Ice-Bound on Kolguev: A Chapter in the Exploration of Arctic Europe to Which is Added a Record of the Natural History of the Island
by Trevor-Battye, Aubyn; with numerous illustrations by J.T. Nettleship, Charles Whymper, and the author
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Archibald Constable and Company, Westminster, 1895. [3rd edition]. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo, hardcover, no dj. Bound in brown quarter-cloth over green cloth-covered boards, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt. Vg condition. NOT an ex-library copy. Contents quite bright & clean, no markings, no foxing or stiffness to pgs, binding firm. Spine ends & board corners lightly bumped, shallow pea-sized abrasion at front edge of spine & a few faint spots of soiling to boards. xxviii, 458 p., illus. w/ tissue-protected plates, frontis., illus., 3 color fold-out maps in rear. Account of exploration of the island of Kolguev in the Barents Sea, its natural history and the Samoyed (Nentsi) reindeer herders.
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- Bookseller
- Tiber Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1170126.03
- Title
- Ice-Bound on Kolguev: A Chapter in the Exploration of Arctic Europe to Which is Added a Record of the Natural History of the Island
- Author
- Trevor-Battye, Aubyn; with numerous illustrations by J.T. Nettleship, Charles Whymper, and the author
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- [3rd edition]
- Publisher
- Archibald Constable and Company, Westminster
- Date Published
- 1895
- Keywords
- 19th, Arctic, Century, History, Island, Kolguev, Natural, Russia, Russian
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