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Peary at the North Pole: Fact or Fiction?
by Rawlins, Dennis
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0883310422
- ISBN 13
- 9780883310427
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Washington and New York: Robert B. Luce, Inc., 1973. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo. 320 pp, 21 titled chapters with b&w maps - photos, Appendixes, notes & source citations, glossary, bibliography, index. First Edition, 1973. Price clipped. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, cover cloth with barely noticalbe wear at spine corners top and bottom, and spine letters bright. Light wear to dj, 5.75" x 8.75". Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine, and maps on end papers. Pictorial dj in acetate protector..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7516
- Title
- Peary at the North Pole: Fact or Fiction?
- Author
- Rawlins, Dennis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0883310422
- ISBN 13
- 9780883310427
- Publisher
- Robert B. Luce, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Washington and New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- Amundsen - Peary - Byrd - Cook - exeditions to north pole HISTORY BIOGRAPHY POLAR EXPLORATION HISTORY OF SCIENCE
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY;
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Price Clipped
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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