Birdie" Bowers of the Antarctic
by Seaver, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG. No jacket. Previous owner's name (M. Baxter, London, Dec. 1938) on front free endpaper. Half title page browned.
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1938. Stated first edition. Hardcover. VG. No jacket. Previous owner's name (M. Baxter, London, Dec. 1938) on front free endpaper. Half title page browned.. 270 pages with index plus two pages of ads. 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. B&W photos. Blue boards with paper label on spine.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19150
- Title
- Birdie" Bowers of the Antarctic
- Author
- Seaver, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG. No jacket. Previous owner's name (M. Baxter, London, Dec. 1938) on front free endpaper. Half title page browned.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated first edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1938
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