Item #011837 The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica. David G. Campbell.
The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica

The Crystal Desert: Summers in Antarctica

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket.

The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, Minimal shelf handling wear. Owner sticker on front flyleaf, page ridges faintly foxed, Dust Jacket with price clipped is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. 8vo. 9.25 inches tall 308 pp. with Chapter Notes, Bibliography and Index. Map endpages. Two reviews laid in.

Near Fine / Near Fine. Item #011837
ISBN: 9780395589694

Surveys the history of the Antarctica Peninsula, from its exploration to its exploitation to the researches of contemporary scientists and explores the evolution of its unusual animal life. Winner of the John Burroughs Medal for excellence in natural history in 1994.

The winner of the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award.

Price: $19.95