NORWAY AND ITS GLACIERS
by James FORBES
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- Hardcover
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NORWAY AND ITS GLACIERS - James FORBES Norway and Its Glaciers Visited in 1851. Followed by Journals of Excursions in the High Alps of Dauphine, Berne and Savoy. 1st edn., Adam and Charles Black, 1853, beautiful colour plates throughout Norway, original tan cloth large format 340 page hardback, spine frail, binding split inside but holding, overall VG for its age, In its day, a definitive work on glaciology and geography of Norway and parts of European Alps THE IMAGE SHOWN ON BIBLIO IS THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING PURCHASED
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- Bookseller
- Barking Mad Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- NORWAY AND ITS GLACIERS
- Author
- James FORBES
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Adam and Charles Black
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1853
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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