The Romance of Polar Exploration: Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the "Discovery"
by Scott, G. Firth
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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Upperco, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Seeley, Service & Co., London, 1915. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover, dec. blue cloth, no dj. Good condition for its age. Ex-US Navy stamp on front ep (only marking). Exterior lightly soiled & spine-faded, board corners bumped, tiny nicks to upper & lower spine cloth; rear interior hinge paper split, but rear board & pgs. still firm; foxing to endpapers & edges of opening & closing pgs. as expected, not obscuring text or images, otherwise contents unmarked, binding tight. 350 p., b&w plates, maps.
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- Bookseller
- Tiber Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000605.14
- Title
- The Romance of Polar Exploration: Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the "Discovery"
- Author
- Scott, G. Firth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Seeley, Service & Co., London
- Date Published
- 1915
- Keywords
- Exploration & Discovery, Polar, Arctic, Antarctic Regions, Antarctica.
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