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Arch of Kerguelen, The : Voyage to the Islands of Desolation
by Kauffmann, Jean-Paul
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1568581688
- ISBN 13
- 9781568581682
- Seller
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First American Edition. The fascinating historical story of the 1772 discovery and exploration of the 'Desolation' Kerguelen Islands some three thousand miles off Australia, existing 'outside of time' and becoming the source of many of the Enlightenment's poems and paintings depicting great solitude, isolation, and mystery. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains endnotes, bibliography, 206pp., small remainders mark to underside. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- JB Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00012912
- Title
- Arch of Kerguelen, The : Voyage to the Islands of Desolation
- Author
- Kauffmann, Jean-Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 1568581688
- ISBN 13
- 9781568581682
- Publisher
- Four Walls Eight Windows
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- KERGUELEN ISLANDS, ENLIGHTENMENT, EUROPEAN FRENCH FRANCE HISTORY NAVIGATION EXPLORATION, AUSTRALIA, INDIAN OCEAN, POEMS, PAINTINGS, POETRY, VERSE, ART, ARTISTS, LITERATURE
- Bookseller catalogs
- General; Literature; European History;
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JB Books
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About the Seller
JB Books
Biblio member since 2003
Garrison, North Dakota
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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