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Cassell, 1960. 1st edition thus.. Paperback. Paperback, G+. 320pp, 8pp colour & 32pp b/w plates, 10 b/w maps, index, pages a little tanned, a nice copy. Penguin 1489. Classic account of the 1955-58 expedition which drove its way across Antarctica.

Cassell, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. First Published. 337 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white and colour photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks and foxing overall.

Cassell, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. First Edition. 338 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth and gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Binding remains firm.Pages & plates remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears, and creasing. Loss to jacket's spine head.

Cassell, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1958. First Edition. 338 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white and colour plates. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Heavy foxing to textblock edges. Pencil inscription to mapped front free endpaper and pen to front endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Some fraying to cloth at spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing and some water spotting.

Cassell, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. First Edition. 338 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white and colour plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Moderate tear to spine. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.

Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. First Edition. 337 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Full title: The Crossing of Antarctica: The Commonwealth Trans-antarctic Expedition 1955-58. Black and white and colour photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Sticker to front panel Foxing overall.

Cassell, 1958. Hardcover. Good. 1958. First Edition. 337 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white and colour photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover. Good. Dust jacket showing signs of wear ,torn at the top of the dust cover,pages yellowing with age-Offered by the UK charity Langdon supporting people with disabilities

Cassell & Company Ltd, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. First Edition. 337 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white and colour photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription and stamp to front free endpapers. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Water marking to spine. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

London.: Cassell & Co Ltd., 1958. 338pp, photographs many in colour, maps. Original blue cloth, spine a little sunned.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1958. Hardback. First edition, 1958. Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Good condition; edgeworn and rubbed, bumps to corners and spine, sunned to spine. No dust jacket. Published: Cassell & Company, 1958

Cassell, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. First Edition. 337 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Protected by plastic wrapper.

Cassell, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. First Edition. 337 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Cassell, 1958. in8. 1958. Cartonné.

London: Cassell, 1958. First Edition . Cloth. G to Vg/Good. Bound in light blue cloth, with protected, unclipped dw, endpaper maps of Antarctica, 30 colour photographs, 63 monochrome photographs, 9 maps, 338pp. On 24th. November 1957, 12 men set out from Shackleton Base equipped with eight vehicles, sledges and two dog teams to cross more than 2000 miles of unexplored snow and ice. In front of them lay unknown mountain ranges, an ice wall and innumerable crevasses.

GB: Penguin, 1960. 1st Thus. Paperback. VG.

UsedGood. Pages are clean! The dust jacket has minor damage or small tear. There is staining on the text block edges Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

Little Brown, 1958T. hardcover. Good. . Jacket has some chipping. Minor shelf/age wear. Pages/boards/jacket clean.

Penguin Books, London, 1960. Early Edition. Paperback. Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Paperback, 320 pages, illustrated, photographs, maps, pictorial cover. The first land crossing to the South Pole since that of Capt. Scott, related by the leaders of the expedition. Previous owners signature verso front cover, covers creased, pages browned, spine cracked in middle of book. 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: 1921. .

Cassel And Company Limited, London, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; xviii, 338 pages, illustrated, 30 colour, 63 b/w, 9 maps, end papers showing map of the Antarctic, original covers, photocopied dust jacket. Shelf wear covers sunned, foxing to pages. A must-have for any collector of Antarctica this attractive book tells the story of the Trans-Antarctic expedition. On the 24th November 1957 12 men set out from Shackleton base equipped with 8 vehicles, sledges and two dog teams to cross more than two thousand miles of unexplored snow and ice, this is the fascinating account of the expedition. Meanwhile on the other side of the Antarctic continent Sir Edmund Hillary probed the immense Skelton Glacier from the Ross Sea and blazed a trail for the crossing party to follow. To him goes the honour of the achievement of reaching the South Pole by land for the first time since Captain Scott planted a British flag there some forty six years… Read More