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A First Rate Tragedy; Captain Scott's Antarctic Expeditions
by Preston, Diana
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0395933498
- ISBN 13
- 9780395933497
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. First American edition. Hardcover. Very good. Preston analyses the reasons why Scott's planned expedition failed while Amundsen's dash to the Pole succeeded. 8vo, 269 pp. 16 pp plates, maps. With mylar protected pictorial dj, with title in black on white dj spine.
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15242
- Title
- A First Rate Tragedy; Captain Scott's Antarctic Expeditions
- Author
- Preston, Diana
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395933498
- ISBN 13
- 9780395933497
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
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