The Polar Regions in the Twentieth Century - Their Discovery and Industrial Evolution
by A. W. Greely
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G+/N/a
- Seller
-
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George G. Harrap, 1929. First edition, maroon covers with gilt, 222pp inc index, b/w illustrations, inc frontis, maps, and fold-out map at rear (tinted). Covers have general edge wear and light bumping, but some damp stains (not affecting text bloc) and other small marks. Dusty page edges, clean evidence of sticker removal from ffep and handwritten previous owner's name on front pastedown. Some leaves have obviously been cut by hand and leaves of index are still uncut. Otherwise internally clean and solid with fold-out map in VG condition. Ref:114753. First Edition. Cloth. G+/N/a. 14.5x22.5cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004753
- Title
- The Polar Regions in the Twentieth Century - Their Discovery and Industrial Evolution
- Author
- A. W. Greely
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+
- Jacket Condition
- N/a
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- George G. Harrap
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
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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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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