Return From the Pole; a true story of adventure and exploration. A new chapter in the Cook-Peary controversy
by Frederick A. Cook; edited by Frederik J. Pohl
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- hardcover
- First
- Condition
- Very Good / Good
- Seller
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Lee, New Hampshire
Item Price
$9.35
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About This Item
New York, New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover--cloth. Very Good / Good. Octavo 9 1/4" tall, x + 335 pages, blue cloth; b&w frontispiece photograph of Frederick A. Cook. A very good, clean hard cover first edition with minor rubbing at the corners, binding and hinges tight, paper lightly yellowed. In a good, edge worn dust jacket with chipping at the edges of the back strip and at fore-edges, with the original price.
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- Bookseller
- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40760
- Title
- Return From the Pole; a true story of adventure and exploration. A new chapter in the Cook-Peary controversy
- Author
- Frederick A. Cook; edited by Frederik J. Pohl
- Format/binding
- Hardcover--cloth
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good / Good
- Quantity-available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pellegrini & Cudahy
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Maritime; Arctic; American History; Twentieth Century (20th); Exploration
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About Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire!Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay, as well as the good items which happen to come our way in other subjects. Genre literature such as Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, and Westerns will remain of special interest to us. We also carry many collectible magazines, including TIME, LIFE, National Geographic, and Playbill.
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- edges
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- octavo
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- First Edition
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- tight
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- chipping
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- rubbing
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