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THE CRYSTAL DESERT; Summers in Antarctica
de Campbell, David G
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 039558969X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395589694
- Librería
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Boston New York London: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. Map Endpapers. 8vo, ivory quarter cloth with light gold lettering over ivory boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a mountain reddened by sunset taken by Wolfgang Kaehler, map endpapers depicting "The Antarctic Penninsula and Shetand Islands" & "King George Island"; ix, [x] + 308 pages. Winner of a Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award. An inspired and eloquent study based on professor Daviod Campbell's three summers on Antarctica with The Brazilian Research Station (1988). The distinguished ecologist conducted research on the pathologies of krill and marine isopods in the waters of Admiralty Bay, King George Island (one of the South Shetlands of the Antarctic Peninsula. <br/><br/>His experiences are brilliantly described in The Crystal Desert, which won the Burroughs Medal, the PEN Martha Albrand Award, and the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award.<br/><br/>SUPERIOR overall condition: Tight, bright, clean copy in a comparable unclipped dust jacket. No remainder marks.
Sinopsis
THE CRYSTAL DESERT: SUMMERS IN ANTARCTICA is the story of life's tenacity on the coldest of Earth's continents. It tells of the explorers who discovered Antarctica, of the whalers and sealers who despoiled it, and of the scientists who are deciphering its mysteries. In beautiful, lucid prose, David G. Campbell chronicles the desperately short summers on the Antarctic Peninsula. He presents a fascinating portrait of the evolution of life in Antarctica and also of the evolution of the continent itself.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 7040
- Título
- THE CRYSTAL DESERT; Summers in Antarctica
- Autor
- Campbell, David G
- Ilustrador
- Map Endpapers
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth and boards
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition, First Printing
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 039558969X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395589694
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston New York London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1992
- Palabras clave
- Maps, Antarctica, Penguins, cold, seals, fish, whales, explorers, sealers, midges, lichen
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Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
Sobre Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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