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The Antarctic
de H. G. R. King
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Near Fine
- Librería
-
BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
London: Blandford Press, 1969. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 9" by 6". None. A wonderful first edition detailing the scientific efforts ongoing on this fascinating region, inscribed by the author and profusely illustrated. Harry G. R. King (1921-2013) was Librarian at the Scott Polar Research Institute between 1955 and 1983; he also edited the SPRI's library catalogue, and edited a number of publications.Inscription from the author, dated June 1979.From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years. He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations. His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration. Profusely illustrated with sixty colour photographs and two hundred and fifty photographs in monochrome. In the publisher's original full cloth binding with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper is slightly sunned to the spine but otherwise in excellent condition. Internally, some offsetting from sellotape to the front endpaper, ownership bookplate to the verso and author's inscription to the half title page. Internally firmly bound, pages are bright and clean. Fine
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Detalles
- Librería
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 755R19
- Título
- The Antarctic
- Autor
- H. G. R. King
- Ilustrador
- None
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Blandford Press
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1969
- Tamaño
- 9" by 6"
- Palabras clave
- polar exploration arctic exploration history of exploration antarctica arctic exploration
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
Sobre Rooke Books
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
