The Wonders of the Arctic World: A History of All the Researches and Discoveries in the Frozen Regions of the North ...Together with a Complete and Reliable History of The Polaris Expedition ... by William H. Cunnington
by Sargent, Epes
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Brown cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Head of spine chipped, some light rubbing to extremites; Very Good-Near Fine
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Philadelphia Book Company, 1873. Sold only by subscription. Illustrated. 639 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Brown cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Head of spine chipped, some light rubbing to extremites; Very Good-Near Fine. Sold only by subscription. Illustrated. 639 pp. 1 vols. 8vo.
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- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
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- 214177
- Title
- The Wonders of the Arctic World: A History of All the Researches and Discoveries in the Frozen Regions of the North ...Together with a Complete and Reliable History of The Polaris Expedition ... by William H. Cunnington
- Author
- Sargent, Epes
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated. 639 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Brown cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Head of spine chipped, some light rubbing to extremites; Very Good-Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Sold only by subscription
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philadelphia Book Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1873
- Keywords
- Arctic / Antarctic
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