North West To Fortune: The Search By Western Man for a Commercially Practical Route to the Far East.
by Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1958)., 1958. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition. Octavo, black cloth with silver titles and decoration. Map endpapers. 356pp. with index. Maps designed by James MacDonald. A comprehensive survey of the history of the search for the Northwest Passage. Fine in dust jacket with superficial rubbing and two closed edge tears at back top fore edges. A very clean fresh copy in a very good to very good plus dust jacket..
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- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01081
- Title
- North West To Fortune: The Search By Western Man for a Commercially Practical Route to the Far East.
- Author
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, (1958).
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- STEFANSSON, NORTHWEST PASSAGE, ARTIC, POLAR, TRADE ROUTES TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
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