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The Explorers: From the Ancient World to the Present
by Paolo Novaresio
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 155670495X
- ISBN 13
- 9781556704956
- Seller
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, October 1996. Hardcover. First Edition (stated) / full number line. Very Good+ book in a Fine jacket. Interior pristine. Spine straight and tight. Light dust stains to top edge. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 305 pages. 640 illustrations (drawings, paintings, photos and maps) 400 in color. Suitable for gifting. Heavy book: extra charges for expedited or international shipping.
Recounts the history of exploration from the earliest migrations of Homo erectus through the Apollo moon missions and describes the experiences of Alexander the Great, Columbus, Balboa, Cortez, Marco Polo, James Cook, Lewis and Clark, Richard Burton, Robert Peary, Edmund Hillary and Roald Amundsen.
Recounts the history of exploration from the earliest migrations of Homo erectus through the Apollo moon missions and describes the experiences of Alexander the Great, Columbus, Balboa, Cortez, Marco Polo, James Cook, Lewis and Clark, Richard Burton, Robert Peary, Edmund Hillary and Roald Amundsen.
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- Bookseller
- Books of the World
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000003643
- Title
- The Explorers: From the Ancient World to the Present
- Author
- Paolo Novaresio
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 155670495X
- ISBN 13
- 9781556704956
- Publisher
- Stewart, Tabori & Chang
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- October 1996
- Pages
- 305
- Size
- Folio
- Keywords
- discovery, explorers, exploration, expedition, history, travel, travelers, illustrated
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration, Expeditions, and Discoveries; History; Art, Architecture, and Photography; Illustrated Books; Fine Press Books;
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About Books of the World
Finding new homes for the library I collected over five decades of travel around the world.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Remainder Mark
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- Number Line
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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