Unknown Shore: The Lost History of England's Arctic Colony
by Ruby, Robert
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0805052151
- ISBN 13
- 9780805052152
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt & Co, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Ex-lib Book and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. Maps and in-text b/w illustrations. The remarkable story of the founding and later rediscovery of England's first colony in the New World. The story of two men's travels and what these men shared three centuries apart--and a tale of men driven by greed and ambition-the story of Martin Frobisher who set out three times across the north Atlanticl eading the largest Arctic expedition in history in the 16th century and Charles Francis Hall in the 19th century whose explorations found Frobisher's lost colony. Burgundy half-cloth binding with gray flecked paper-wrapped boards, edges slightly rubbed. Except for minimal lib marks, in Very Good Condition. Lib stamp on top edge and front ep only markings on book. Tight & solid, square with sharp corners. Clean and unclipped gray jacket with white titles and iceberg on front and spine. Lib tag on lower spine and on back. 300 pages with Notes, Bibliography and Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. Henry Holt & Co., New York, 2001.
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- Seller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 020076
- Title
- Unknown Shore: The Lost History of England's Arctic Colony
- Author
- Ruby, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0805052151
- ISBN 13
- 9780805052152
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- FROBISHER, MARTIN, SIR, CA 1535-1594; JOURNEYS; EXPLORATIONS; NORTHWEST PASSAGE; CANADA; EXPLORERS-ENGLAND; CANADA, DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION; HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS, 1821-1871-JOURNEYS;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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