To the Ends of the Earth
by Perkins, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394509005
- ISBN 13
- 9780394509006
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0394509005 . Hardcover with dust jacket. Black cloth boards, gilt title, near pristine. Protected dustjacket, bright and clean, with general shelf wear and to edges. Book is firm in binding, 183 pages include Notes. A beautiful, haunting collection of photographs, journals and diaries from four expeditions to the Congo, Siberia, the Gobi Desert, and the Arctic. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- KULTURAs books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12573
- Title
- To the Ends of the Earth
- Author
- Perkins, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394509005
- ISBN 13
- 9780394509006
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- 0394509005, Photographs. Expeditions. Admiral Peary. James Chapin - The Congo. , Waldemar Jochelson - Siberia. Roy Chapman Andrews - The Gobi Desert.
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