THE ARCTIC REGIONS: their situation, appearance, climate, and Zoology
by William Scoresby
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
London: The Religious Tract Society, Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 16 mo (14 cm). n.d. (1848-49) orig. blind-stamped, gilt decorated cloth, cover and spine, 192 pages,spine is faded, small area of fade to lower rear cover, a tight, clean, copy. "The following pages contain, in an abridged and somewhat modified form, the substance of the first volume of captain ... Scoresby's work on the Arctic Regions and the Whale-fishery, Edinburgh, 1820; with the omission of the third chapter on the Hydrographical Survey of the Greenland Sea.".
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11255713
- Title
- THE ARCTIC REGIONS: their situation, appearance, climate, and Zoology
- Author
- William Scoresby
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- The Religious Tract Society,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 16 mo (14 cm)
- Keywords
- Arctic regions -- Description and travel., Travel., Arctic Regions., Arctique -- De´couverte et exploration.,Zoology., Discoveries in geography.,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
Terms of Sale
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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About the Seller
Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2004
Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Mail order only. 51 years as a bookseller
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