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FROM THE DEEP OF THE SEA: THE DIARY OF CHARLES EDWARD SMITH, SURGEON OF THE WHALE-SHIP DIANA OF HULL
by Smith, Charles Edward (Edited by his Son, Charles Edward Smith Harris)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0904505294
- ISBN 13
- 9780904505290
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About This Item
A. & C. Black Limited, 1977. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 1977 Edition: A. & C. Black Facsimile reprint of the 1922 edition, the folding map is a non-folding frontispiece in this edition; xii, 288 pages, illustrated, 16 pages of b/w illustrations, 2 maps. Black cloth covers with gilt titling to spine. Shelf ware, appears unread. Contents clean. Interesting account of the ill-fated journey of the whale ship "Diana" during the mid-nineteenth century. The author's log of a fourteen-month whaling voyage to the North Sea and the Davis Strait, which resulted in the Diana - the first whaling steamer in Hull - becoming stranded in ice for several months. Not all survived the ordeal, but she did sail back home. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Fishing & Hunting. ISBN: 0904505294. ISBN/EAN: 9780904505290. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2836. . 9780904505290
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2836
- Title
- FROM THE DEEP OF THE SEA: THE DIARY OF CHARLES EDWARD SMITH, SURGEON OF THE WHALE-SHIP DIANA OF HULL
- Author
- Smith, Charles Edward (Edited by his Son, Charles Edward Smith Harris)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0904505294
- ISBN 13
- 9780904505290
- Publisher
- A. & C. Black Limited
- Place of Publication
- Gb
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- BZDB349 qpolarq, arctic, polarbook, polar, whaling Arctic & Antarctic; Fishing & Hunting. ISBN: 0904505294 EAN: 9780904505290 Smith, Charles Edward (Edited by his Son, Charles Edward Smith Harris) FROM THE DEEP OF THE SEA: THE DIARY OF CHARLES E
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