Roald Amundsens Siste Ferd
by Gunnar Hovedenak and Adolf Hoel
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oslo, Norway: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 302 pp. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In Norwegian. Black and white photographs and fold-out map at rear. Covers and spine are stained with split along side of spine. Internally clean with an occasional mark. An important account of iconic Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen's last flight in the summer of 1928 during a mission to locate Italian explorer Umberto Nobile. A good reading copy of a hard-to-find book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Come By Chance Books (IOBA) (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7704
- Title
- Roald Amundsens Siste Ferd
- Author
- Gunnar Hovedenak and Adolf Hoel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Gyldendal Norsk Forlag
- Place of Publication
- Oslo, Norway
- Date Published
- 1934
- Bookseller catalogs
- Polar and northern studies;
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Victoria, British Columbia
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...