Cruises in the Bering Sea.
by NIEDIECK, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Rowland Ward, 1909. . First edition. 8vo., xv, 252pp., 4 pages ads at end, frontispiece, 71 plates, folding map in rear pocket, illustrations in the text, original grey cloth gilt, corners just bumped else fine.
Scarce. 'In his voyage to the Bering Sea, Niedeck split his time between Kamchatka and Alaska. Landing at Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatkan coast, his party proceeded inward, bagging bear along the shores of Betchevinskaya Bay. He also collected Ovis nivicola in the surrounding hill country, walrus and sea lion before turning his attention to Alaska' (Czech).
Czech, Asian p150.
Scarce. 'In his voyage to the Bering Sea, Niedeck split his time between Kamchatka and Alaska. Landing at Petropavlovsk on the Kamchatkan coast, his party proceeded inward, bagging bear along the shores of Betchevinskaya Bay. He also collected Ovis nivicola in the surrounding hill country, walrus and sea lion before turning his attention to Alaska' (Czech).
Czech, Asian p150.
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- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82943
- Title
- Cruises in the Bering Sea.
- Author
- NIEDIECK, Paul
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Rowland Ward, 1909.
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