'Birdie' Bowers of the Antarctic
by Seaver, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Leicester, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. 270 pages with index plus two pages of ads. Publisher's blue boards with cream paper label lettered in gilt on spine. With 3 coloured illustrations, 12 half-tones and 2 Maps (all present). Blue top-edge. Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Boards exceptionally bright and clean; a contemporary gift inscription on the front free end-paper; half-title offset (as usually found).. Overall a VG (or slightly better) copy. In the RARE dustwrapper priced 10s 6d net to the inside flap (as called for). The dustwrapper is VG with a triangular chip from the bottom edge of the front panel that removes most of the AP of APSLEY. A biography of Lt. Henry Robertson (Birdie) Bowers (1883-1912), who was among the men who died with Robert Falcon Scott's polar party on the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition of 1910-1913 on its return from the South Pole. Uncommon in dustwrapper in first edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355490722162
- Title
- 'Birdie' Bowers of the Antarctic
- Author
- Seaver, George
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
Terms of Sale
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
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About the Seller
James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
Biblio member since 2006
Leicester
About James M Pickard, ABA, ILAB, PBFA.
James M Pickard (Rare Books) is proud to be a full member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) and The Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA).
Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
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- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...