AUD 
CAD 
EUR 
HKD 
PLN 
SGD 
CHF 
USD 
+44 01225 448831
[1943] Le Chevalier des Glaces: Aventures de Mer de Jean-Baptiste Charcot
What Our Customers Say...
Description
Illustrated, Pleasing Copy, Publishers' Original Binding, With Slipcase
Undated, dated from Jisc from a copy held at the British Library [1943]
A French volume, published at the same time as a limited edition issued to two hundred copies on vellum.
A charming book exploring Jean-Baptiste Charcot's exciting polar adventures, written by Marc Dubu with a preface by Louis de Giller of the French Academy.
Exploring the voyages in the North and South, as well as a biographical sketch of Charcot.
Illustrated with eight full plates and various in text illustrations by Le Bret, who also designed the colourful boards.
With a slipcase added in 2003 by David Squirell.
Condition
In the original publisher's quarter cloth binding and illustrated boards. Externally very smart with only minor shelf wear and a slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. the pages are clean throughout with some tone ageing, as usual due to the type of paper used. With eight full plates and various in text illustrations by Le Bret.
Very Good
Delivery & payment
We send all of our books via courier which is a fully tracked and insured service. In our experience we find this to be the most reliable and quickest form of delivery. Our primary courier is DHL, but we are able to accommodate special requests if required, including postal delivery for items under 2kg. See More Details