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THE VOYAGE OF THE JEANNETTE: The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long Lieutenant -Commander of the Polar Expedition of 1879 to 1881. (Vol1 UK 1st, Vol 2 US 1st)
by De Long, George W.; De Long, Emma (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Kegan Paul, Trench and Company, London, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Volume I is UK 1st Edition: Volume II is US 1st Edition: Vol I - xii, 1-440 pages, illustrated, 16 plates, including portrait frontispiece, vignettes,maps (2 large folding), charts and diagrams. Original covers, black end papers. Volume II is the US 1st Edition: xii, 441-911pages, illustrated, 16 plates, vignettes, 16 maps, charts and diagrams, (1 folding). Brown cloth covers depicting The Jeannette. Both volumes shelf wear. Volume I missing front end paper, gift inscription dated 1885 on fly leaf. Crease to front cover and mark to fly leaf, text block shaken, contents clean. Volume II covers tatty with splits, frays. Front end paper and frontispiece loose, age toning, neatly repaired tears to folding map, all complete. PLEASE NOTE: This book will incur extra postage and insurance charges. Please contact us for a quote. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 5 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2996. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2996
- Title
- THE VOYAGE OF THE JEANNETTE: The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long Lieutenant -Commander of the Polar Expedition of 1879 to 1881. (Vol1 UK 1st, Vol 2 US 1st)
- Author
- De Long, George W.; De Long, Emma (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench and Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- BZDB349 Jeanette Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Exploration. De Long, George W.; De Long, Emma (Editor) THE VOYAGE OF THE JEANNETTE: The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long Lieutenant -Commander of the Polar Expedition of 1879 to 1881. (Vol1
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration;
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- Text Block
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Shelf Wear
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- Cloth
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
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