'Birdie' Bowers of the Antarctic
by Seaver, George; with an introduction by Appsley Cherry-Garrard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: John Murray. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1947). First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signature. Slight bumping to lower corners of boards. Some spots of foxing to page edges. ; Fourth printing. xxiii, [1], 270 pages + frontispiece + 12 plates + 1 in-text map + 1 folding map + [2] pages advertisements. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettered paper spine label. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10685
- Title
- 'Birdie' Bowers of the Antarctic
- Author
- Seaver, George; with an introduction by Appsley Cherry-Garrard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1947)
- Keywords
- Antarctic Polar
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- First Edition
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