Beyond Horizons
by Ellsworth, Lincoln
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1938. Hardcover. Very good. First Edition. xii,403pp. Octavo. No jacket. Bound in original red cloth; gilt lettering and gilt & black design on spine. Author's initials blindstamped on facade. B/W frontis plate showcases portrait of "The Lure of the Land." 15 further B/W illustrations on doublesided plates from photos. 5 appendices at rear. Covers slightly rubbed. Internally very clean. A very good, first edition copy of this 1938 novel. Second volume of his autobiography about the arctic regions and his two flights with Amundsen in 1925 and 1926. 1938
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 121244
- Title
- Beyond Horizons
- Author
- Ellsworth, Lincoln
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- Arctic|Autobiography|Flight|Polar
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Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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