Toronto: Mcgraw-Hill Ryerson Limited. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 0070825483 . DJ and boards show some shelf wear, with tears, creasing and chipping, 1" tear top spine edge. Price-clipped. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Explorers of the North ; B&W Photographs; 10.1 X 6.9 X 1.3 inches; 415 pages; "Chronicles the disappointments, triumphs, and heroism of Arctic exploration from nineteenth-century British Admiralty expeditions to the journeys of Knud Rasmussen and Vilhjalmur Stefansson" .

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Bookseller: Ainsworth Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 19789
Title: The North Pole or Bust
Author: Rasky, Frank
Illustrator: Map Endpapers
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0070825483
ISBN 13: 9780070825482
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Ryerson Limited
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1977
Keywords: 0070825483, Arctic
Bookseller catalogs: Exploration;

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Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.

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