The First Crossing of Greenland...translated from the Norwegian by Huberet Majendie Gepp
by Nansen, Fritjof
- Used
- Condition
- Full red polished contemporary calf, gilt spine "Heatherdown/ Ascot" in gilt on upper cove, edges marbled, by Bickers & Sons. Fi
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1910. New Impression. Illus xii, [ii], 452pp. 8vo. Full red polished contemporary calf, gilt spine "Heatherdown/ Ascot" in gilt on upper cove, edges marbled, by Bickers & Sons. Fine. New Impression. Illus xii, [ii], 452pp. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 318569
- Title
- The First Crossing of Greenland...translated from the Norwegian by Huberet Majendie Gepp
- Author
- Nansen, Fritjof
- Format/Binding
- Illus xii, [ii], 452pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Full red polished contemporary calf, gilt spine "Heatherdown/ Ascot" in gilt on upper cove, edges marbled, by Bickers & Sons. Fi
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Impression
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Arctic / Antarctic | British
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The Old Mill Bookshop
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey
About The Old Mill Bookshop
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue. The Madison avenue store is an oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art.
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- Calf
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- Gilt
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