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Great Exploration Hoaxes
by Roberts, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0871563258
- ISBN 13
- 9780871563255
- Seller
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About This Item
Sierra Club Books, San Fransico, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. 1st Edition: x, 182 pages, illustrated b/w photos, maps. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, dust jacket tatty with odd piece missing. Previous owners neat inscription verso half title, front end paper removed. Contents clean. David Roberts scrutinises 10 famous hoaxes from 450 years of exploration, ranging from Cabot's voyage down the east coast of North America in 1508 to Donald Crowhurst's bid to sail single handed circumnavigation in 1968, obviously it also includes Dr. Cook on Mount McKinley. A good read which leaves you with a lot of questions! This is the first USA edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Exploration; History. ISBN: 0871563258. ISBN/EAN: 9780871563255. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3704. . 9780871563255
Synopsis
Walter Bonatti was born in Bergamo, Italy, in 1930. A well-known photographer and author, he received the Legion d’Honneur in 1961 for his heroic rescue of two fellow climbers on an expedition on which four other perished. He lives in Italy.
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3704
- Title
- Great Exploration Hoaxes
- Author
- Roberts, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0871563258
- ISBN 13
- 9780871563255
- Publisher
- Sierra Club Books
- Place of Publication
- San Fransico
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- BZDB349 Exploration; History. Unbranded ISBN: 0871563258 EAN: 9780871563255 Roberts, David Great Exploration Hoaxes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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