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ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC: The Technique of Polar Travel
by Bertram, Colin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
W. Heffer & Sons, London, 1939. First Edition. Cloth. Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition; xii,125 pages, illustrated 24 photos including frontispiece, b/w drawings in text, map end papers. Original covers in photocopied dust jacket, shelf wear, edges bumped and worn, slight foxing to page edges, odd page loose, all complete. The author was zoologist with the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-7, and later became director of the Scott Polar Institute. A fascinating read. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 920. .
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 920
- Title
- ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC: The Technique of Polar Travel
- Author
- Bertram, Colin
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. Heffer & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- BZDB349 Scott, expedition, qpolarq polar books antarctic book arctic book Artic/Arctic, Antartic/Antarctic Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Exploration. Bertram, Colin ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC: The Technique of Polar Travel.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration;
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