Hell on Ice: The Saga of the "Jeannette
by Ellsberg, Commander Edward
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fair
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Dodd, Mead, 1938. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fair. (1st) Larger, heavy book, smooth blue cloth with bright gilt sailship at bottom front right, lighter blue wave design on top and bottom edges, gilt lettering badly rubbed on spine, blue map of Siberian-Alaskan region with illustration of ship, of men and rowboat inside covers and adjacent end papers, the route in red, 421 lightly browned heavy pages plus ads. DJ beneath mylar, glossy blue with red border to bottom front and spine, illustration of men and rowboat on front, b/w photo of Ellsberg at top back right with praise for his other books. DJ has tiny tear with slight wear to tips slightly faded along top and long front edge as well as spine, tiny tear at spine edges. Fair DJ/Fine book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34009
- Title
- Hell on Ice: The Saga of the "Jeannette
- Author
- Ellsberg, Commander Edward
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Exploration Ships Disaster Ocean
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ocean/Sea;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
Books may be returned with 5 days for full refund--in same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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- 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...
- Edges
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- Fair
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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....
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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