Birthplace of the Winds
by Bank, Ted II
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Robert Hale, 1957. Michigan botanist explores the Aleutian Islands, collecting plants, studying human & plant migration from Asia to America; he discovers ancient mummies in burial caves. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; the first British edition, a year after the American. Light wear to book; jacket shows some rubbing & creasing, short tears, minor chipping. Jacket art by Biro. Text clean; xiv, 274 pages; b/w photos, line drawings, maps. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0496
- Title
- Birthplace of the Winds
- Author
- Bank, Ted II
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robert Hale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Alaska, Aleutians, Travel, Exploration, Mummies, Anthropology, Botany, Aleut People
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.