Dark Companion

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1947 FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. NOTE: This is not the National Travel Club edition. This is the McBride first printing. Original black cloth with red lettering spine. Generally clean covers, some splotchy marks to covers (seems to be common with this… Read more about this item

New York: National Travel Club, 1947. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. xviii, 266 pp., map and six images on end papers; Black cloth covers with blind ruled border, gilt lettering on spine, gilt publisher design on front, all edges trimmed, map on front end paper with routes of Peary's and Henson expeditions, images from expeditions on rear end… Read more about this item

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Good. 1st Edition; 256 pages, illustrated, 3 pages b/w photos, map end papers. Original cloth covers in original unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket spotted, tatty, covers clean, minor spotting to end papers and page edges, contents clean. The life story of Matthew… Read more about this item

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1948. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 1st UK Edition; 256 pages, illustrated, 3 pages b/w photos, map end papers. Original cloth covers, in photocopied dust jacket. Shelf wear, gift inscription dated 1948 on half title. Covers and contents clean. The life story of Matthew Henson who accompanied Peary. This… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good. 1948. First Printing. Hard Cover. 256pp; illustrations, endpaper maps, blue boards a tad soiled, otherwise very good.; 205 x 140mm .

Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1948. First Edition. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Notable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Minimal tanning to spine and edges.… Read more about this item

Hodder and Stoughton, 1948. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1948. First Printed. 256 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white photographic plates. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to front hinge, exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Book is slightly bowed… Read more about this item

Robert M. McBride, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good. stated first edition. used hardcover in dust jacket. jacket is somewhat worn about the edges, with a number of small chips and tears at the extremeties, though still largely intact. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. … Read more about this item