Quest for a Continent
by Sullivan, Walter
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Rippleside, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Secker & Warburg , 1957. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original blue cloth with silver title to spine, 372 pages including index, map endpapers, black & white plates, charts. Some chips and closed tears to dustjacket, light foxing to edges. The exploration of the Antarctic from the days of the early seal hunters. A very sound, neat copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sad Paradise Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1707124
- Title
- Quest for a Continent
- Author
- Sullivan, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- EXPLORATION HISTORY ANTARCTICA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Man & Society;
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About the Seller
Sad Paradise Books
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Rippleside, Victoria
About Sad Paradise Books
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