Crossing Antarctica Commonwealth Trans Antarctic by Fuchs Sir Vivian Hillary Edmund (55 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.74.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.74.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.74.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. No dust jacket. First edition. xv, 328 p. plates (part col. ) ports., maps. 23 cm. Includes: Maps, Portraits, Plates. Book is clean and tight, the blue cloth cover is sun faded at the spine and the top and spine edge, light shelf wear, no markings.

Condition: Good. 1st edition thus. 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. 200 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: VERY GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD. First American edition. Dust jacket is a bit frayed at spine with a small chunk missing from lower corner. Not price clipped. No writing/markings. Binding is sound. New archival mylar dj cover. 328 pages. Illustrated with many colour and b&w plates. -- Please feel free to ask for additional information, or detailed photos. Ships in sturdy cardboard packaging, with tracking and insurance.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo. Color and B&W photographs; maps. Condition: DJ price-clipped with some minor nicking along top edge and minor wear; scattered foxing through book's pages; else VG/VG. Pages: xvii, 338.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Some shelf wear to the spine edges and corners. The dust jacket has small chips and tears to the edges.; 328 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good(+). First American edition. 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. 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.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First. Very good hardcover. No dust jacket. Spine is faded. Includes old black and white and colored photographs. 328 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Pale Blue cloth hardback with silver lettering on spine. Map endpapers, foxing on page edges and on occasional pages throughout the book, otherwise clean tight copy in good condition, 338pp Numerous black and white and coloured illustrations and Maps. Illustrated Dust Jacket (as image shown on ABE), repaired on the inside, sunned inside of Jacket. tears on edges, intact but acceptable condition only First published 1958 by Cassell Heavy book therefore ONLY available for sale in the U K Book#100243.

Hard Back/Hard Cover. Condition: Book Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket Good ++/VG. First Edition. xv + b/w maps+ 338 pages incl index, appendices & glossary. Dustjacket has wear with chipping to spine-ends, 1cm nick to top front hinge, wear with slight rubbing to corners, very slight edge-wear with minimal surface darkening. Book has very light wear to spine-ends, slight wear to corners with very slight rubbing to both, a few slight foxign marks to page-edges. maps to end-papers. Excellent colour & b/w photos. Binding is sound, Text is very clean. Very nice condition. TWO COPIES AVAILABLE.

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: Lacks DW. 1st. pp.xv, 338. spine is sunned/sl.foxed else a VG copy.

8vo; xviii, 328 pp, numerous illustrations from photos, including color, maps, map eps. original cloth, dj (tape repair, small crease), else fine. Spence 491. Hillary was the first person to reach the South Pole by land since Scott, and Fuchs the first to cross the continent. A picture of this book is available on request.

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xviii, 328 pp, numerous illustrations from photos, including color, maps, plus map endpapers, index. original cloth, sliver spine title lettering, dj (chipped at spine ends, not price clipped), signature, very good+ in good jacket. Spence 491. Hillary was the first person to reach the South Pole by land since Scott, and Fuchs the first to cross the continent. A picture of this book is available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good-. No Jacket. First American Edition. The book is very good- with light edge wear and a damp stain to lower edge of first couple of pages.

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xviii, 338 pp, numerous illustrations from photos, including color, maps, map endpapers, glossary, appendices, index. original cloth, silver spine title lettering, dj (lightly rubbed, closed tear), endpaper inscription, else fine in very good dj. Spence 490. Hillary was the first person to reach the South Pole by land since Scott, and Fuchs the first to cross the Antarctic continent. A picture of this book is available on request.

Condition: Fine. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine condition in very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First American edition. The story of the 1957 expedition led by Dr. Vivian Fuchs which set out from Shackleton Base to cross 2500 miles of Antarctica. Blue coverboards with silver coloured lettering. Endpapers are maps of expedition. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Some small chips/tears around edges of jacket and some pen marks on rear panel. Previous owner's name on rear of front free endpaper. Front free endpaper has dog-ear. Many black and white and colour photographic illustrations and several maps. Appendices: Vehicle Specifications; Aircraft Specifications. Index. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 328 pp.

First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Spine sun-toned. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xv, 337p. : plates (part col.) ports., maps ; 23cm. Subjects: Trans-Antarctic Expedition, (1955-1958). 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First US Edition. 328 pages; B&W photographs and illustrations. Light foxing stains to the top exterior edge of textblock, and inside/outside the DJ. DJ price clipped. Light fading to pages. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. 1st. First American edition. Dust jacket slightly chipped at extremities, otherwise book and dust jacket in very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. (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.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine condition blue cloth boards with silver spine lettering and decoration contained in a near fine condition non price-clipped color photographic dust jacket with light rubbing to the upper and lower spine edges and one tiny rear upper jacket chip. Includes Glossary; Appendix A: Vehicle Specifications; Appendix B: Aircraft Specifications; Index; and profusely illustrated with full page color photographs, black-and-white photographs and illustrated map endpapers. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. "This magnificent - and magnificently illustrated - book tells the full story of the Commonwealth Transantarctic Expediton, completed when the two groups, who traveled the last 700 miles together, reached Scott Base 99 days later - just one day under the crucial time limit set by Fuchs.it tells the story of the two years of preparation and reconnaissance that led up to the final attempt. It tells how Hillary and his party explored the immense Skelton Glacier from the Ross Sea and blazed a trail for the crossing party to follow after they had reached the Pole.Above all, the book is a thrilling story of men who set out into the loneliness of the unknown to discover, with "faith and science" what lay on and below a hidden continent.".

Hard Cover. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Thus. VG-/VG. 8vo. original blue boards (FFE excised, some spotting) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, spine a little sunned, edges rubbed, label removal tear to upper panel); pp. xviii, 136, with illustrations & maps. A very good copy.

Hard Cover. Condition: G. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo. original blue cloth (cloth rubbed, a little faded & soiled, spotting to leaf edges & outer leaves, presentation and prize bookplate, lacks dustwrapper); pp. xviii (last blank), 338, with numerous plates, 9 maps & endpaper maps. A good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The remarkable account of the Commonwealth Trans-Atlantic Expedition of 1955 to 1958, the first to successfully complete the overland crossing of Antarctica via the South Pole. With numerous illustrations - thirty full page coloured plates and sixty-three full page plates in black & white taken from original photographs, with nine maps in the text. ***Very good in pale blue cloth covered boards, with silver titles to the spine. The boards have a few light foxing marks and rubbing commensurate with age and handling, but are generally clean. Head and tail of spine slightly creased, and slight fading at the very top of the spine and top edge of front board near the spine. All edges of text-block lightly foxed. Internally also very good, with no inscriptions. No creases or tears. Pages clean apart from some light sporadic foxing to the first and last few pages. Spine tight. ***In a very good dustwrapper which retains the publisher's printed price of 30/- net. The dustwrapper is complete, with some creasing and rubbing at the edges, mainly at the head and tail of the spine. No chips or tears and no fading - just light foxing and browning. ***337 pages including a Glossary, Appendixes and a detailed Index at the back of the book. 228mm x 148mm. ***'Men have long dreamed of crossing the vast frozen wastes of the Antarctic, but not since Shackleton's last attempts to reach the Pole from the Weddell Sea in 1914 has anyone embarked on this great adventure. In turning the dream into reality Sir Vivian Fuchs has taken his place alongside Shackleton, Amundsen, and Scott, with a feat of courage and endurance that has rightly been called one of the truly heroic and magnificent achievements of the century.' [Quote taken from the front flap of the dustwrapper] ***'Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs FRS (11 Feb 1908 - 11 Nov 1999) was an English explorer whose expeditionary team completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica in 1958. Fuchs was involved with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (now the British Antarctic Survey) beginning in 1947, when he applied for a geologist position. The organisation's goal was to promote Britain's claims to Antarctica, and secondarily to support scientific research. In 1950 Fuchs was asked to develop the new London scientific bureau of the Survey, to plan research in the Antarctic and support research publication. He would eventually become director of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, from 1958 (after his return from the successful Antarctic expedition) until 1973. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1974. Fuchs is best known as the leader of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica. Planning for the expedition began in 1953, and envisioned the use of Sno-Cat tractors to cross the continent in 100 days, starting at the Weddell Sea, ending at the Ross Sea, and crossing the South Pole. On 2 March 1958, Fuchs and company completed the 100-day trip by reaching Scott Base, having travelled 2,158 miles. In 1958, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He co-wrote, with Sir Edmund Hillary, "The Crossing of Antarctica"'. ***'Sir Edmund Percival Hillary KG ONZ KBE (20 Jul 1919 - 11 Jan 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. As part of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition he reached the South Pole overland in 1958. He subsequently reached the North Pole, making him the first person to reach both poles and summit Everest. [Wiki] ***A nicely preserved copy of the first edition of this landmark book of Polar exploration. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Size 9 x 5.75 inches. In blue cloth covers with silver lettering to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Maps to endpapers. In good condition with dustwrapper. (dw; Spine darkened. Rubbed along edges. Chips to ends of spine and corners. Large split down front edge of spine. Not Price clipped. In protective cellophane wrapper.). Ends of spine bumped. Corners and ends of spine rubbed. Foxing spots to cloth. Foxing spots to page edges. Occasional foxing spots throughout book. Else a clean and tight copy. 338 pp. With colour and b/w photo plates and 9 maps. In 1957, twelve men set out from Shackleton Base to cross 2500 miles of the last continent left un-traversed by man, the full story of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, completed in 99 days.