Thin Edge of the World
by Migot, Andre
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Sebastopol, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1957. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [5.75"x8.25"]; [5] 242 pp. [2]; Gray cloth boards with red lettering and image on spine; Dust jacket front gray toned image of ice berg and sea ice with white and red lettering, back quote and image of author and penguins; Tipped in Publisher review note on published date of January 9, 1956, price and review conditions; No wear to boards or fading of spine, faint small dot on cover; Dust jacket minor wear to edges, slightly faded lettering on spine and small water stain on back; Text is clean and bright with no marks. "Whatever synonyms a dictionary shows for "bleak," "desolate," "storm-swept," and "forlorn" apply to Kerguelen Island, one of the most isolated and inhospitable spots of land on the surface of the earth. It was on Kerguelen, in the subarctic reaches of the Indian Ocean, that André Migot spent a year as a staff doctor and research biologist with a party of scientists sent out by the French Government. But all hardships notwithstanding, it was an incredibly rewarding year." From the Dust Jacket.
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- Bookseller
- David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12924
- Title
- Thin Edge of the World
- Author
- Migot, Andre
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1957
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About the Seller
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Sebastopol, California
About David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA
David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA is an online bookseller specializing in fine books, maps, publications, and ephemera related to Exploration, Adventure and World History with a focus on the Polar Regions, California and the American West. A particular interest is in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration from 1895 to 1920's. Other areas of interest are in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and a little bit of this and that.
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