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The National Geographic Society: 100 Years of Adventure and Discovery
by Courtlandt Dixon Barnes Bryan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0810913763
- ISBN 13
- 9780810913769
- Seller
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GAHANNA, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1987. Hardbound. First Edition. Condition: Fine (Like New). No dust jacket. Special Limited Edition, bound in full padded leatherette covers with gilt outer edges and silk ribbon page marker. 484 pp. Profusely illustrated with color and b/w photographs. Endpapers and pastedowns have gilt globe seals depicting the National Geographic logo. Text is clean, unmarked with no foxing or prior owner attribution. Celebrates the first 100 years of National Geographic's reporting on the World of Nature. Gift worthy copy. Oversize book may require additional shipping costs.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100370
- Title
- The National Geographic Society: 100 Years of Adventure and Discovery
- Author
- Courtlandt Dixon Barnes Bryan
- Format/Binding
- Brown leatherette binding. Gilt titles + flourish border front cover and spine. Hinges tight, corners crisp.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0810913763
- ISBN 13
- 9780810913769
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 484
- Size
- 9 1/2 X 12
- Keywords
- Adventure, discovery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical maps & Geography;
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I am making available selections from my collection of eclectic, historical and sometimes rare books. My collection includes historical novels, cookbooks, textbooks and children's books along with other ephemera.
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- Gilt
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- New
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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