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Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition
by BYRD, Richard Evelyn (text); SWANSON, Claude A. (introduction)
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- first
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1935. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (24cm); blue cloth, with titling and decorative elements stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; map endpapers; dustjacket; xxi,[3],405pp.; photographic portrait frontispiece, 23 leaves of plates, map endpapers by James Darley. Slight forward lean, lower corners bumped, top edge foxed; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.75), spine-sunned, showing moderate shelfwear, with numerous nicks, tears, and attendant creases; Very Good. Generously illustrated account of the second Byrd expedition, 1933-1935.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61633
- Title
- Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition
- Author
- BYRD, Richard Evelyn (text); SWANSON, Claude A. (introduction)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Shelfwear
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- G
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Octavo
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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