Walton E W Kevin (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Author signature to title page. Business library bookplate to inner pastedown, small label remnant to title page. ; Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 64 pp. Digest format. Edge and corner wear; no interior markings. Cover art by Dear. This issue contains: STORIES: Phantom Fortune by Hugh B. Cave; The Shrewd Banker by Leonard Gribble; Pony Run by Gerald Wyatt; Encounter at Sea - part one of two parts (originally titled: Barrier Reef Espionage) by John Gunn. ARTICLES: Summer Exams in March or May by Reg Butler; Gag Bag - anonymous; Scientists Will Probe the Aurora by H. J. Campbell; Highways and Byways in Many Lands by Hellier; Two Years in the Antarctic by E. W. Kevin Walton; Volleyball is a Thrilling Game by Don Anthony; The Night Sky in July by George Graham; A Fast Bowler is the Shock Weapon of the Team by Brian Statham; There Won't Be Any Panic - Life Saving for Swimmers by Sid G. Hedges; Touring with One Map by Ronald English; Set Sail for Marseilles by Robert E. Gibbs; Let's Try Fishing by Alan C. Jenkins; Can You Name These Objects - anonymous; Stamp of the Month by L. N. and M. Williams; Chess Problem by John Bee; and July Crossword (unmarked) by Gordon Doublas. Size: 12mo. Dear; (illustrator). Book.…

paperback. 1957 reprint. 189pp, paperback, Good+, signed by Kevin Walton. . Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Publisher's Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Reprint. - 221 mm. Blue cloth hardcover, gilt titling. Illustrated. Maps. B&W photographic plates. Pp. 194. Mild rubbing to DJ on front and along spine. Minor edge wear to DJ. Two small tears to front upper edge of DJ. Contents clean and bright. Overall, VG / G+.…

PAPERBACK. 1957, First paperback edition. A good copy in lightly creased and rubbed wraps. The pages are browned and there is some foxing throughout.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Edition. Signed by Author. New Edition 1982, (originally published 1955 by Lutterworth Press). SIGNED by author on title page, also Tony Baker, (Ex BAS Halley Bay, carpenter). Tony Baker's copy his name and address on front end paper. 194 pages, illustrated, 51 b/w photos, 6 line illustrations. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Old Sellotape markings where dust jacket had previously been stuck to book, contents clean. A personal account of two years spent in British Antarctica, in the second year they were joined by an American expedition and later combined to complete an extensive survey of the East Coast of the Graham Land peninsula, includes detail of how the expedition actually lived in Antarctica, how they organised their base, trained their dog teams and carried out their work. This is a fascinating account of Kevin Walton's trek to Antarctica in the late 1940s. It is written in such a way as to enable his readers in their imaginations to share in his experiences. He gives a vivid and authentic impression of what it really feels like to be a member of a polar expedition - to be wintering in a base hut or to be sledging with dogs (perhaps the most exhilarating part of such an expedition). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0950821802. ISBN/EAN: 9780950821801. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3615.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. The jacket is shelf worn with creasing, small closed tears and chips along the edges. The boards are edge rubbed with scuffing along the edges and lightly knocked corners. The binding is secure. Ink inscription from a previous owner on the front paste down. Tanning on the end pages. There are no other ink inscriptions or annotations. Protected in cellophane. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. r*28/01/2025 JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. A personal account of the author's S. Polar winter as a member of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, surveying the east coast of the Graham Land peninsula. 8vo, 194 pp, 50 photo illustrations, map and 6 line illustrations in the text. Pale blue cloth a bit marked, with pictorial dust jacket ruffled, good +. Spence 1242.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good ++. The back cover has two b/w photographs from the expedition. B/W map as well on page ixx. READ more about : John Tonkin, pennyworth of parafin, ration box, pea flour, B.G.I.E., blisterproof, Debenham Island, Finn Ronne, and Trepassey. The field work concluded in 1948. Cond : Paper wrapper is blue with (white and) yellow lettering. Volume is clean and square and bright. No names nor marks. Very light edge wear. Excellent reading copy. QUote (p. 82) : " I suppose of all the members of our base John was the only one who could have coped with the six months' inactivity in the way that he did. He never allowed ._._._. . " Size: 12mo. Maps (illustrator).…

Soft Cover. Condition: VG. First Paperback. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed, creased, a few spots); pp. 189, [3 (pubs. advts.). A very good copy.

Condition: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Rovinata Condizioni dell'interno: Discrete con Difetti, bruniture macchie.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A classic account of the Antarctic; Operation Tabarin. pp189. Ads. Unread, but a lot of shelf wear.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A classic account of the Antarctic. pp189. Ads. This copy appears to be unread, so in unusually good condition.

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 1st Edition; 194 pages, illustrated with b/w photos and drawings in text in pictorial clipped dust jacket. Shelf ware. Booksellers label on verso front cover, dust jacket tatty with old sellotaped repairs. Contents clean. A personal account of two years spent in British Antarctica, in the second year they were joined by an American expedition and later combined to complete an extensive survey of the East Coast of the Graham Land peninsula, includes detail of how the expedition actually lived in Antarctica, how they organized their base, trained their dog teams and carried out their work. This is a fascinating account of Kevin Walton's trek to Antarctica in the late 1940s. It is written in such a way as to enable his readers in their imaginations to share in his experiences. He gives a vivid and authentic impression of what it really feels like to be a member of a polar expedition - to be wintering in a base hut or to be sledging with dogs (perhaps the most exhilarating part of such an expedition). This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; 1940s; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 679. …

Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. A classic account of the Antarctic. A FIDS Grahem Land survey. Operation Tabarin. pp194, illus, map. Book dusty, boards marked. DW in archival sleeve, worn with losses.

Hardcover. First Edition; Second Impression. Very Good in a Good+ dust jacket. A few tears to jacket edges. Owner bookplate to front pastedown.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A classic account of the Antarctic. A FIDS Grahem Land survey. pp194, illus, map. This copy appears to be unread, so in unusually good condition. DW archivally protected, a bit worn.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st ed Lutterworth 1955. Book is Good+ with rubbed extremities, red smudge to textblock edge, pages lightly yellowed with an occasional minor blemish, binding has incipient cracking, remains reasonably firm. Jacket present in Poor condition, worn and torn with loss and extensive tape repairs verso.…

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. Signed by Author. 1st Edition: SIGNED and dated by the Author on the Title page. 194 pages, illustrated with b/w photos and drawings in text in unclipped dust jacket. Shelf wear,spotting to page edges and prelims, contents clean. Dust jacket tatty with repaired splits. A personal account of two years spent in British Antarctica, in the second year they were joined by an American expedition and later combined to complete an extensive survey of the East Coast of the Graham Land peninsula, includes detail of how the expedition actually lived in Antarctica, how they organized their base, trained their dog teams and carried out their work. This is a fascinating account of Kevin Walton's trek to Antarctica in the late 1940s. It is written in such a way as to enable his readers in their imaginations to share in his experiences. He gives a vivid and authentic impression of what it really feels like to be a member of a polar expedition - to be wintering in a base hut or to be sledging with dogs (perhaps the most exhilarating part of such an expedition). This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: S1-Ant; Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4358.…

London: Lutterworth Press 1955. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Spine gilt. Dustjacket. 194pp. With frontisp. title-vign. full-page and double-page b/w plates text-illusts. diagrams and maps. Some light foxing.