Hell on Ice: The Saga of the "Jeanette"
by Ellsberg, Commander Edward
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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St. Charles, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938. Hard Cover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good/No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards w/gilt design of sailing vessel on cover. Moderate wear to extremities. Owner's plate on pastedown. Owner's name stamped on title pg. Front cracked hinge, author's credit page loose, gutter foxing, lightly browned text, map decorated endpapers in teal. Deckled edges. All text clean. . Hardcover. F. 1938.
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- Bookseller
- Julie's Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011961
- Title
- Hell on Ice: The Saga of the "Jeanette"
- Author
- Ellsberg, Commander Edward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- F
- Publisher
- New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- EXPLORATION-EPEDITION, DE LONG, G.W., LT. COMMANDER, JEANETTE EXPEDITION (1879), NORTH POLE, NAVAL HEROES. ELLSBERG, COMMANDER EDWARD-"HELL ON ICE: THE SAGA OF "JEANETTE" "
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- Gutter
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- Cracked
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- First Edition
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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