BEYOND THE CAPES: Pacific Exploration From Captain Cook to the Challenger, 1776-1877
by Dodge, Ernest S
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good-
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston/Toronto: Little, Brown and Company (1971) 430 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Light sunning to edges. Previous owner's name in ink to bottom edge of, and name stamp on, front endpaper. Compliments card stapled to front endpaper. DJ a bit rubbed w/ modest edge wear. Illust. w/ a color frontispiece, b/w photos and maps. Contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Review Copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22798NAUT
- Title
- BEYOND THE CAPES: Pacific Exploration From Captain Cook to the Challenger, 1776-1877
- Author
- Dodge, Ernest S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston/Toronto
- Keywords
- NAUTICAL HISTORY MARITIME PACIFIC AREA DISCOVERY EXPLORATION 1776 1877 SHIPS CHALLENGER COOK JAMES 1728 1779 CAPTAINS NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical; Exploration;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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