ADVENTURES IN ERROR; Signed By Stefansson
by Stefansson, Vilhjalmur;
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket,
- Seller
-
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo,.. red cloth, gilt cover and spine, pp.,viii,299, errata slip laid in, signed, presentation copy " To Narinine Joseph from her old friend Vilihjalmur Stefansson,November 16 1936." CONTENTS: The standardization of error.--The pleasures of buncombe.--Are explorers to join the dodo?--Travelers' tales.--Standardized wolves.--Beyond the frontier.--Olof Krarer.--History of the bathtub in America.spine ends lightly chipped, some darkening to spine, clean, tight copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6712
- Title
- ADVENTURES IN ERROR; Signed By Stefansson
- Author
- Stefansson, Vilhjalmur;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket,
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert M. McBride & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 8vo,.
- Keywords
- ARCTIC REGIONS TRAVEL EXPLORERS FALLACIES STEFANSSON SIGNED BOOKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Varia 1; Specials; Signed Books;
Terms of Sale
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Returnable upon receipt with prior notification. If paying by check, please allow two weeks for clearance.
About the Seller
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2004
Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Mail order only. 51 years as a bookseller
Glossary
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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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...