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Islands of Despair
by Eden, Allan W
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good: bumped corners, some shelfwear to boards, toning and offset on pastedowns and endpapers, sticker on half title page, /good: fading and rubbing, especially to spine, chipping, price clipped.
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Andrew Melrose, 1955. first edition. hardcover. very good: bumped corners, some shelfwear to boards, toning and offset on pastedowns and endpapers, sticker on half title page, text clean, binding tight/good: fading and rubbing, especially to spine, chipping, price clipped.. 8vo 212pp. With 37 photographs and 2 maps. From front flap: "The author was a member of an official Expedition which spent some time in the grim islands fringing the Antarctic. He writes clearly and movingly of the trials and disasters which have befallen seamen in those faraway lands, and of the treachery of dangerous coasts, hidden reefs and unsuspected currents. There are many stories of animal behaviour and many grim histories of shipwrecks and their consequences. Above and beyond the work of the Expedition, the stories of animals and their fascinating behaviour, and the old tales of terrible disasters, looms the ever-hostile land and climate of the Southern Pole." #00704.
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- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 624
- Title
- Islands of Despair
- Author
- Eden, Allan W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good: bumped corners, some shelfwear to boards, toning and offset on pastedowns and endpapers, sticker on half title page,
- Jacket Condition
- good: fading and rubbing, especially to spine, chipping, price clipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Andrew Melrose
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- travel, exploration, adventure, geography, nonfiction, first edition
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About the Seller
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About Matthew's Books LLC
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