to the top left of the top of the spine, sticker on the front panel from publisher. Internally clean, no annotations and no underlining. Illustrated with many maps, some in colour some monotone, and also with a chronological expansion of the world exploration over the decades. There is a map index as well this general index. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 272 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: maps & contemporary drawings & photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Exploration; history. Inventory No: 0285604. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0285604
- Title
- discovery and exploration – an atlas-history of man's journeys into the unknown
- Author
- Debenham, Frank
- Illustrator
- maps & contemporary drawings & photographs
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Paul Hamlyn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- BZDB2 exploration history covering atlas discovering Exploration; history. maps & contemporary drawings & photographs Unbranded Debenham, Frank discovery and exploration – an atlas-history of man's journeys into the unknown
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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