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THE SIEGE OF THE SOUTH POLE. THE STORY OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION
by Mill, Hugh, R
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Frederick A Stokes Company, New York, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st US Edition; xvi, 455 pages, illustrated, over 70 illustrations from photographs, charts and drawings, large coloured map by J.G. Bartholomew is a PHOTOCOPY. Ex Libris, usual library stamps, markings, bookplates. Covers worn, hinges splitting, damp damaged with wrinkling to bottom of pages. Reading copy. A wide ranging history includes notes on American sealers, steam whalers, the discovery of Victoria Land, the 'Challenger',last voyage of 'Erebus' & 'Terror',James Cook, Thaddeus von Bellingshausen, Dumont D'urville, Charles Wilkes, James Clark Ross, & the Enderby brothers. A classic account of Antarctic exploration. This is the first USA edition. Spine marked with Library stamps, library pocket inside book, stamps and/or other library markings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1728. . This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1728
- Title
- THE SIEGE OF THE SOUTH POLE. THE STORY OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION
- Author
- Mill, Hugh, R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick A Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1905
- Keywords
- BZDB349 qpolarq, expedition, polar, polar books antarctic book arctic book Artic/Arctic, Antartic/Antarctic Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Exploration. Mill, Hugh, R THE SIEGE OF THE SOUTH POLE. THE STORY OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration;
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Polar Books
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Llandudno, Conwy
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