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The Ice Passage
by Payton, Brian
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0385665326
- ISBN 13
- 9780385665322
- Seller
-
Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Doubleday Canada/Random House, 2009. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A true story of ambition, disaster and endurance in the Arctic wilderness. 286 pp. plus: Author's Note, Selected Bibliography, Acknowledgments, A Note about the Author. Brown paper covered boards have silver gilt text on spine only. Bookseller's Inventory # 154623.
Synopsis
Brian Payton has written for The New York Times , Los Angeles Times , Chicago Tribune , Boston Globe , and The Globe and Mail . He is the author of the novel Hail Mary Corner and the non-fiction narrative Shadow of the Bear: Travels in Vanishing Wilderness . Payton lives with his wife in Vancouver.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004623
- Title
- The Ice Passage
- Author
- Payton, Brian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385665326
- ISBN 13
- 9780385665322
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada/Random House
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- ARNSTRONG, ALEXANDER, SIR, 1818-1899 - TRAVEL - ARCTIC REGIONS. MIERTSCHING, JOHANN AUGUST, 1817-1875 - TRAVEL - ARCTIC REGIONS. PIERS, HENRY, 1818-1901 - TRAVEL ARCTIC REGIONS. INVESTIGATOR (SHIP) . ARCTIC REGIONS - DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION - BRITIS
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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