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CAPTAIN SCOTT
by Gwynn, Stephen
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Lane The Bodley Head, London, 1929. First Edition. Cloth. Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition; A volume in 'The Golden Hind Series' of biographies of great explorers edited by Milton Waldman. (2), iii-ix, 240 pages + 4 publishers adverts, illustrated, b/w plates, letter facsimile, folding map, page edges uncut. Original covers in photocopied dust jacket for protection. Shelf wear, spotting mainly to page edges and prelims, contents clean. Chapters on his early life and parentage, the voyage of the 'Discovery', the sledge journeys from the 'Discovery' and much more. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3242. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Polar Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3242
- Title
- CAPTAIN SCOTT
- Author
- Gwynn, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- BZDB349 Scott, expedition, polar, Terra Nova, Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Gwynn, Stephen CAPTAIN SCOTT.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration;
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Llandudno, Conwy
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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