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Glacier Island - The Official Account of the British South Georgia Expedition 1954-1955
by Sutton, George
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Chatto & Windus, 1957. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. Very clean first edition in unclipped original dust jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs, maps. 224 pages with index. Clean jacket is not price clipped, has a few short closed edge tears; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The British South Georgia Expedition, 1954-1955, wasthe first xpedition to enter Antarctic regions with mountaineering as its principal objective. An important book of exploration and mountaineering..
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- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32503
- Title
- Glacier Island - The Official Account of the British South Georgia Expedition 1954-1955
- Author
- Sutton, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- ADVENTURE, TRAVEL, GLACIER ISLAND, FIRST EDITION, GEORGE SUTTON, BRITISH SOUTH GEORGIA EXPEDITION 1954-55, ANTARCTICA, EXPLORATION, MOUNTAINEERING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adventure/Travel; Mountaineering;
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