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This Distant and Unsurveted Country : A Woman's Winter at Baffin Island, 1857-58
by Ross, W. Gillies
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- fine
- ISBN 10
- 0773516743
- ISBN 13
- 9780773516748
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Montreal: Mcgill-Queen'd University Press, 1997. Hardcover. fine. 1st edition. xli, 258 pp. Dark blue cloth with silver title on spine in a fine dustjacket, Octavo with black and white illustrations in text. A complimentary copy from the Marketing Department of McGill-Queen's University Press. Fine condition An account of a winter whaling voyage to the eastern Canadian Arctic in 1857-58 aboard the 'Lady Franklin' by Margaret Penny, the Captains's wife. 1997
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 139070
- Title
- This Distant and Unsurveted Country : A Woman's Winter at Baffin Island, 1857-58
- Author
- Ross, W. Gillies
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0773516743
- ISBN 13
- 9780773516748
- Publisher
- Mcgill-Queen'd University Press
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Arctic|Canadian Arctic|Whaling
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- Fine
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