The Great White South or with Scott in the Antarctic: Being an Account of Experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition and of the Nature Life of the Antarctic
by Ponting, Herbert G
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1923. First US Edition. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth with gilt lettering; gilt to spine is very rubbed and darkened. Light edgewear and soil; spine ends with small chips/tears; corners only slightly bumped. Binding shaken and somewhat tender; interior lightly toned and considerably foxed. B/w photos. Small bookshop label to ffep. No ownership marks or stamps. Not ex-library. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 306 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9364
- Title
- The Great White South or with Scott in the Antarctic: Being an Account of Experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole Expedition and of the Nature Life of the Antarctic
- Author
- Ponting, Herbert G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First US Edition
- Publisher
- Robert M. McBride & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...