Northward Ho !: The Last Voyage of the Karluk
by Bartlett, Robert A. And Hale, Ralph T
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Small, Maynard & Company Publishers, 1919. First Edition, Second Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. April, 1919 ". We did not all come back." The story of (Canadian financed to enhance sovereignty rights) Vilhjalmar Stefansson's Canadian Arctic Expedition by Captain Robert Abraham Barlett, (a Newfoundland sealer and former ice-traveller with Peary) . X X X I chapters, 329 pp. Frontis: b/w photograph- The Karluk In The Ice-Pack., and thirty other illustrations. A fascinating, mis-managed exploration Book has gilt outlined white illustrations, gilt text and red sky illustrations. Extremities are scuffed, book is slightly cocked, frayed at spine ends, library bookplate on front pastedown, discard stamp ffep, Lake Ontario Regional Library black stamp on title page, other book identifiers, card pocket on rear pastedown. Digital images available on request. Bookseller's Inventory # 144190.
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- Seller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 004190
- Title
- Northward Ho !: The Last Voyage of the Karluk
- Author
- Bartlett, Robert A. And Hale, Ralph T
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- Publisher
- Small, Maynard & Company Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1919
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
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Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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- FFEP
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Bookplate
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
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