Peter Freuchen's Book Of The Seven Seas
by Freuchen, Peter with David Loth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
£14.85£7.42
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About This Item
New York: Julian Messner, Inc (1957) BOMC Edition. Frontispiece: full-page photo of the author. A very nice 'Line engraving by Frans Huys after Pieter Brueghal the Elder' is found opposite the page of contents. The contents provide a generous list of illustrations.... foreword by Peter Freuchen, ten parts cover : 'The Shape of The Sea'... 'Life in the Seven Seas'....'The Sea in Action'....'The Ships of the Seven Seas'.... 'The Great Voyages'.... 'Battles At Sea'.... 'Treasures of the Seven Seas'.... 'The Islands of the Seven Seas'.... 'The Laws of the Seven Seas'.... and 'Strange Tales from the Seven Seas, plus index. These parts will provide 53 chapters of great reading. A wonderful volume filled with story, lore, and legend.... with history and fact.... with myths and strange tales.... with magnificent illustrations. Map endpapers make up a two-page spread of "The World in 1690". Blue-green cloth boards with gilt title print and nautical decoration to front. Very minor cloth bubble to back board. A sound, most presentable copy in photo dust jacket.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.
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Details
- Seller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- A2067
- Title
- Peter Freuchen's Book Of The Seven Seas
- Author
- Freuchen, Peter with David Loth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Publisher
- Julian Messner, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Ships The Seven Seas Voyages Islands Strange Tales
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautica;
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About the Seller
Gilt Edge Books
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia
About Gilt Edge Books
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- Cloth
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- BOMC
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- 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...
- Jacket
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