Antarctic Year; Brabant Island Expedition
by Furse, Chris
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very mild bumping to rear corners, extremely mild rubbing to top corners, light sunning to spine, sunned DJ spine, extremely gen
- ISBN 10
- 0709910584
- ISBN 13
- 9780709910589
- Seller
-
Oakland, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Croom Helm, 1986. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Hardcover. Very mild bumping to rear corners, extremely mild rubbing to top corners, light sunning to spine, sunned DJ spine, extremely gentle rubbing to DJ spine head and foot, faint soiling to fore-edge and DJ, else very good(+) in very good(+) DJ. in very good + dust-jacket. Large quarto in yellow DJ, color illus to DJ, gilt to spine, 223 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates, chiefy b&w illustrations (some color), maps, 29 cm. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. Discoveries in geography, Expeditions.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bibliope by Calvello Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 92364
- Title
- Antarctic Year; Brabant Island Expedition
- Author
- Furse, Chris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very mild bumping to rear corners, extremely mild rubbing to top corners, light sunning to spine, sunned DJ spine, extremely gen
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
- ISBN 10
- 0709910584
- ISBN 13
- 9780709910589
- Publisher
- Croom Helm
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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- Quarto
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- Sunned
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