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A Voyage Towards The South Pole: Performed In The Years 1822-24, Containing An Examination Of The Antarctic Sea (1827)
by James Weddell
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0715348922
- ISBN 13
- 9780715348925
- Seller
-
Oswestry, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
David & Charles Reprints, 1970. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Hardback facsimile reprint of the 1827 second edition with a new introduction by Sir Vivian Fuchs, 1970, in a price-clipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket slightly rubbed; boards a touch rubbed to spine head and tail but remain clean and crisp. Binding tight and appears little read. Internally clean, no annotation - birthday gift inscriptions to front endpaper dated 1975; page-ends slightly dust-marked but text, tables, folding illustrations and folding maps bright and clear throughout. Photographs available. Not an old library book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hall of Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240354
- Title
- A Voyage Towards The South Pole: Performed In The Years 1822-24, Containing An Examination Of The Antarctic Sea (1827)
- Author
- James Weddell
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0715348922
- ISBN 13
- 9780715348925
- Publisher
- David & Charles Reprints
- Place of Publication
- Newton Abbot
- Date Published
- 1970
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Hall of Books
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Oswestry, Shropshire
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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