A YACHT VOYAGE. Letters from High Latitudes: Being Some Account of a Voyage, in 1856, in the Schooner Yacht "Foam", to Iceland, Jan Mayen, and Spitzbergen
by Dufferin, Lord
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
NY: Worthington, 1882. Third Edition. With preface written for the Canadian edition.. 8vo. xvi+268 pp. Illus. Brown cloth. Spine and top cover lettering gilt. Gilt cover vignette of a ship. Black rules. A bit of spotting, and name stamp on front blank, else a nice bright clean copy..
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- Bookseller
- About Books, ABAC (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8481
- Title
- A YACHT VOYAGE. Letters from High Latitudes: Being Some Account of a Voyage, in 1856, in the Schooner Yacht "Foam", to Iceland, Jan Mayen, and Spitzbergen
- Author
- Dufferin, Lord
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- NY: Worthington, 1882. Third Edition. With preface written for the Canadian edition.
- Keywords
- Norway, Iceland, Travel and Exploration, Antiquarian
- Bookseller catalogs
- ABE;
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