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Voyages of Delusion: The Northwest Passage in the Age of Reason
by WILLIAMS, Glyndwr
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0002571811
- ISBN 13
- 9780002571814
- Seller
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Rippleside, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Harpercollins, 2002. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/fine. A very neat tight copy. Octavo in original bleu cloth boards with silver title and credits to spine, 467 pages including black & white frontispiece of James Cook, map endpapers, appendices, index, numerous black & white charts and illustrations. Paper stock slightly toned. The book recounts the adventures and mishaps of the successive voyages to discover the elusive 'maritime philospher's stone' - a navigable passage through the icy seas of the Atlantic from Hudson Bay to the wealth of the Pacific Ocean
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sad Paradise Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1709087
- Title
- Voyages of Delusion
- Author
- WILLIAMS, Glyndwr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- ISBN 10
- 0002571811
- ISBN 13
- 9780002571814
- Publisher
- Harpercollins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- MARITIME EXPLORATION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Australia;
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About the Seller
Sad Paradise Books
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Rippleside, Victoria
About Sad Paradise Books
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....