THE POLAR WORLD: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe.
Published by Longmans,Green, and Co.,, 1869
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, United KingdomPolar Books
AbeBooks seller since May 27, 2023
Condition: Used - Good
£ 100.00
Quantity: 1 available
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1st UK Edition: [2 publishers advertisements], xviii, 548pp. Illustrated, 8 chromoxylographic plates, 3 maps, numerous woodcuts. Brown cloth covers with gilt vignette of sldge to front cover and titling to spine, black eps with contemporary booksellers stamp to fep. Describing the Polar World at that time including principal natural features, influence of its long winter-night and fleeting summer on the development of flora and fauna, and how man survives the climate as the inhabitant or as the explorer. Covers bumped and beginning to fray, pages slightly warped and some beginning to loosen, age toning, some spotting, foxing, pencil annotations. Good. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2286.
Seller Inventory # 2286
Bibliographic details
- Title
- THE POLAR WORLD: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe.
- Author
- Hartwig, George
- Publisher
- Longmans,Green, and Co.,
- Publication year
- 1869
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Cloth
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Arctic & Antarctic
Polar Books
Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since May 27, 2023
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 14 to 45 business days | 5 to 14 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 25.00 | £ 35.00 |
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Store description
We have secondhand and rare antiquarian books, scientific papers, reports, maps, photographs and other ephemera on Antarctica, the Arctic, polar travel, history, mountaineering and exploration and whaling for sale. If you are looking for scarce book you could find it here. Alternatively if you cannot find a particular book please contact us as we may not have got round to adding the book you are looking for to our catalogue.
Specialty
Used, secondhand and antiquarian books, maps, ephemera, mainly of polar travel and mountaineeringSeller's business information
Polar Books
United Kingdom
Terms of sale
Polar Books
Margaret Russell 2 Garage Street Llandudno, CONWY LL30 United Kingdom LL30 1DW
+44 07584 425705
sales@polarbooks.net
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If you are a consumer you can withdraw from the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
Information regarding the right of withdrawal
Statutory right to withdraw
You have the right to withdraw from this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The withdrawal period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the last good or the last lot or piece.
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To meet the withdrawal deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.
Effects of withdrawal
If you withdraw from this contract, we will reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (except for the supplementary costs arising if you chose a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us).
We may make a deduction from the reimbursement for loss in value of any goods supplied, if the loss is the result of unnecessary handling by you.
We will make the reimbursement without undue delay, and not later than 14 days after the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract.
We will make the reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.
We may withhold reimbursement until we have received the goods back, or you have supplied evidence of having sent back the goods, whichever is the earliest.
You shall send back the goods or hand them over to Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom, without undue delay and in any event not later than 14 days from the day on which you communicate your withdrawal from this contract to us. The deadline is met if you send back the goods before the period of 14 days has expired. You will have to bear the direct cost of returning the goods. You are only liable for any diminished value of the goods resulting from the handling other than what is necessary to establish the nature, characteristics and functioning of the goods.
Exceptions to the right of withdrawal
The right of withdrawal does not apply to:
- The delivery of newspapers, journals or magazines with the exception of subscription contracts; and
- The supply of digital content which is not supplied on a tangible medium (e.g. on a CD or DVD) if you accepted when you placed your order that we could start to deliver it, and that you could not withdraw once delivery had started.
Shipping terms
Orders usually ship within 2-3 business days. Shipping costs are based on book(s) weighing up to 2KG. If your book order is heavier or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.