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THE ANTARCTIC TODAY: A MID-CENTURY SURVEY BY THE NEW ZEALAND ANTARCTIC SOCIETY
by Simpson, F.A (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; 389pp, frontispiece, 45 plates, numerous illustrations in text, large coloured folding map in pocket. Ex libris with embossed library stamp on front cover, library stamps on end paper, title page and verso title page. Red Cloth covers with gilt vignette of New Zealand Antarctic Society on front cover, Gilt titling to spine, spine splitting and covers faded, no dustjacket. The first major New Zealand contribution to reference literature on the Antarctic regions. Description of the Antarctic by observers from/in the Southern hemisphere. Chapters on whaling, sealing, marine biology of the Southern Seas. Very Good. Ex Libris with usual stamps and markings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Antarctic; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 583. .
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 583
- Title
- THE ANTARCTIC TODAY: A MID-CENTURY SURVEY BY THE NEW ZEALAND ANTARCTIC SOCIETY
- Author
- Simpson, F.A (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A.H. & A.W. Reed
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- BZDB349 qpolarq polar books antarctic book arctic book Artic/Arctic, Antartic/Antarctic Arctic & Antarctic; Biology; Whales; Antarctic; History. Simpson, F.A (Editor) THE ANTARCTIC TODAY: A MID-CENTURY SURVEY BY THE NEW ZEALAND ANTARCTIC SOCIETY.
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- Arctic & Antarctic; Whales;
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Llandudno, Conwy
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- Title Page
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- Vignette
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Cloth
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- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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