NORTH, the Nature and Drama of the Polar World
by Kaare Rodahl, MD (foreword by Charles Swithinbank)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Top edge dusty. Rear of jacket has foxing at top. Sound binding. Jacket without gaps, creases etc. Previous owner has stamped i
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
William Heinemann, London - first edition 1954 Hardcover, 8" x 5", with dust jacket Top edge dusty. Rear of jacket has foxing at top. Sound binding. Jacket without gaps, creases etc. Previous owner has stamped initials 'SB' on three pages. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Light-blue cloth-bound hardcover, with gold type to spine, azimuthal map endpapers, 25 b/w photos, & jacket. A Norwegian scientist & explorer gives fascinating detail on human, animal, & plant survival at Pole - half adventure, half revelations, but fact!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26638
- Title
- NORTH, the Nature and Drama of the Polar World
- Author
- Kaare Rodahl, MD (foreword by Charles Swithinbank)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 8" x 5", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Top edge dusty. Rear of jacket has foxing at top. Sound binding. Jacket without gaps, creases etc. Previous owner has stamped i
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann, London - first edition
- Date Published
- 1954
- Pages
- 224 pages
- Keywords
- polar north pole arcticia geography landforms topography climate
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About the Seller
Pegasus Book Orphanage
Biblio member since 2016
McCrae, Victoria
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