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Sibir. My Discovery of Siberia.
by Mowat, Farley
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0771065809
- ISBN 13
- 9780771065804
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1970. Hardcover. fine. 1st Edition. 313pp. Octavo. Original olive green cloth. Gilt lettering on spine. Endpaper maps. Textblock clean and tight. Pictorial dust jacket is unpriced clipped, creases and chipping to extremities. fine A fascinating account of Mowat's travels thought Siberia. This copy is signed by Mowat on the titlepage. 1970
Synopsis
LARS KEPLER is the pseudonym of Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril & Alexander Ahndoril, both critically-acclaimed writers under their own names. Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril's first novel S tjärneborg ( Castle of Stars ) has been translated in several languages while Alexander Ahndoril's novel The Director , about Ingmar Bergman, was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. The Fire Witness is the third book in a series featuring Detective Inspector Joona Linna. The author lives in Sweden.
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- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 115958
- Title
- Sibir. My Discovery of Siberia.
- Author
- Mowat, Farley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0771065809
- ISBN 13
- 9780771065804
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- Canadian North|Arctic|Russia|Siberia|Travel and Exploratioin|Travel Writing
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Aquila Books
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About Aquila Books
Aquila Books specializes in books dealing with Polar Exploration, Western Canadiana, Mountaineering, the Canadian Pacific Railway, Early Voyages as well as many other areas. We also deal in antique maps and prints, historic photos, autograph letters, postcards, antique scientific instruments and antique bookcases. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Tight
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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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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