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The History of Modern Whaling
by Tonnessen, J N & Johnsen, A O
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0905838238
- ISBN 13
- 9780905838236
- Seller
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Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London; C Hurst & Company, 1982., 1982. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION. Large octavo. xx, 798 pp. 112 plates plus seven maps and 71 tables in text. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Printed bookplate to front pastedown; no annotation or inscriptions. Wrapper top edge nicked & creased with very light foxing to flaps. Standard work on the subject. Translated from the Norwegian by R I Christophersen.
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- Bookseller
- Keel Row Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3674
- Title
- The History of Modern Whaling
- Author
- Tonnessen, J N & Johnsen, A O
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- ISBN 10
- 0905838238
- ISBN 13
- 9780905838236
- Publisher
- London; C Hurst & Company, 1982.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- Maritime
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Keel Row Books is Tyneside's leading bookshop for collectable, antiquarian and second-hand books.Formerly of North Shields we are now in newly renovated double-fronted shop in the middle of Whitley Bay. Open Mon to Sat 10-5.
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
Established 1980. Members: ILAB/ABA/PBFA
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