Rescue Below Zero
by MacKersey, Ian
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Chehalis, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Robert Hale Ltd, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. 155 pp. Spine and edges lightly sunned. Binding is tight and square, text is unmarked. Dust jacket is price-clipped and has several sizeable chips missing from the top edge. Recounts the ordeal and rescue of members of the British North Greenland Expedition and the crew of the airplane that was sent to resupply them, but crashed on the way in.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11237
- Title
- Rescue Below Zero
- Author
- MacKersey, Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert Hale Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Bookseller catalogs
- Polar Regions;
Terms of Sale
Walkabout Books
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About the Seller
Walkabout Books
Biblio member since 2011
Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Jacket
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...