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THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN by OWEN, Russell - 1941

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THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN by OWEN, Russell - 1941

THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN

by OWEN, Russell

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1941. OWEN, Russell. THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN. Maps by Stephen J. Voorhies. NY: Whittlesey House, [1941]. Small 4to., blue cloth stamped in gilt. First Edition. Signed presentation by Owen on half-title page: "Dear Lester, I only rewrote one chapter & sez you: `It would have been better if you'd done more.' Sez I: `Perhaps you're right', but I hope you like it. Russell." Very Good (bright). $50.00.

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The Antarctic Ocean

The Antarctic Ocean

by Owen Russell

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Museum Press, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1948. First Published in GB. 225 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Water staining to boards. Brown marks overall.
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THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN.

THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN.

by Owen, Russell

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London: Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill, 1941. 254 pp, 9 1/4" H. Map endpapers. B&w photographs, maps. "The search for a land greater than the United States and Mexico began centuries ago, but it was not until a little more than a hundred years ago that an American sealer, Nat Palmer, first glimpsed its mainland. After the fanatic fumblings of explorers like Quiros, the discoverer-priest, hard-headed men pushed farther and farther south to learn what lay in the land of mist and snow. Captain Cook sailed around the land without seeing it; Lieut. Charles Wilkes, an American, sailed along its coast for 1,500 miles. Capt. James Clark Ross, the famous Englishman, broke into the silent sea which bears his name and for the first time brought back some knowledge of this great continent, with its high barriers of ice, its lofty mountain ranges and a live volcano, its tremendous beauty. Since then men have been to the South Pole on foot and in airplanes, have lived on ships fast in the ice… Read More
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The Antarctic Ocean

by Russell Owen

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Museum Press. Hardcover. Used.
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THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN

by Owen, Russell

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New York: Whittlesey House, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good/Good Dust Jacket. Bookplate but book near fine. (14)254pp. Index. Photo plates. Maps. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall
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The Antarctic Ocean.

The Antarctic Ocean.

by Russell Owen

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Museum Press, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1948. First Published in GB. 225 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards to be loose. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.
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The Antarctic Ocean

by Owen, Russell

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Used - Good+ in good+ jacket. Boards and spine bright, but there is chipping to cloth at top of spine. Jacket has chipped at corners an
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New York: Whittlesey House (McGraw Hill), 1941. First thus. Hardcover. Good+ in good+ jacket. Boards and spine bright, but there is chipping to cloth at top of spine. Jacket has chipped at corners and edgewear, dusty, spine darkened. Price clipped. 254 with index. Part of the Oceans of the World series. An account of "a roaring, tempestuous sea that... has a vicious character all its own." With map endpapers and B&W photos on cardstock. Approx. 6 by 9 inches.
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The Antarctic Ocean

by Owen, Russell

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Granville, New York, United States
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NY: Whittlesey House, 1941. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Whittlesey House 1941, first printing. 8vo. xiii+254 pp., ilustrated with b/w plates, map end papers. Very good. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo..
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The Antarctic Ocean.

by OWEN, RUSSELL

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London, Museum Press Limited, (1948).. First UK Edition; 8vo; pp. 225; endpaper maps, b/w frontispiece, illustrated title page, 14 b/w plates, 12 maps, index, original cloth, minor chipping to dustjacket, spine and corners bumped, minor flecking to page edges, minor foxing to front and rear few pages, price clipped, a good copy.
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THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN

THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN

by Russell Owen

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Pomona, New York, United States
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New York: Whittlesey House. 1941. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ clipped dust jacket. All 4 flap corners clipped, price remains. Rubbing along panel edges. 1/4 inch open tear at spine crown. .
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The Antarctic Ocean

by Owen, Russell

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  • Hardcover
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Used
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Hardcover
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Garrison, New York, United States
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Hardcover. Museum Press Limited,London 1948. First UK edition.225pp, b&w ills in text, 1 plt, Very Good condition in slt. ruffled dj. Spence 885. Listed in the foreward as a "complement to and continuation of H.R. Mill's famous 'The Life of Sir Ernest Shackleton'"
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