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The Voyage Of The Chelyuskin -- 1935 FIRST EDITION
by Alec Brown (translator), O. J. Schmidt and expedition members
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1934. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1935 FIRST PRINTING of First UK Edition. Original blue cloth with white decoration front, white lettering spine. The spine is faded and most of the white spine lettering is gone (but title is clear since lettering was debossed into the cloth. Generally clean covers, sharp corners, two tiny splits at top edge of spine cloth, old owner name penned to front pastedown otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, minor foxing on title page but no foxing on other pages. The book measures 243mm tall x 168mm and has 325 pages, 32 b/w photo plates, 8 maps and diagrams. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.
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- Bookseller
- JP MOUNTAIN BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002907
- Title
- The Voyage Of The Chelyuskin -- 1935 FIRST EDITION
- Author
- Alec Brown (translator), O. J. Schmidt and expedition members
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- Mountaineering, Mountain Climbing, Bergsteigen, Alpinismus, Alpinism, Alpinismo, Alpinisme, Arrampicata, north pole, arctic, polar, greenland, eskimos, inuit, ski, skis, skiing, ski-ing, northwest passage
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mountaineering; Skiing; Polar;
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