Britton Beverley (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. worn tips and spine head tear; usual library markings.

Condition: Good. 1955. No Edition Stated. 237 pages. Blue dust jacket with red lettering over red cloth. B&W photographs. Clean pages. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners. Notable scuffing and soiling to boards. Unclipped dust jacket. Moderate wear, tear and loss to edges and corners, with tape repair. Notable tanning to spine, with soiling to DJ. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good -. 1st Edition. First Printing. Book.

Condition: Good. 1955. No Edition Remarks. 237 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth covered boards with gilt. Contains black and white photographic plates. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Plates are moderately tanned with some foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Boards have minor damp and dust stains. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing. Moderate amount of tape repairs to the reverse.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. 237p octavo, A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. Inscibribed/signed by the author "To Anne, who knows. Bill" (Atlanta socialite).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. xvi, 238pp plus central section of black and white photographic plates. Maroon cloth-covered boards; gilt titles on spine. 8vo. Sun-faded where there is jacket loss. Lightly rubbed spine head. Text block edges tanning and starting to fox. Pages ageing. Internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket has minor loss at top, some soiling, shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped. The complete stories of more than thirty Antarctic explorations from thirteen countries, each a true adventure story of courage heroism and fortitude of exceptional men.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Hardback. No Dust jacket. Inscribed by Author William Kearns, Jr. Very Good Condition. Tight sound copy with tiny booksellers sticker on inside front cover, owner's book plate on front endpaper, brown spotting to top edge, minor rubs to edges and corners of covers. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Inscribed by Authors.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 8vo, Hardback with Clipped Dust Jacket, 237 Pages, Illustrations, Private Library Plate to Front End Paper, Top & Bottom of Spine & Corners lightly Bumped, Few Light Marks to Cloth, End Papers & Title Pages has some Light Spotting, Dust Jacket has some Marks, Edge Wear with Some Chipping with Small Tear to Top of Spine & Rear Top Corner, Overall, A Very Good Copy in Good Jacket. Extra Postage Costs May Apply to Overseas Orders.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. 1st. This book of Antarctica follows the history of its discovery and exploration from the times when strong beliefs existed about a great southern continent. However, it was not until late 1820 that a definite discovery of this frozen mass was achieved --- by a young American in a tiny sloop, Nathanial Palmer. His story provides the first of a dozen that follow the efforts, successes and failures, the legends and fantasys, up to the intensive Antarctic operations that began after WWII and into the 1950s. As well as the famous names -- Wilkes, Amunsden, Scott, Shackleton and Byrd --- are others lesser known, but who contributed to the early exploration of Antarctica. 237 pages including exploration chronology, 23 b/w photos, map. Red hard covers with gilt spine titles VG, dealer stamp lower FFEP, text block otherwise excellent. Photos, Map (illustrator).…

Original Cloth. Condition: VG+. NVG. First Edition. Book has minor wear, owners signature. Dj has edgewear, light soiling. Signed by both Authors on the title page. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Owner bookplate to front pastedown. Tear to jacket crown at front panel.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Jacket in Protective Sleeve. First Edition. Comment by Admiral Byrd. 237 pages, includes Chronology of Exploration. Map and B/w photography. A tight straight 1st edition in a bright price clipped jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 237. Original publisherÕs maroon boards lettered gilt at spine. Map, illustrations. PublisherÕs file copy from the archive at Gollancz with their neat stamp on the front endpaper and jacket, reading 'File Copy'. Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket.…

. Harper & Brothers Publishers. New York USA. 1955. 1. Aufl. 237 S. 15*22cm. -3)Bibl. Bibliotheksexemplar/Library copy.

, High Arctic, xii, 276 pages, black and white photos; The Silent Continent, viii, [8], 237 pages, black and white photos, illustrated headpieces, maps. From the library of Dr. Allan Rogers with his bookplate, Medical Officer on the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58, first overland crossing of Antarctica via the South Pole. First Editions , light wear to corners, spine and edges, High Arctic is ex library with the usual stamps and marks, both volumes have bookplates to the prelims, clean pages and firm bindings, very good condition , dustwrapper for The Silent Continent has light edge wear and small tears, good condition , coloured cloth with gilt titles on the spines , 22.5 cm x 14.5 cm Hardback ISBN.…

237 pp, b&w photographic plates, map, top edge of d/j chipped, else fine copy in very good, pictorial, price-clipped d/j.