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NY: DIAL PRESS. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1947,1952. New Revised Edition". HARDCOVER. 5x8" thick for PampletTHICK. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN GOOD CLIPT(NOPR ICE) DUST JACKET..TASTEFULL SAILING SHIP BOOKPLATE EP "Gayle reynolds" ..NICE DJ HAS 1" CHIP BOTTOM BACK PANEL.. ; Black spine titles on deep green cloth hard covers..Red titles on light green paper dust jacket.. ; 788ps HEAVY pages; "Earliest Times to Present, as told by Explorers" .
Great Adventures and Explorations from the Earliest Times to the Present, as told by the Explorers Themselves by Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (Edited and with an Introduction and Comments by), and Wilcox, Olive Rathbun (with collaboration by) - 1947
by Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (Edited and with an Introduction and Comments by), and Wilcox, Olive Rathbun (with collaboration by)
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Great Adventures and Explorations from the Earliest Times to the Present, as told by the Explorers Themselves
by Stefansson, Vilhjalmur (Edited and with an Introduction and Comments by), and Wilcox, Olive Rathbun (with collaboration by)
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New York: Dial Press, 1947. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner.. Harrison, Richard Edes (Maps designed by), and Faye, Harold (Map art by).. 1 Copper-colored cloth over boards. Gold spine titles; xii, 788 p. 22 cm. Includes Maps. One of the world's greatest explorers, Vilhjalmur Stefansson first voyaged to the Arctic in 1904. He has been awarded international by several governments and by Geographical Societies. He proved in 1912 success in exploration combined native ideas with modern science, when he spent 53 months in the Arctic wastes. Admiral Robert E Peary was an admirer. Accounts from the earliest Mediterranean discoveries and North America to finding the South and North Poles.
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- Date Published 1947
- Keywords Harrison, Richard Edes, Map designer|Faye, Harold, map artist
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GREAT ADVENTURES AND EXPLORATIONS...FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE PRESENT AS TOLD BY THE EXPLORERS THEMSELVES
by STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR (ED) .;.WILCOX, OLIVE RATHBUN; & HARRISON, RICHARD EDES maps
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Great Adventures and Explorations from the Earliest Times to the Present as Told by the Explorers Themselves
by STEFANSSON, Vilhjalmur, edited with an introduction and comments by
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New York: The Dial Press, 1952. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New revised edition. 788pp. Very good with mottled boards and a faded spine in a very good dustwrapper with internal staining, chips and tears to the edges, and staining to the rear panel. A Permanent Library Book.
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Great Adventures and Explorations. From the Earliest Times to the Present, as Told by the Explorers Themselves.
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New York. : The Dial Press., 1947.. First edition. . Gilt decorated hard cover. . Fine copy. . Folio. . Illustrated. Maps. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.
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GREAT ADVENTURES AND EXPLORATIONS From the Earliest Times to the Present As Told by the Explorers Themselves
by Vilhjalmur Stefansson
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New York: Dial Press. 1952. New Revised Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Light damp stains on spine and boards. Small open tears on spine crown and heel and panel corners. Small closed tears on front gutter and rear panel side edge. .
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