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THE LONELIEST CONTINENT: The Story of Antarctic Discovery
by Chapman, Walker
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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About This Item
USA: New York Graphic Society Publishers, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Maps and photos by Rafael Palacios and Johanna Linch. Blue cloth w/silver titles, very clean, tight and solid. Three colorless lines on front, like made from an eraser or something like that. Interior very clean, no markings, pages slightly toned. White jacket with blue lettering, unclipped. Jacket design by Sheila Lynch based on Speculum Orbis Terrae, Cornelius de Judaeis, Antwerp, 1593. In very good condition with small amout of chipping on top edge by spine. Mylar jacket cover. 279 pages with bibliography and index. 5.6 x 8.25 inches. Publisher: Greenwich, CN. New York Graphic Society, 1964.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017706
- Title
- THE LONELIEST CONTINENT: The Story of Antarctic Discovery
- Author
- Chapman, Walker
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- New York Graphic Society Publishers
- Place of Publication
- USA
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION; COOK; SHACKLETON, ERNEST; WEDDELL, JAMES; SCOTT, ROBERT; BYRD, RICHARD E.; ELLSWORTH, LINCLON. ; SOUTH POLE; MAGNETIC EMPEROR PENGUINS; THE NIIMROD;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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