Letters from High Latitudes; Being Some Account of a Voyage in 1856 in the Schooner Yacht 'Foam' to Iceland, Jan Mayen, and Spitzbergen
by Lord Dufferin
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1967. 252pp + book catalogue dated 1866, frontispiece and 9 full-page plates, text-ills, tinted end-papers. EX-LIBRARY copy with plate laid down on the front paste-down, stamps on otherwise blank prelim, frontis recto, title page (no text affected) and lightly placed throughout in margins, not affecting the text or illustrations. Edges uncut. Decorative blue cloth boards, gilt, with library sticker by the spine foot, a 45 mm tear from the spine head runs under the title but above the author's name. A small section of cloth has been lost at the spine head.. Fifth Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo. Ex-Library.
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- Seller
- Lawrence Jones
(AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 016785
- Title
- Letters from High Latitudes; Being Some Account of a Voyage in 1856 in the Schooner Yacht 'Foam' to Iceland, Jan Mayen, and Spitzbergen
- Author
- Lord Dufferin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Voyages Exploration Arctic Polar Loch Goil Clan Campbell Stornaway North Atlantic Floki Ravens Faxa Fjord Thule Reykjavik Eider Ducks Snorro Sturleson Greenland Colonly Finland skoalAlmannagia Rabnagia Witch-Drowning Geyser Prince Napoleon Reine Hortense
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Exploration; Mountaineering, Caving, Arctic and Antarctic;
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About the Seller
Lawrence Jones
Biblio member since 2006
Ashmore, Queensland
About Lawrence Jones
I carry a general stock of approx 70000 titles of which only a small percentage is online. Viewing at my Ashmore bookrooms is welcome by appointment. While not specializing I have a good selection of art, natural history, military and surfing in stock. I also have many other non-fiction subjects, as well as approx 10000 paperback fiction titles on hand.
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