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'Birdie' Bowers of the Antarctic
by Seaver, George; with an introduction by Appsley Cherry-Garrard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0719501245
- ISBN 13
- 9780719501241
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: John Murray. Fair with no dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 0719501245 . Front free endpaper torn out, with damage to front hinge. Heavy foxing to half-title page. Moderate rubbing and dust stains to boards and spine. ; First printing. xxiii, [1], 270 pages + frontispiece + 12 plates + 1 in-text map + 1 folding map + [2] pages advertisements. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettered paper spine label. ; 8vo .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9332
- Title
- 'Birdie' Bowers of the Antarctic
- Author
- Seaver, George; with an introduction by Appsley Cherry-Garrard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0719501245
- ISBN 13
- 9780719501241
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- 0719501245, Antarctic Polar
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Spine
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- Spine Label
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Fair
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- Cloth
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