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The Life And Voyages Of Joseph Wiggins, F.R.G.S. Modern Discoverer Of The Kara Sea Route To Siberia Based On His Journals & Letters -- 1907 FIRST EDITION
by Johnson, Henry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1907. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1907 FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. Original red cloth with gilt lettering and decorations front cover & spine. The book is in very good condition with faded spine, fraying at spine ends, rubbing tips corners, a few light spot marks to covers, former owner bookplate to front pastedown otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on pages, solid binding, no foxing. The book measures 223mm tall x 145mm and has 396 pages + 4 pages of ads at end, 39 b/w illustrations (photos & engravings), folding map. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002914
- Title
- The Life And Voyages Of Joseph Wiggins, F.R.G.S. Modern Discoverer Of The Kara Sea Route To Siberia Based On His Journals & Letters -- 1907 FIRST EDITION
- Author
- Johnson, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, north pole, arctic, polar, greenland, eskimos, inuit, ski, skis, skiing, ski-ing, northeast passage, siberia
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Skiing; Polar;
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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