EDWARD WILSON OF THE ANTARCTIC Naturalist and Friend
by Seaver, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1933. First Edition. Cloth. Good+. Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Frontis has a Colour illustration of Edward Wilson with his sledge and Dogs. 6 other Colour Plates, 16 B&W including a Photo of Wilson. Also 3 Maps. 1933 Reprint of the 1933 First edition. 301 pages, 8 3/4" Tall, 630g. Black cloth cover. Gilt Title on White Ground to spine. Hinges sound. Frontis detached but present. Map at the back missing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018246
- Title
- EDWARD WILSON OF THE ANTARCTIC Naturalist and Friend
- Author
- Seaver, George
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/EXPLORERS/POLAR EXPLORERS/POLAR EXPEDITIONS/TRAVEL/EXPLORATION/ANTARCTIC EXPLOERERS
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- Cloth
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- Good+
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Reprint
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- First Edition
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