Crossing Antarctica Commonwealth Trans Antarctica Expedition by Fuchs Sir Vivian Hillary Edmund (64 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.

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. No dust jacket. First edition. 1st us edition. Includes illustrations. Book Condition: very good. DJ Condition: no dj. Cover boards are faded around the edges and spine. Interior pages are clean and the corners are sharp. Tight binding. Profusely illustrated in b/w and color photos. Boolplate on front end page.

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.

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

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: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. The story of the first expedition to succesfully cross Antarcia which set-off in 1957 and includes both Fuchs and Hiliary. Includes many colour and b/w photographs and 9*maps. 338pp. Edges of DJ rubbed with a number of small nicks. 1cm open tear to head of DJ spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First American Edition. 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.

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

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. 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.

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: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Colour and b&w pictures and account of the crossing of Antarctica. Good for year. Hardback. No dustjacket Oatmeal cloth boards with title plate to spine. 336 pages.

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. 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: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light Blue cloth boards with Silver lettering to spine,230x150mm approx. Maps to end papers,xvi + 338pp. 30 colour plts. 63 in monochrome and all other maps as called for. First Edition 1958. The first crossing of Antarctica from Shackleton Base in the Weddell Sea to Scott Base in the Ross Sea, a feat of courage and endurance that has rightly been called one of the truly heroic and magnificent feats of the last century. VG/VG ( Book - a little fading to extremities, mild bump top front corner, no previous owner name or insc. Hint of foxing to fore edge of book block. A sound clean copy. Dust Jacket- Mild to moderate shelf rubbing to extremities including some colour rubbing to spine edges else remarkably bright and clean and non price clipped - cover 30s. No other defects to book or jacket. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).

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.