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ANTARCTICA: A TREATISE ON THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT
by Hayes, J. Gordon
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Richards Press, London, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; SIGNED by the author on title page, xv, 448 pages, 16 plates including frontispiece, 10 thin paper leaves [charts and diagrams], 4 maps in rear pocket. Top edge gilt, rest uncut. Brown cloth covers. Half title and frontispiece detached. Odd page loosening, hinges beginning to split. Minor spotting, mainly to page edges. Odd neat pencil annotation in margins. The work includes the history of exploration of the region from the mid-1800's to 1916, including the "Discovery" expedition, Shackleton's first expedition, Amundsen, Scott's last journey, Mawson's expedition, and Shackleton's second voyage. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 328. .
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 328
- Title
- ANTARCTICA: A TREATISE ON THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT
- Author
- Hayes, J. Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Richards Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- BZDB349 Scott, Shackleton, Mawson, Wilkins, Byrd, polar, antarctic, expedition. Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Unbranded Hayes, J. Gordon ANTARCTICA: A TREATISE ON THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration;
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