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South Latitude
by Ommanney, F. D
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
London/New York/Toronto: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1938. First British Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Chronicles the author's adventures aboard the British royal research ship, Discovery II, the first purpose-built oceanographic research vessel that explored Antarctica with a team of marine biologists & zoologists over a 30-year period. In 308 pages, with a photographic Frontispiece + 15 other illustrations throughout text, map endpapers. A FIRST British Edition from 1938 (published simultaneously in New York & Toronto), this hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Condition is VG: very clean, binding straight & strong, pages off-white with very light tanning around edges. Former owner's name in pen inside front cover & an ownership stamp on ffep. Modest rubbing to extremities, bumped corners, light soiling. NO DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016917
- Title
- South Latitude
- Author
- Ommanney, F. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London/New York/Toronto
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- ANTARCTICA ADVENTURE TRAVEL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WHALES SHIPS BRITISH GREAT BRITAIN ENGLAND FALKLAND ISLANDS EXPLORER EXPLORATION MARINE BIOLOGY ZOOLOGY AQUATIC SCIENCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography-Biography-Journals-Letters; Travel-Exploration-Adventure;
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