Northwest Passage the Quest for an Arcti Tapa dura - 1991

London: Blandford Press. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. 0713722460 . Dustjacket is price clipped, and there are 2 closed (repaired to the rear) tears to the rear head of the spine and the rear corner of dustjacket. Clear dark blue boards, bright gilt titling to spine, bottom edges slightly dusty, corners and head/tail of spine bumped. NO Inscriptions or Marks. Colour illustrated half title, full page full colour frontispiece. 152pp. Illustrated throughout in Colour and b/w. Maps. Overall an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. "Over 40 colour photographs give a contemporary view of the region's wildlife, landscape and people. 5 maps trace the routes of the most important explorers, many rare archival prints and photographs depict the Arctic as seen through adventurer's eyes. "; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Blandford Press, 1991. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, measuring 12 1/2" x 9 1/4", a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper. Illustrated, 152pp. A heavy volume which may attract a request for additional postage if ordered from locations outside the United Kingdom. Please enquire for details prior to placing an order. .

London: Blandford. 1991. Hard Cover. Very Good in Very Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. . POLAR-This tall, thin hardcover is VERY GOOD+, but pp. 79 through 83 are loose inside. NO foreign or Priority shipments on this title. tan w/black lettering. .

London: Blandford, 1991. 9.25" wide by 12.25" tall. A bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (£16.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Well illustrated with maps, prints, drawings, and photographs, many in full-color. Bound in the original blue boards, lettered in shiny silver on the spine. From the Dust Jacket: "The quest for the Northwest Passage was one of the greatest navigational challenges and an international obsession for early mariners. For 500 years explorers, spurred by the promise of wealth or prestige, risked their lives to find a commercial route to the markets of the Orient. Early notions of geography were primitive and sometimes flawed… The European perception of the Arctic as a sublime, beautiful and inspiring place left explorers ill prepared for the ice-choked sea and frozen… Leer más