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Andree's Balloon Expedition in Search of the North Pole
by Lachambre, Henri and Alexis Machuron
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Reading copy/None
- Seller
-
Burlington, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Ex-library with markings. Light toning throughout. Tear to title page. Blue cloth with gold lettering. Spine ends and corners bumped and overall shelfwear, but internally tight and good. Illustrated/photographed account of Salomon-Auguste Andrée's (1854-1897) fatal Arctic hydrogen balloon expedition of 1897, an effort to reach the North Pole in which all three expedition members perished. Photographs. 306p (p). Cloth. No Jacket. All illustrations/photos present.
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Details
- Seller
- Douglas Lord
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 149
- Title
- Andree's Balloon Expedition in Search of the North Pole
- Author
- Lachambre, Henri and Alexis Machuron
- Format/Binding
- Original
- Book Condition
- Used - Reading copy
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick A Stokes Company,
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1898
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.