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ARGONAUTS OF THE SOUTH. BEING A NARRATIVE OF VOYAGINGS AND POLAR SEAS AND ADVENTURES IN THE ANTARCTIC WITH SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON AND SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON
de Hurley, Frank
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Near Fine Condition/Good
- Librería
-
Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
G. P. Putnam's Sons (The Knickerbocker Press),, New York, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Good. 1st Edition; xv, 290 pages, photographic end papers, 2 folding maps, 75 illustrations, top edge gilt, fore edge uncut, Original covers in photocopied (now scarce) dust jacket. Previous book sellers number on front end paper, otherwise contents clean, minimal shelf wear, a very nice copy. Hurley was the photographer on the ‘Endurance’. Spence 615. Hurley, an absolutely superb photographer, went South with both Shackleton and Mawson. Hurley raised expedition photography to a new level. He did not make routine photos of explorers posing in the snow. Instead, he often focused on the snow itself, or on grim snowscapes that became beautiful in his compositions. These scenic studies he integrated into the documentation of the expedition. Spence 615, Renard 768, Conrad p. 205. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3176. . This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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- Librería
- Polar Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 3176
- Título
- ARGONAUTS OF THE SOUTH. BEING A NARRATIVE OF VOYAGINGS AND POLAR SEAS AND ADVENTURES IN THE ANTARCTIC WITH SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON AND SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON
- Autor
- Hurley, Frank
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine Condition
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- G. P. Putnam's Sons (The Knickerbocker Press),
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1925
- Palabras clave
- BZDB349 Endurance, South, Polar. Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Unbranded Hurley, Frank ARGONAUTS OF THE SOUTH. BEING A NARRATIVE OF VOYAGINGS AND POLAR SEAS AND ADVENTURES IN THE ANTARCTIC WITH SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON AND SIR ERNEST SHACKLETON.
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration;
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Llandudno, Conwy
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- Fore Edge
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- Shelf Wear
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- Fine
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- First Edition
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