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Arch of Kerguelen, The : Voyage to the Islands of Desolation
de Kauffmann, Jean-Paul
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1568581688
- ISBN 13
- 9781568581682
- Librería
-
Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2000. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING of the First American Edition. The fascinating historical story of the 1772 discovery and exploration of the 'Desolation' Kerguelen Islands some three thousand miles off Australia, existing 'outside of time' and becoming the source of many of the Enlightenment's poems and paintings depicting great solitude, isolation, and mystery. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains endnotes, bibliography, 206pp., small remainders mark to underside. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Detalles
- Librería
- JB Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 00012909
- Título
- Arch of Kerguelen, The : Voyage to the Islands of Desolation
- Autor
- Kauffmann, Jean-Paul
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Edición
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 1568581688
- ISBN 13
- 9781568581682
- Editorial
- Four Walls Eight Windows
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2000
- Palabras clave
- KERGUELEN ISLANDS, ENLIGHTENMENT, EUROPEAN FRENCH FRANCE HISTORY NAVIGATION EXPLORATION, AUSTRALIA, INDIAN OCEAN, POEMS, PAINTINGS, POETRY, VERSE, ART, ARTISTS, LITERATURE
- Catálogos del vendedor
- General; Literature; European History;
Términos de venta
JB Books
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Sobre el vendedor
JB Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2003
Garrison, North Dakota
Sobre JB Books
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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