Author: Stonehouse, B.
Title: Wideawake Island: The Story of the B.O.U. Centenary Expedition to Ascension
Description: Hutchinson 1960 224, col frontis, 20 b/w plates, text drawings, endpaper maps. . HB. Vg in d/w (price-clipped; edgeworn, minor loss to head/foot of spine; in removable protective sleeve).. First edition. An account of the British Ornithologists' Union Centenary Expedition to Ascension Island - not only the adventure story of a scientific expedition; it tells the strange history of a lonely, sun-drenched island, of its discovery, its legends, its role in nineteenth century history, and its importance in present-day affairs..
Keywords: Ascension Island; Atlantic; Ornithology; Travel Narrative
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Title: Wideawake Island: The Story of the B.O.U. Centenary Expedition to Ascension
Description: Hutchinson 1960 224, col frontis, 20 b/w plates, text drawings, endpaper maps. . HB. Vg in d/w (price-clipped; edgeworn, minor loss to head/foot of spine; in removable protective sleeve).. First edition. An account of the British Ornithologists' Union Centenary Expedition to Ascension Island - not only the adventure story of a scientific expedition; it tells the strange history of a lonely, sun-drenched island, of its discovery, its legends, its role in nineteenth century history, and its importance in present-day affairs..
Keywords: Ascension Island; Atlantic; Ornithology; Travel Narrative
Price: GBP 20.00 = appr. US$ 28.56 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: S50831
- Book number: S50831
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