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London: Ward Lock & Co, 1910 Undated [c. 1910]. 8vo. original blue decorated cloth gilt (a little rubbed, outer leaves slightly tanned, trifling fray to fore-edge of frontispiece, a few spots); pp. i-viii, 9-224 (last blank), with frontispiece + decorated endpapers. A very good copy. The part of The Adventures of Captain Hatteras, first serialised in 1864-1865.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG.
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- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021213
- Title
- The Ice Desert
- Author
- Verne, Jules
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Ward Lock & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Jules Verne Ice Desert North Pole Arctic Polar Captain Hatteras
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
Bricks and mortar bookshop with substantial online stock, specialising in travel and adventure books. Open by chance or appointment, most likely on weekends. Note that our online stock is stored off site, so best contact us in advance to check opening hours and arrange a viewing.
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.