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Little America
by Paul A. Carter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Item Price
NZ$17.02NZ$15.32
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About This Item
First edition hardcover with dust jacket, published by Columbia University Press, 1979. The dust jacket is intact and is not price clipped, original price of $15.95 printed on the front flap. 301 pages with Index and Notes, illustrated with black and white photos through the text. The dust jacket just has some light smudge marks on the front, light crease mark to the top edge, no tears or chips, one dot of a poke mark half way along the edge at the fore edge side. Sturdy black cloth covered boards, sewn binding. The boards are clean and flat. Author's name and title imprinted in silver on the spine, all lettering is crisp and not rubbed or worn. Corners of the boards are not bent or worn, no edge wear to the boards either. The dust jacket has been protected with a clear, removable, library quality cover. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. The story of the base camp in Antarctica established in 1929 for Richard Byrd's historic flight over the South Pole, his second expedition when he wintered alone, and later used as a research station through World War II, and the Cold War until 1959. Attached are photos of the book we have in our inventory!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20-449
- Title
- Little America
- Author
- Paul A. Carter
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- History, Exploration, Arctic, Antarctica, Science, Richard Byrd
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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About the Seller
Hopkins Books
Biblio member since 2015
Nashua, New Hampshire
About Hopkins Books
We're a small, independent, family run book seller specializing in current fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on Art, Art History, History, Memoirs, Travel Memoirs, Signed First Editions, and Literature in Translation.Do you have any questions about our books ? Let us know, we'd love to hear from you! Do you want to see a photo of a book before you order it ? We try to post as many photos as possbiel, but sometimes there will be a item in inventory that does not show a photo here. So feel free to ask for photos, we don't mind at all. We package all of our orders carefully either in a box that has been designed to ship books, or in a padded envelope. We want to make sure you receive your order in the best possible condition!Our preferred shipping method is USPS Media Mail. Recently, the USPS has added tracking to Media Mail , which has been a great addition to this service.If you do choose to have your order shipped "Expedited", my shipping cost may seem higher than expected. Some of our books are large format hardcovers that can cost quite a bit when shipped expedited. So I would like to make sure that I can cover the cost upfront. However, if the actual cost of expedited shipping is less than the charge, I will refund the difference!
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