Antarctic Odyssey: Endurance and Adventure in the Farthest South
by Collier, Graham; Collier, Patricia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0786706538
- ISBN 13
- 9780786706532
- Seller
-
Lake Elsinore, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Carroll & Graf Pub. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0786706538 . Navy blue cloth w silver title, small 'tasteful' if there is such a thing, remainder mark on bottom edge at the spine. DJ is lovely, very light edge roll not price clipped. This beautifully illustrated book recounts the stories of the early South-Polar explorers, Ross Island, McMurdo Sound, Beardmore Glacier, Mount Erebus and many more. 191 pp, illus. , Jacket design by Penny Mills, cover photo by Colin Monteath; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall .
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- Bookseller
- E Ridge fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001492
- Title
- Antarctic Odyssey: Endurance and Adventure in the Farthest South
- Author
- Collier, Graham; Collier, Patricia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0786706538
- ISBN 13
- 9780786706532
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf Pub
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- ANTARCTICA, PICTORIAL, WORKS, DISCOVERY, EXPLORATION, Antarctica, Arctic;, Exploration;, Home
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Places;
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Price Clipped
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- Spine
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- Remainder Mark
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- PUB
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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