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Mischief Goes South
by Tilman, H. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 037000275X
- ISBN 13
- 9780370002750
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Hollis & Carter. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. (1968). First Edition. Hardcover. 037000275X . No signatures. Foxing to top page edges. Some adhesive tape stains to dust-jacket and to endpapers. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 190, [2 (blank)] pages + 18 illustrations on 6 plate leaves. 4 maps, on 3 pages (2 full page, 2 half page). Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 135mm. "The ice-encrusted islands hidden in the tempestuous seas south of Cape Horn were the goal of the 1966-67 voyage here recounted by the author. Though Mischief returned safely home with another 20,000 miles on her log, it was an unhappy and disastrous voyage, with constant tension among the amateur crew, and with the loss overboard of the first mate." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25704
- Title
- Mischief Goes South
- Author
- Tilman, H. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 037000275X
- ISBN 13
- 9780370002750
- Publisher
- Hollis & Carter
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1968)
- Keywords
- 037000275X
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Renaissance Books
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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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