From Vinland to Mars: A Thousand Years of Exploration
by Lewis, Richard S
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0812906470
- ISBN 13
- 9780812906479
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Quadrangle Books/The New York Times Book Co, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition. Out-of-Print Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Photographic illustrations. A comprehensive history of Exploration, from the earliest Viking voyages to the Viking spacecraft landings on Mars. Very clean and unmarked binding of blue cloth with silver titles on spine. Tight, solid, and square. Top edge dust dulled. Internals are very clean and completely unmarked. Clean unclipped jacket is rubbed, has light edge wear and a scuff on the back side. 436 pages with Notes and Index. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. Quadrangle Books/The New York Times Book Co, New York, 1976.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014000
- Title
- From Vinland to Mars: A Thousand Years of Exploration
- Author
- Lewis, Richard S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0812906470
- ISBN 13
- 9780812906479
- Publisher
- Quadrangle Books/The New York Times Book Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- ASTRONAUTICS HISTORY PLANETS EXPLORATION DISCOVERY GEOGRAPHY
- X weight
- 0 oz
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