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ANTARCTIC RESEARCH: A review of British scientific achievement in Antarctica
by Edited By Sir Raymond Priestley, Raymond J.Adie, G. De Q.Robin
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
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About This Item
Butterworths Scientific Publications, London, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; xi, 360pages, illustrated, frontispiece and 36 colour b/w photos. The two colour maps originally supplied are not present. Foreword by H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh. Original covers. Minor spotting to page edges, contents clean. The 31 chapters are by various experts in their field including Priestley, Vivian Fuchs, Linton, Morley, Orr, Wiggins, G. de Q. Robin, Raymond Adie, H. H. Lamb, etc and covers all aspects such as polar travel, navigation, dogs, ice cover, seals, whales, fish and bird life, plants, climate, atmosphere, pack ice, aurorae, ionosphere, etc. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Wildlife; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3627. . This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3627
- Title
- ANTARCTIC RESEARCH: A review of British scientific achievement in Antarctica
- Author
- Edited By Sir Raymond Priestley, Raymond J.Adie, G. De Q.Robin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Butterworths Scientific Publications
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- BZDB349 qpolarq, Arctic & Antarctic; Wildlife; Exploration. Unbranded Edited By Sir Raymond Priestley, Raymond J.Adie, G. De Q.Robin ANTARCTIC RESEARCH: A review of British scientific achievement in Antarctica
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