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Discovery: The Story of The Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition
by Byrd, Richard Evelyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1935. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on cover, gilt lettering on spine, t.e.g. (light blue), fore-edge deckle, maps on endpapers. Illustrated with B&W frontispiece and B&W photographs. . Spine moderately sunned and slightly rubbed, boards lightly sunned, corners slightly bumped and worn, front hinge starting. GOOD+ . B&W Photographs. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (xxi), (i), 405 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9498
- Title
- Discovery: The Story of The Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition
- Author
- Byrd, Richard Evelyn
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Expedition;, Exploration;, Antarctica;, TRAVEL;, Adventure;, Memoirs;, History;, South Pole;, Antarctica;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & Adventure;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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