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THE ROMANCE OF POLAR EXPLORATION: Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the "Discovery". With an additional chapter by R.N. Rudmose Brown
by G. Firth Scott
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Seeley, Service & Co, No date. Early Edition. Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. Part of the publisher's 'library of romance' series; 317pages, (1page publishers advertisements). Illustrated, frontispiece + 6 b/w plates, 1 map. Original purple cloth covers titled and decorated in red, white and gilt, with huskies and men dragging a sledge on front cover, musk ox on spine. Shelfware, damp stain to rear cover, spine sunned. Previous owners signature on front end paper,minor foxing to end papers, spine sunned and damp stain to rear cover. Contents clean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2785. .
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2785
- Title
- THE ROMANCE OF POLAR EXPLORATION: Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the "Discovery". With an additional chapter by R.N. Rudmose Brown
- Author
- G. Firth Scott
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Seeley, Service & Co
- Date Published
- No date
- Keywords
- BZDB349 Antarctic, Arctic, Polar, Expedition Artic/Arctic, Antartic/Antarctic Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. G. Firth Scott THE ROMANCE OF POLAR EXPLORATION: Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration;
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Llandudno, Conwy
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