West Viking: The Ancient Norse In Greenland and North America
by MOWAT, FARLEY
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Black cloth with blue and gilt lettering to spine. Rear board a little spotted. Book clean, binding tight and square. Dust jacket with old tape to inner edges, with numerous short tears in the dust jacket. Ownership signature at head of half title and dated signature of Farley Mowat on that same page. A good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38980
- Title
- West Viking: The Ancient Norse In Greenland and North America
- Author
- MOWAT, FARLEY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1965
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...