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MODERN ARCTIC EXPLORATION
by Gunnar Seidenfaden, (Preface by Peter Freuchen), Translated from the Danish by Naomi Walford
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape, London, 1939. First Edition. Cloth. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition; 189 pages, illustrated, b/w plates, coloured folding map in blue cloth covers with gilt titling to spine. Missing end papers (blank), closed repaired tear to folding map which has been poorly folded in the past. Shelf ware, covers bumped, grubby, small split to top of spine. Contents clean - Introduction to the present day; The modern expedition; Map-making; Geology; Biology; Marine research; The peoples of the Arctic; Polar voyages of the most recent times; Conclusion. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2926. .
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2926
- Title
- MODERN ARCTIC EXPLORATION
- Author
- Gunnar Seidenfaden, (Preface by Peter Freuchen), Translated from the Danish by Naomi Walford
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- BZDB349 qpolarq, arctic, polarbook, polar, Arctic & Antarctic; Gunnar Seidenfaden, (Preface by Peter Freuchen), Translated from the Danish by Naomi Walford MODERN ARCTIC EXPLORATION.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic;
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Llandudno, Conwy
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