Search Results: the crossing of antarctica commonwealth by sir vivian fuchs

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 and Company, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Little Brown, 1958. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Little, Brown and Company, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1958. First American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Blue cloth binding titles stamped in silver, map endpapers, illustrated with photographs and maps, 328 pages. Clean, unmarked copy, solid binding, dust jacket has long straight tear across middle of rear panel, dj is now in a new mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Good. Little, Brown and Co., 1958, 1st American edition, 328 pages, hardcover in an edge worn dust jacket, tight and square, no owner's mark, edge wear on book.

Boston ; Toronto: Little Brown and Company, 1958. First American edition. Hardcover. Extremely mild rubbing to spine head and foot, faint discoloration to spine, very gently bumped corners, few faint spots to half title page, bright pages, tight binding, light soiling to DJ, mostly to front DJ, DJ spine foot clipped, else Very Good(+) in Very Good DJ.. Octavo in blue-white DJ, xv, 328 pages, b&w illustrations (some color), plates, portraits, maps ; 23 cm. Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration. || DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. || Narrative, with appendices concerning vehicles and aircraft used. || Newspaper clipping included to front free endpaper.

Little Brown, 1958. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by explorer Collin Bull, who was NOT on the expedition described in the book (he was invited but declined due to his recent marriage), & is inscribed 'For all who did not participate.' Bull Pass in Victoria Falls, Antarctica is named after Bull, who made it there in 1958 for the first of 12 Antarctic trips. A Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. Book has shelfwear, sunning to covers and spine, toning to pages, and a slightly cocked spine; DJ has shelfwear, toning, scattered nicks, creases, and a small section missing from the bottom of the front cover near the flap. Interior is tight, clean, & unmarked. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾' in.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1958. First American edition. Blue cloth in non price-clipped dustjacket. Illustrated with nimerous monochrome and color photographes. Cloth faded and dustjacket ta pe repaired on verso. A clean sound very good copy in good dustjacket.. First Edition. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1958. Very good hardcover. No dust jacket. Spine is faded. Includes old black and white and colored photographs. 328 pages.. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket.

Little, Brown and Company, January 1958. Hardcover. VG/Very Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is a bit worn about the edges and somewhat scuffed, but without any serious tears. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Little, Brown & Co. 1958. 1st U.S. ed. x-lib with usual markings. VG/VG.

Boston: Little Brown. VG. (1958). 1st Amer ed. Edges of covers and spine faded. .

Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Good+ in Fair dust jacket. 1958. First American Edition. Hardcover. Absolutely fascinating account of the first overland crossing of Antarctica. Book in light blue full cloth covers and dotted throughout with photos and maps. DJ bears light staining and chipped all along both edges but intact and in mylar protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Boston: Little, Brown & Co.. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. First American Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in dust jacket. Blue boards, clean and bright, mild age toning to edges. Protected, price unclipped, dustjacket is clean and bright, nicks and chips to edges. Book is firm in binding, illustrated endpapers, crisp interior. Photos throughout, including several in color. 328 pp. Including index. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Cassell & Company Ltd. (1958) 338 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ small discoloration spot to bottom edge of front cover. Spine sunned. Light brown spotting to binding. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. Light scattered foxing. DJ moderately soiled and rubbed w/ mild edge wear. Light chipping to corners and spine ends. Price clipped. Illust. w/ color photos.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Little Brown, 1958. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First American edition. Dust jacket slightly chipped at extremities, otherwise book and dust jacket in very good condition.

Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1958. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo; 328 pages; Very minor edgewear, book and dust jacket very well taken care of. .

London: Cassell & Company LTD, 1958. First Edition. Very Good/Good. [9x6in]; xv, 337 pp. [1] , 92 color and black/white images, 9 maps, appendices and index; Light blue-gray cloth covers with silver lettering on spine, Antarctic map on front and rear endpapers; Panoramic pictorial dust jacket of Antarctic landscape with black lettering on front cover, black lettering on spine; Shelf wear to covers and edges, rubbing and large stain on back and spine; Shelf wear to dust jacket, large darken stain on spine, chips and closed tears on edges, some soiling and age toning. [Conrad p. 394, Spence 491]. Vivian Fuchs (1908-1999) and Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) led the Trans-Antarctic expedition 1955-1958. They were successful in accomplishing Shackleton's failed Trans-Antarctic expedition in 1914. However, they did it with modern mechanized SnowCats, radio communications and resupply airdrops. This expedition was one of many that part of the International Geophysical Year research projects (July 1, 1957 to… Read More