The White Continent: the Story of Antarctica
by Henry, Thomas R
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good in Fair dust jacket
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About This Item
William Sloane Associates. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. SIGNED / inscribed by the author on the blank endpaper to Mr ... With sincere regards, Thomas R. Henry. 257 pages. Clean, good binding. The author's personal experience in the Antarctic in1946-1947 as a magazine correspondent the US Navy under the command of Rear Admirals Richard E. Byrd and Richard H. Cruzen. The mission of the 12 ships and 4000 officers and men was the accurate mapping of the continental shoreline and mountains that form the rim of the continent. Cloth boards are sunned at the upper edge, good binding, clean text; DJ has edge tears; ; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Bookshop Baltimore (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27610
- Title
- The White Continent: the Story of Antarctica
- Author
- Henry, Thomas R
- Illustrator
- Rafael Palacios, Map Drawing
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Fair dust jacket
- Publisher
- William Sloane Associates
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- Antartica, Richard E. Byrd, Richard H. Cruzen, Whales, The Weddell Sea, Who Owns The Antarctic, Thomas R. Henry Signed Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY; SIGNED By Author;
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