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Surveying the Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930 (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society)
by Carter, Edward C., II [editor]
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0871692317
- ISBN 13
- 9780871692313
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1999. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover, quarto size volume bound in green cloth lettered in gold on spine and with publisher's dust-jacket. 344 pages. Contains an Appendix, Notes on Contributors and an Index. Illustrated with several engravings and maps. First edition, published as volume 231 of the American Philosophical Society. No previous ownership marks. A pristine and as new copy. As new in an as new dust-jacket. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020843
- Title
- Surveying the Record: North American Scientific Exploration to 1930 (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society)
- Author
- Carter, Edward C., II [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0871692317
- ISBN 13
- 9780871692313
- Publisher
- American Philosophical Society
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1999
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Travel and Exploration - North America
- Bookseller catalogs
- Exploration;
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