In Search of Heroes - An Historical Novel
by Crich, G. E. (Signed)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Air Ronge, Saskatchewan: Northwinds. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author upon front free endpaper. Signed again by author upon title page. "Stanley Morris left Wales in the early 1900's to find fortune in Canada. This is his story as he became part of a Canadian expedition under Vilhjalmur Stefansson that came to be known as the greatest Arctic disaster since the Franklin Expedition of 1845." - dust jacket. viii, 283 pages. References. Index. Occasional black and white illustrations. Undated but appears to be circa 1990. Book tight, clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality signed copy. ; Sm 4to; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 746j0842
- Title
- In Search of Heroes - An Historical Novel
- Author
- Crich, G. E. (Signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Northwinds
- Place of Publication
- Air Ronge, Saskatchewan
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Stanley Morris, Vilhjamur Stefansson, Arctic Disasters
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Signed; Travel, Exploration & Adventure;
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