Shipwreck and Struggle.
by MADSEN, Marius; Jones, Lawrenceb F
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Toronto: Pitt Publishing Company, 1963. First edition. Octavo, navy and mint boards, pp. xviii, 110; illustrated with maps and ninety photographs. "True life adventures of a Danish-born Canadian shipwrecked and stranded on the world's last land of the Ice Age." Madsen's ship sank in 1920 30 miles from the coast of Greenland. Stranded on pack ice, they made their way to the mainland where they survived for one year. This copy of the book appears to be briefly inscribed by a relative of Madsen's, possibly by his wife. Near fine in a very good plus dust jacket, with a 1 cm tear to the rear panel..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11200
- Title
- Shipwreck and Struggle.
- Author
- MADSEN, Marius; Jones, Lawrenceb F
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Toronto: Pitt Publishing Company, 1963. First edition.
- Keywords
- SHIPS AND THE SEA; SHIPWRECKS, GREENLAND; MARIUS MADSEN.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ships and the Sea;
Terms of Sale
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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About the Seller
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Tamworth, Ontario
About Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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- Inscribed
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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