NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN THE POLAR SEAS AND REGIONS: with Illustrations of their CLIMATE, GEOLOGY, AND NATURAL HISTORY; AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE WHALE-FISHERY.
Published by Oliver & Boyd and Simpkin & Marshall, London, 1832
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, United KingdomPolar Books
AbeBooks seller since May 27, 2023
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 102.48
Quantity: 1 available
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3rd Edition, Revised; 488 pages. Illustrated, 16 engravings. Dark brown cloth binding with paper label on spine. Covers worn and stained, label on spine partly missing, map wrinkled and laid in, pages browning, some foxing, mainly to page edges, some part of page edges missing, mainly pages 287-296, not affecting text. Contents clean. One of the most popular general accounts of polar exploration, reprinted many times and translated into several languages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 19th century; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1322.
Seller Inventory # 1322
Bibliographic details
- Title
- NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY AND ADVENTURE IN THE POLAR SEAS AND REGIONS: with Illustrations of their CLIMATE, GEOLOGY, AND NATURAL HISTORY; AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE WHALE-FISHERY.
- Author
- Leslie, Sir John; Robert Jameson; Hugh Murray
- Publisher
- Oliver & Boyd and Simpkin & Marshall, London
- Publication year
- 1832
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Dust Jacket
- Binding
- Cloth
- Edition
- Third Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic
Polar Books
Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since May 27, 2023
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 14 to 45 business days | 5 to 14 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 33.17 | US$ 46.43 |
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We have secondhand and rare antiquarian books, scientific papers, reports, maps, photographs and other ephemera on Antarctica, the Arctic, polar travel, history, mountaineering and exploration and whaling for sale. If you are looking for scarce book you could find it here. Alternatively if you cannot find a particular book please contact us as we may not have got round to adding the book you are looking for to our catalogue.
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Used, secondhand and antiquarian books, maps, ephemera, mainly of polar travel and mountaineeringSeller's business information
Polar Books
United Kingdom
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