Ambassador to the Penguins: A Naturalist's Year Abroad a Yankee Whaleship
by Mathews, Eleanor
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Middlebury, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: David R. Godine, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 353 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Dust jacket unclipped, excellent. Tan cover boards, navy blue quarter cloth, gilt title on spine and decoration on front cover. Pages clean. Binding tight. Spine straight. In beautiful condition. Mathews shares the journal of her grandfather who got the rare opportunity to spend a year aboard one of the last Yankee whaleships out of New Bedford, on a voyage to the Antarctic Record # 33225
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- Bookseller
- Monroe Street Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33225
- Title
- Ambassador to the Penguins: A Naturalist's Year Abroad a Yankee Whaleship
- Author
- Mathews, Eleanor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- David R. Godine
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- Biography, Nautical, 1st Edition, , .
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Monroe Street Books
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Middlebury, Vermont
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