The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton C.V.O., O.B.E. (Mil.), LL.D
by Mill, Hugh Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1933 8vo. original blue cloth gilt (prize bookplate to front pastedown & gilt crest to upper board, spine faded & spotted, slight fading & rubbing to exposed cloth edges, scattered foxing to leaf edges & on occasion into margins, else clean); pp. xvi (last blank), 312, with 20 illustrations & 4 maps. A good copy.. Cheap Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008936
- Title
- The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton C.V.O., O.B.E. (Mil.), LL.D
- Author
- Mill, Hugh Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Cheap Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
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