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THE WORLD OF ICE
by Dyson, James L
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Cresset Press, 1963. Cloth. Good. 1st UK Edition; xvii, 292pp, xiii index, 1, 82 b/w photo plates, illustrated end papers, 2 charts, 3 maps. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine, half title page repaired at hinge. Ex Libris, seafarers education service library stamp on title page and 3 loan stamps on rear end paper, half title page taped at hinge to fep. Covers slightly grubby, spine faded, contents clean. Good. Spence 407. Grinding, ever moving, immensely powerful and tortured, the World of Ice is full of unsuspected life and hidden records of ancient deaths. Here is a new, fresh, and rich revelation of that supposedly familiar world. Cover faded and slightly stained. Contents clean. Good Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 584. .
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- Bookseller
- Polar Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 584
- Title
- THE WORLD OF ICE
- Author
- Dyson, James L
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Cresset Press
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- BZDB349 qpolarq, glaciers, drumlins, shelves, Alaska, Antarctica, Andes polar books antarctic book arctic book Artic/Arctic, Antartic/Antarctic Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Dyson, James L THE WORLD OF ICE.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic;
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Llandudno, Conwy
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