Ten Years Under the Earth
de Casteret, Norbert
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good +
- Librería
-
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
New York, NY, U.S.A.: The Greystone Press, 1938. First U.S. Edition . Cloth. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xx, 283pp. Illustrated w bw photographs. Prev owner name inked on ffep. Green cloth w salmon-colored lettering on cover and spine. Bumping to corners. Very light surface scuff to tail. Joints and hinges sound. No dust jacket. Preface by E. A. Martel. Translated from the French by Barrows Mussey. This is the best of the many books by Norbert Casteret, undoubtedly the most famous speleologist of his time. Through his evocative writings he introduced countless readers to the wonders of caves and the adventure of caving. Here are his firsthand accounts of adventure and archaeological discovery in the caves of the Pyrenees, on the border of France and Spain.
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- Librería
- Post Horizon Booksellers (CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 042590
- Título
- Ten Years Under the Earth
- Autor
- Casteret, Norbert
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good +
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First U.S. Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- The Greystone Press
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1938
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Palabras clave
- Casteret, Norbert, 1897-1987. Speleology - France - Pyrenees. Spelunking. Caves - France - Pyrenees. Caving - France - Pyreenes
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Exploration / Travel / Adventure;
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- Cloth
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
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