Diary of the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic Regions 1901-1904
by WILSON, EDWARD
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About This Item
Blandford Press 1966. First edition, imperial octavo, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt motif to spine & gilt signature to front board, frontispiece, 416pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG (soiling to eps, tanning to prelims, foxing to page edges), in d/w, VG (price clipped)
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- Title
- Diary of the Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic Regions 1901-1904
- Author
- WILSON, EDWARD
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Blandford Press 1966
- Keywords
- first edition Edward Wilson history Discovery Antarctic expedition voyage exploration
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