Alaskan Glacier Studies of the National Geographic Society in the Yakutat Bay, Prince William Sound and Lower Copper River Regions
by Tarr, Ralph Stockman, Martin, Lawrence
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- very good
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- Condition
- very good
- Seller
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About This Item
Washington: National Geographic Society, 1914. Undetermined. very good. 1st Edition. xxvii, 498pp. Small quarto, bound in publisher's red cloth with gold gilt lettering and rules to front and spine. All maps in back folder present, still in original wraparound paper band. Frontispiece, 184 black-and-white plates. Light rubbing and edgewear. Covers moderately mottled; toning to reverse of the back free endpaper from the map folder. very good A nice copy of this comprehensive Glacier study. 1914
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140793
- Title
- Alaskan Glacier Studies of the National Geographic Society in the Yakutat Bay, Prince William Sound and Lower Copper River Regions
- Author
- Tarr, Ralph Stockman, Martin, Lawrence
- Format/Binding
- Undetermined
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Alaska|Glacier|National Geographic|Natural History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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