'Birdie' Bowers of the Antarctic
by Seaver, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: John Murray. Good in Fair dust jacket. (1951). Hardcover. Owner's signature. Spine faded. Some fading to margins of boards. Spotting to top page edges. Adhesive tape repairs to dust wrapper. Fading to margins of dust wrapper. 2" tear along dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; xxiii, [1], 270 pages + frontis + 12 plates + 1 in-text map + 1 folding map + [2] pages advertisements. Blue cloth covers. Page dimensions: 213mm x 135mm. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8123
- Title
- 'Birdie' Bowers of the Antarctic
- Author
- Seaver, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Fair dust jacket
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1951)
- Keywords
- Antarctic Polar
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- 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....
- Fair
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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