Man Against the Desolate Antarctic
by Mountevans, Admiral Lord
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Wilfred Funk, 1951. First American edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Wilfred Funk, 1951. 8vo., xvi+172pp., illustrated with b/w photographs, map endpapers. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Author was last man to have spoken to Scott. Minor sun fade to the cloth along top edge, name/address on verso of half title, else very good plus in very good dust jacket with several small chips. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008315
- Title
- Man Against the Desolate Antarctic
- Author
- Mountevans, Admiral Lord
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Wilfred Funk
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1951
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
- Size
- 8vo
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- Cloth
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- Half Title
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- Verso
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- Gilt
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