High Endeavours: The Extraordinary Life and Adventures of Miles and Beryl Smeeton
by Clark, Miles
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0888333137
- ISBN 13
- 9780888333131
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Western Producer Praire Books, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. brown cloth, gilt spine, 447 pages., [16] p. of plates : illustrated.,index, A dual biography of a couple whose lives embraced adventure on land, sea and mountain, in peace and in war. Miles Smeeton was an adventurer, sailor, conservationist and storyteller. As an officer he fell in love with Beryl, who had already crossed four continents alone on foot and horseback. The publishers, Western Producers Prairie Books is a unique publishing venture located in the middle of western Canada and owned by a group of prairie farmers who are members of the Saskatchewan Wheat Board..
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1125557665
- Title
- High Endeavours: The Extraordinary Life and Adventures of Miles and Beryl Smeeton
- Author
- Clark, Miles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0888333137
- ISBN 13
- 9780888333131
- Publisher
- Western Producer Praire Books
- Place of Publication
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Smeeton, Miles, -- 1906-1988. Smeeton, Beryl, -- 1905-1979. Travelers -- Biography. Conservationists -- Canada -- Biography. Voyageurs -- Biographies. Conservationistes -- Canada -- ographies E?cologistes (De?fenseurs de l'environnement) -- Canada --
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Biography & Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2004
Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Mail order only. 51 years as a bookseller
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