Arctic Journeys by Shackleton Edward (43 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Poor condition hardcover book, no dust jacket. No date given, Preface dated 1936. Nice inked lettering on front cover and spine. Spine is sunned and spotted. Spine ends bumped. Shelf wear, toning, smudging, and damp-staining on covers. Heavy toning and smudging to pages, rear end papers damp-stained. Large tear to map at rear, map toned. Frontispiece detached, worn at edges with few small tears. All books are individually inspected and described. Never X-Library unless specifically described as such.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 1939 stated SECOND EDITION (first cheap Black Jacket edition). Original grayish tan cloth with black lettering spine. LACKING the dust jacket. The book has browning to spine, clean covers, some tiny fore-edge foxing, offset browning to EPS, no foxing other than on first and last few pages, old owner bookplate on front pastedown otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding. The book measures 18cm tall x 12cm and has 318 + [1] pages, 6 maps and diagrams, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL VOLUMES BEING OFFERED.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. From the British sheets. Small tear at foot of spine, 4-inch margin tear in folding map not touching any of the map itself, else Very Good. No Dust Jacket.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Arctic Journeys - The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition !934-5. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Very Good - Copy of this Book in blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket with some sunning apparent to spine,with one blacvk remainder type mark to the bottom edge of the book.Firm binding with no hinge weakness and this copy has NO previous inscriptions present.One former plate removed from rear pastedown.Their is a slight lean to spine.Complete with over 30 b&w plates and 5 maps and diagrams,thick 8vo 371pp First Edition 1st Impression.…

Condition: New.

Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, marks. Content has light age tone. Spotting to page ends. Owner name to end paper.

PF. Condition: New.

2nd edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 318 pp.: maps ; 18 cm. Subjects; Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition (1934-1935). Ellesmere Island (Nunavut). Arctic regions. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. The first edition in small format. The story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition 1934-5. With a preface by Lord Tweedsmuir (John Buchan). Original cloth. Foredge is spotted. Dustwrapper is price clipped. All books outside the UK are sent airmail. All books sent tracked. All dustrappers are film protected. PayPal accepted.…

Condition: New. In English.

2nd edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 318 pp.: maps ; 18 cm. Subjects; Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition (1934-1935). Ellesmere Island (Nunavut). Arctic regions. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Book Club Edition. VG book club edition. An account of the Oxford University Expedition to Greenland and the Arctic north of Canada. i-xvi, 17-372pp Textured cream cloth cloth; green spine; dark green lettering; numerous illustrations; line-drawings at the end of chapters; 3 maps within text + fold-out map at rear; various appendices covering geological, biological and climatic surveys. Spine sunned, particularly near the top, and some light soiling on the cream boards. Fold-out map has a closed tear across one of the panels.…

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition first edition book. An ex-library rebind with the usual amount of stamps. No dust jacket. Internal contents are clean and sound. …

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+ Hardback. No Jacket. Firm copy , owners name stamped on first pages and bottom outside edges of the pages , fading to the outside edges and foxing.

hardcover. Condition: very good. 372 pages; 5 1/2 x 8 5/8" With a Preface by the Rt. Hon, the Lord Tweedsmuir. "The Travel Book Club" text on lower edge of spine. Intact, fold-out map attached at rear of book. Slight yellowing to spine; a few brown speckles on rear board; foxing to page edges and free endpapers.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 450 pages. 8.43x5.43x1.18 inches. In Stock.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Second Edition. VG/VG. 12mo. original grey cloth (a little rubbed & sunned, prev. ownership details to early leaves) in dustwrapper (a little rubbed with slight wear at extremities); pp. 320 (last blank). A very good copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: G+. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo. plain blue cloth (ex-library, rubbed & shaken, slight wear at extremities, rebacked, margins trimmed, occ. rsms & blindstamps to early leaves, scattered spotting, else internally clean & unmarked; lacks dustwrapper); pp. i-xvi, 17-372, with 45 illustrations, 11 tailpieces, 4 maps and diagrams & a folding map. Heavy item (1.2 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A reading copy of the first edition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The book is very good with slight edge wear, light dampstain to cloth on back cover,sunning to spine and a 4 inch tear to first fold of the folding map not affecting the map.

2nd ed. Hardback small, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), top edge blue-tinted, maps, figures, edges lightly foxed as common, pages lightly toned, reverse side jacket lightly toned & marked (flap not clipped, rear cover marked, minor edgewear), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. 318 pp. Edward Shackleton, the noted polar explorer, gives a vivid description of a winter spent far inside the Arctic Circle: the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition of 1934 to 1935. The expedition consisted of Oxford University students with leaders. They spent the winter of in northern Greenland, and then split into three groups to explore further, one group discovering a new mountain range. (Second edition: A little cheap book in the Blue Jacket series from Hodder & Stoughton. This series reprints classics in new affordable editions.).…

Paperback. Condition: Like New. LIKE NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Book Club. nd (1937) 8vo. original green cloth backed cream boards (some rubbing and spine sunning, occ. offsetting & spotting, else clean & unmarked.; lacks dustwrapper); pp. i-xvi, 17-372, with 45 illustrations, 11 tailpieces, 4 maps and diagrams & a folding map. A very good copy. A specially bound publication bearing the Hodder & Stoughton imprint on the title page, and Travel Book Club on the spine. The contents and typeset are identical to the first edition, using the same sheets (though without 'First Printed 1937' on verso title page) in a slightly smaller format.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Special Edition. THE FIRST TRAVEL BOOK CLUB EDITION, HARDBACK BOUND IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH BINDING WITH ORIGINAL DUST JACKET, COMPLETE WITH FRONTIS & FOLDING MAP TO REAR PLUS NUMEROUS FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS WITH SOME FOLDING, BOOK MEASURES APPROX 9 x 6 INCHES WITH 372 PAGES SOME EDGE WEAR TO DUST JACKET WITH A FEW MARKS TO JACKET WITH SPINE OF JACKET SLIGHTLY BROWNED, MINOR MARKS TO EDGES OF CLOTH BOARDS WITH CORNERS BUMPED, OCCASIONAL FOXING TO TEXT PAGES, ENDPAPERS & PAGE FORE-EDGES, HEAVY FOXING TO HALF TITLE, OVERALL A VERY GOOD COPY. EXTRA POSTAGE MAY APPLY FOR OVERSEAS ORDERS. ALL BOOKS ARE POSTED IN A STURDY BOOK BOX.…

With a Preface by lord Tweedsmuir. London,Hodder and Stoughton,(1936). 22x14,5 cm. 372 sidor + plates and maps. Original half cloth. [#197867].

The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition 1934-5. Pp.372, black & white photo frontispiece + many further black & white plates, 11 tailpiece drawings, 4 maps and diagrams and a folding map to end, owner's name to inside front board. Green cloth spine sunned, cream paper-covered boards rubbed with 1.5cm tear to lower front edge. Good.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Evenly sun toned spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 372 pages, 43 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. Subjects; Arctic regions. Arctique De?couverte et exploration. Discovery and exploration British. Nunavut Grant Land. 1 Kg.…

Condition: very good. 1st Edition. xv,17-372pp. F. Wilfred Whites's copy with his signature on front free endpaper. Octavo. Plates from photos (1 folding, 1 double-paged), illustrations in text, with decorative tailpieces. Spine and edges of covers faded. Some slight pencil markings to margins. very good A.B. 15799. Account of the central Ellesmere Island expedition led by G. N. Humphreys.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.