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The Arctic Regions and Polar Discoveries During the Nineteenth Century with an account of the new British exploring expedition fitted out in 1875 its objects and prospects
by Simmonds, P.L
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London & New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1878. Frontispiece, extra vignette title page, small octavo, folding map (a bit foxed, together with the adjoining pages), pp xvi, 388, fore-edge foxed, a long inscription on front endpaper, page 99/100 has a small corner folded (no loss) by a production fault, decorated cloth, slight wear, the spine darkened, but overall quite a good copy. [SCARCE. The cover describes this as "with illustrations", but the frontispiece and map are all that are required.]. Decorative Cloth. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011893
- Title
- The Arctic Regions and Polar Discoveries During the Nineteenth Century with an account of the new British exploring expedition fitted out in 1875 its objects and prospects
- Author
- Simmonds, P.L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons
- Place of Publication
- London & New York
- Date Published
- 1878
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Victorian;
Terms of Sale
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