Call to the South: A Story of British Whaling in Antarctica.
by McLaughlin, W. R. D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Harrap, 1962. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white photos, faint foxing & toning edges, light brown strips endpapers, corners bumped, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket (lightly rubbed, flap price-clipped, reverse side lightly toned). 188 pp. An account of a typical British whaling expedition to Antarctica. The author has spent many seasons in Antarctica and through this book pleads for action to save the whales before it is too late. SALE PRICE.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25295
- Title
- Call to the South: A Story of British Whaling in Antarctica.
- Author
- McLaughlin, W. R. D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harrap
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- travel, maritime, whaling, animals, marine, whales, environment, extinctions, polar regions, pacific, antarctica, antarctic, britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- PACIFIC & NEW ZEALAND;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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