Ghost Ship of the Pole
by Cross, Wilbur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Sloane, 1960. Hardcover. Yes. Cloth, 304 pps. with index. Illustarted with photos. The story of the 1928 crash of the Italian dirigible "Italia" onto an ice pake in the frozen emptiness of the Artic Ocean. More than just the saga of the heroic survival and rescue of the captain and crew, this work places the tragedy in the context of its time---the "Roarinmg Twenties"---with all of the tragic flaws, political machinations, jealousies and upheavals which characterized it. Fine in generally fine dust jacket with a copule of insignificant flaws.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E558B
- Title
- Ghost Ship of the Pole
- Author
- Cross, Wilbur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Yes
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sloane
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Blimp, Zepplein, Dirigible, Airship, Crashes, Disasters, Arctic, Zepplin, Italy
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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