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The Antarctic
by King, H G R
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0713703733
- ISBN 13
- 9780713703733
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Blandford Press, 1969. 1st Edition 1st Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 1st ed, 1st printing. 276pp, indexed, with numerous black and white and colour plate illustrations. In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine, top edge sprayed blue. Maps on endpapers. Spine ends and corners very slightly rounded, else neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket (jacket has some shelfwear, a little rubbed and rounded on corners and spine ends, tanned on edges of inner front flap). Drawing of the resources of the Scott Polar Research Institute, its Librarian and Information Office, H G R King presents Antarctica as a world and as an unrivalled scientific and research opportunity.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014307
- Title
- The Antarctic
- Author
- King, H G R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Impression
- ISBN 10
- 0713703733
- ISBN 13
- 9780713703733
- Publisher
- Blandford Press
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1969
- Pages
- 276
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Antarctica, Research, Exploration, Scott Polar Research Institute, Polar Exploration
- X weight
- 0 kg
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- Plate
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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