Cape Horn
by Riesenberg, Felix
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939. 452 pgs. and several dozen high-quality illustrations and charts. Minimal markings. Tight and clean.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library.
Synopsis
The story of the Cape Horn region, including the Straits of Magellan, from the days of the first discoveries, through the glorious age of sail, to the present time, recounting the exploits of Magellan, Drake, Schouten, Fitzroy, Darwin, Melville and many others, including the author's own experiences.
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Details
- Seller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 007654
- Title
- Cape Horn
- Author
- Riesenberg, Felix
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- South Africa
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
- Size
- 4to
Terms of Sale
DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
Books may be returned within 7 days if not satisfied.
About the Seller
DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia
About DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books
Specializing in quality military history books on the Napoleonic Wars, Civil War, WWI and WWII, German military and Vietnam. We also sell new Schiffer and Fedorowicz military books.
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Tight
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