30 YEARS IN THE GOLDEN NORTH
by Welzl, Jan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York:The Macmillan Company, 1932. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Good. New York:The Macmillan Company. 1932. 336pp. Folding map at rear. Hardcover with dust jacket. Blue boards slightly soiled and shelfworn, with light sunfading to edges. Page edges lightly soiled. Internally a previous owners name is penciled to inside front board, but otherwise pages clean and bright. The dust jacket is still in one piece but soiled and worn, with small chips and tears to edges and folds. *"Jan Welzl, a Czech by birth, a locksmith by trade, decided to seek his fortune in the Far North, traveled by wagon across the wilds of Siberia, then on a whaling ship up to the Arctic Circle. In simple, lively, humorous fashion he tells the story of his arduous journey, and of how he became a successful trader, with headquarters in a commodious cave on the rocky coast of New Siberia, an island in the Arctic Ocean, where he has lived for over thirty years."...dj
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24757
- Title
- 30 YEARS IN THE GOLDEN NORTH
- Author
- Welzl, Jan
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York:The Macmillan Company
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- ARCTIC; SIBERIA; NEW SIBERIA; TRADER; FAR NORTH
Terms of Sale
Parnassus Book Service
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About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
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