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A BOOK OF DISCOVERY. The History of the World's Exploration from the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole.Fully Illustrated from Authentic Sources and With Maps.
by (Margaret Bertha] M. B. Synge
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Book. Fine. Hardcover. ( no date,circe 1955), blue pict. cloth, cover & spine, with cover paste-down of map, pp., xxvii, 554 p.,deckle edges,numerous illustrations, (9 plates in full color, (some folding,) numerous text illustrations,d.j. is NOT price-clipped, index, chronology, a bright, clean copy , d.j. has some edge wear and minor edge tears,small lossat foot of spine of d.j., in protective mylar jacket. Size: 4 to., (23 cm.).
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1124200
- Title
- A BOOK OF DISCOVERY. The History of the World's Exploration from the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole.Fully Illustrated from Authentic Sources and With Maps.
- Author
- (Margaret Bertha] M. B. Synge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- DISCOVERIES IN GEOGRAPHY.,EXPLORERS -- JUVENILE LITERATURE., PICTORIAL BINDINGS,
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Children's /Juvenile's;
Terms of Sale
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Returnable upon receipt with prior notification. If paying by check, please allow two weeks for clearance.
About the Seller
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2004
Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Mail order only. 51 years as a bookseller
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