The Arctic Explorations and Discoveries During The 19th Century...
by Smucker, Samuel M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Weare,, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Miller, Orton & Mulligan. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1857. Hardcover. Blue-grey cloth boards show heavy edge and corner wear, cloth missing at head/foot of spine. Title Page missing, gilt spinal titles barely discernable. Body of volume intact after title/copyright page. Ink name and addres on front free endpaper. Some foxing. Signatures intact though some are loose, threads show at both ends. Pages edges darkened. Embossed boards. .
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- Bookseller
- Boomer's Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32764
- Title
- The Arctic Explorations and Discoveries During The 19th Century...
- Author
- Smucker, Samuel M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Miller, Orton & Mulligan
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- Sir John Ross, David Buchan, John Franklin,, W.E. Parry, F.W. Beechey, James Ross,, George Back, Thomas Simpson, Peter Warren, Dease, Dr. John Rae.
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Boomer's Books
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Weare,, New Hampshire
About Boomer's Books
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- Gilt
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