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ICE FLOES AND FLAMING WATER: A TRUE ADVENTURE IN MELVILLE BAY
by Freuchen, Peter (Translated from the Danish by Johan Hambro)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Victor Gollancz Ltd., Travel Book Club, London, 1956. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Travel Bookclub Edition; 251pages, photographic frontispiece. Cream cloth covers with black titling to spine in unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, corners bumped, old Sellotape repairs to rear dust jacket. Contents clean. The true story of the rescue of 5 survivors from a whaling boat in Melville Bay in the Arctic. 1st Travel Book Club Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2109. .
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- Seller
- Polar Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 2109
- Title
- ICE FLOES AND FLAMING WATER: A TRUE ADVENTURE IN MELVILLE BAY
- Author
- Freuchen, Peter (Translated from the Danish by Johan Hambro)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Publisher
- Victor Gollancz Ltd., Travel Book Club
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- BZDB349 Husky, Greenland, Eskimo AMZ£40 Biblio£35 Arctic & Antarctic; Whales; Exploration. Unbranded Freuchen, Peter (Translated from the Danish by Johan Hambro) ICE FLOES AND FLAMING WATER: A TRUE ADVENTURE IN MELVILLE BAY.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration; Whales;
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Llandudno, Conwy
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