Northern Lights by Spencer Chapman (23 results)
Published by Chatto & Windus, Ldn, 1934
- Hardcover
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Larry W Price Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 264 pp.+ 32 Photo Plts & FoldMap at back, Dark Grey Hardback, no DJ, VG.
Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 1933
- Hardcover
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerWith a Foreword by Admiral Richard E. Byrd. xv, 304 pp. Folding map; illustrations from photographs. Large 8vo, original blue cloth. Very minor use to cloth; tight and sound.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 1932
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Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 2nd Imp. the boards are edge worn. foxing and markings. ownership plate. sound binding. rather fair copy. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Chatto And Windus, 1932
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First Edition. The boards are rubbed, worn and marked. There is fraying along the edges. Internally, tanned pages. Light foxing. Pen inscriptions. Otherwise clean. Tightly bound. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Seller: Library House Internet Sales, Grand Rapids, OH, U.S.A.Library House Internet Sales
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Oxford University Press Has been repaired by replacing the spine and meanding the hinges. Solid binding. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.
NORTHERN LIGHTS; THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE BRITISH ARCTIC AIR-ROUTE EXPEDITION.
Chapman, F. Spencer [Frederick Spencer Chapman], 1907-1971. Richard E. Byrd (Foreword).
Published by New York: Oxford University Press, 1934., 1934
- Hardcover
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.David Hallinan, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerxvi, 264 pages. Hardcover: H 23.25cm x L 16.5cm. Yellow dust jacket soiled and toned with latter strongest along spine, chipping and tears at edges, long tear to front flap fold, top corner of front flap is clipped; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Maroon cloth, fraying at spine ends and at tips of board corners. D…ark purple top edge. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy in a good dust jacket. With 32 b/w plates including frontispiece, Foreword by Admiral Richard E. Byrd, and b/w fold-out map at rear. Rear pastedown has bookseller ticket for "berger's | book mart | and | gift shop" which a Google search indicates was located in Frederick, Maryland.
Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1932
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, AustraliaArapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: G-. No Jacket. First Edition. 4to. plain brown buckram gilt (ex-Boots library, with label to upper board, binding rubbed with cocked spine , first gathering tender with one loose leaf (frayed fore-edge), lower hinge cracked, upper starting, occ. spotting to fore-edge else internally clean & unmarked; lacks… dustwrapper); pp. xvi, 306 (last colophon), with frontispiece, 63 plates & 6 maps/diagrams (4 folding). Heavy item (1.6 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A reading copy of the first edition. [Neate C31].
Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1933., 1933
- Hardcover
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, AustraliaSainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd.
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Add to basket8vo, 304pp, black and white illustrations, fold-out map at rear. A good hardback copy with faded spine. Intermittent foxing, top of spine pulled. Previous owner's name.
More imagesPublished by Chatto and Windus, London, 1934
- Hardcover
Seller: Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, United KingdomPolar Books
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Add to basketHardcover (rebound in cloth). Condition: Good (ex-library). No Dust Jacket. Fourth Edition. 4th Printing 1934; xv, 264 pages, illustrated, 32 b/w plates, 1 folding map at end. Ex Libri, red covers with library number to spine, slightly smaller than original 4th printing, red page edges, remnants of library bookplates,library lab…els etc.,in prelims, shelf wear, top and bottom of spine worn, pages age toned. All illustrations, maps as called for. "Contains a detailed account of the expedition, based near Angmagssalik on the east coast of Greenland, its sledge and boat trips, two across the icecap, three northward, studies of climate, geology, ornithology, mapping with the aid of airplane, the attempt to climb Mt. Forel, notes on the art of kayaking. The appendices including report on flying work, list of plants collected, field notes on birds, sledging rations, geology, climate studies, etc. Watkins, who wrote the introduction, had climbed the highest mountain in Greenland and later died in kayaking accident. There are chapters by J. M. Scott, P. M. H. Lemon and Augustine Courtauld. Neate C31; Arctic Bibliography 2982. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2034.
Language: English
Published by Chatto And Windus., London., 1932
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United KingdomJames Hine
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. First edition 1932. Folding map at the end and plates throughout. Signed presentation as follows " To Campbell with every good wish from the author Fred S. Chapman and Faith Townson- the changing of whose name has been acclaimed(?) under your hospital roof. Pe…shawar. Jan. 1946." Some light creasing to the edges of the folding maps. Page edges foxed. Publishers blue cloth unvenly faded (where dustwrapper has been chipped). Lettering on the spine dulled. The dustwrapper is heavily chipped at the top and bottom of the spine, corners, and edges. Generally marked and browned. Only a fair dustwrapper. A very interesting presentation copy. Plates throughout. (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Chatto and Windus, London, 1932
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Seller: Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, United KingdomPolar Books
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Add to basketHardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1st Edition; xv, [1], 304pages, illustrated, 63 b/w plates, 5 maps (4 folding). Original covers with spine label. Covers sunned, spine label dull, spotting to page edges and margins. Contents clean. "Contains a detailed account of the expedition, based n…ear Angmagssalik on the east coast of Greenland, its sledge and boat trips, two across the icecap, three northward, studies of climate, geology, ornithology, mapping with the aid of airplane, the attempt to climb Mt. Forel, notes on the art of kayaking. The appendices including report on flying work, list of plants collected, field notes on birds, sledging rations, geology, climate studies, etc. Watkins, who wrote the introduction, had climbed the highest mountain in Greenland and later died in kayaking accident. There are chapters by J. M. Scott, P. M. H. Lemon and Augustine Courtauld." Neate C31; Arctic Bibliography 2982 This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3240.
More imagesPublished by Chatto & Windus, London, 1934
- Hardcover
Seller: Baggins Book Bazaar Ltd, Rochester, KENT, United KingdomBaggins Book Bazaar Ltd
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. v-xiv, 263pp; one folded map, 32pp of plates; dark blue boards with faded spine, front board slightly bowed due to storage; interior good and clean. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.
Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1932
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: very good. First Edition. And additional chapters by J.M. Scott, Capt. P.M.H. Lemon & Augustine Courtauld. Several folding maps, many photographic illustrations. xv, 304pp. Small thick 4to, green cloth; (edges and corners of cloth rubbed, title page foxed). London: Chatto and Windus, 1932. First Edition. Ve…ry good.
Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1933
- Hardcover
Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, CanadaEdmonton Book Store
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Add to basketCondition: good. no dustjacket. larger 8vo pp.304. sunning to the spine. book.
Published by Chatto, UK, 1932
- Hardcover
Seller: Anytime Books, London, United KingdomAnytime Books
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Add to basketFull-Leather. Condition: Good. No Jacket. The British Arctic Air-Route Expeditionon the Quest. 1930-31. 3rd impression of 1st ed. pp288. Illus. Folding maps. A bit dusty.
Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1932
- Hardcover
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, AustraliaArapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Second Impression. 4to. original navy cloth (inscrip. to FFE, a few spots to leaf edges & margins, cloth a little rubbed, spine sunned, map at rear slightly misfolded, else internally clean; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xvi, 306 (last colophon), with frontispiece, 63 plates & 6 maps/diagrams (4 f…olding). Heavy item (1.6 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. [Neate C31].
More imagesPublished by Chatto & Windus, London, 1932
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- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Good. First edition. A first edition of this illustrated record of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition of 1930 to 1931. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-four plates and four folding maps. Collated complete. A detailed commentary, being the official account of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition (BA…ARE), a privately funded expedition to the east coast and interior of the island of Greenland from 1930 to 1931. Led by Gino Watkins, it aimed to improve maps and charts of poorly surveyed sections of Greenland's coastline, and to gather climate data from the coast and interior during the north polar winter. With chapters on finding a base, establishing the ice cap station, autumn at the base, a winter journey, and the assault on Mount Forel, amongst other aspects of the trip. Written by Frederick Spencer Chapman, a British Army officer and Second World War veteran who was attached as "ski expert and naturalist" to this expedition. With a foreword from Admiral Sir William Edmund Goodenough, a senior Royal Navy officer of the First World War. Introduction by Henry George "Gino" Watkins, a British Arctic explorer and the leader of this expedition. Additional chapters from James Maurice Scott, a British explorer and writer; P. M. H. Lemon; and Augustine Courtauld, a British yachtsman and Arctic explorer best known for serving as the solo meteorologist for this expedition. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, sound with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the board edges resulting in minor fraying. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light age toning to the endpapers. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
More imagesPublished by Chatto & Windus, London, 1932
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated record of the British Arctic Air Route Expedition of 1930 to 1931. First edition. Illustrated with sixty-four plates and four folding maps. Collated complete. A detailed commentary, being the official account of the British Arctic Air Route Exp…edition (BAARE), a privately funded expedition to the east coast and interior of the island of Greenland from 1930 to 1931. Led by Gino Watkins, it aimed to improve maps and charts of poorly surveyed sections of Greenland's coastline, and to gather climate data from the coast and interior during the north polar winter. With chapters on finding a base, establishing the ice cap station, autumn at the base, a winter journey, and the assault on Mount Forel, amongst other aspects of the trip. Written by Frederick Spencer Chapman, a British Army officer and Second World War veteran who was attached as "ski expert and naturalist" to this expedition. With a foreword from Admiral Sir William Edmund Goodenough, a senior Royal Navy officer of the First World War. Introduction by Henry George "Gino" Watkins, a British Arctic explorer and the leader of this expedition. Additional chapters from James Maurice Scott, a British explorer and writer; P. M. H. Lemon; and Augustine Courtauld, a British yachtsman and Arctic explorer best known for serving as the solo meteorologist for this expedition. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light age toning to the endpapers. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
Published by London: Chatto and Windus, 1932
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United KingdomBow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB)
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Add to basketSecond impression, large 8vo, xvi, 304, (2) pp. Frontispiece and 63 black and white photographic plates plus 3 folding maps. Publisher's blue cloth, spine and edges a little browned.
More imagesPublished by Chatto & Windus London, 1933
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Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United KingdomAddyman Books
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Add to basketThird impression. Chatto & Windus, London. 1933. Hardback. Rebound in half dark tan calf, raised bands and gilt type to spine, marbled paper boards, new end-papers. Fold-out map at rear.
Published by Chatto & Windus, 1932
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.Structure, Verses, Agency Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. An extraordinarily well illustrated and readable account by Frederick Spencer Chapman (1907-1971) of the British Arctic air-route expedition. Foreword by Admiral Sir William Goodenough, an introduction by the late H.G. Watkins, leader of the expedition, and additional chapters by J….M. Scott, Capt. P.M.H. Lemon, and Augustine Courtauld. An apparent First Edition, but not so stated. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean interior but for some foxing at endpapers and page fore-edges and scattered thereafter, mostly in plate margins. Previous owner's bookplate inside front flap, being that of Reginald Mortimer, with an ink inscription, "From J.D.G.M. [?] Xmas 1932." Bound in a bluish linen weave cloth, mildly rubbed and sunned, spine head and foot bumped, bruised but not broken tips, gilt titling over silver label to spine. Sixty-three black-and-white illustrations and photographs, a folding map, notes, bibliography and index. xv [1], 1-304 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Published by Chatto and Windus, London, 1932
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, CanadaJ. Wyatt Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, Second Impression. Hardcover; small 4to; 304 pages. First edition, second impression. Signed with a lengthy inscription by Chapman on the ffep. Blue cloth with dark blue titles on spine. Sunned spine. Rubbed edges, some fraying of head/tailcaps. Bumped corners. Boards li…ghtly scuffed. Bright and clean interior, many plates throughout. Folding map at rear, page 20, at page 228 (slightly ripped). VG/--. Yes. Book.
More imagesPublished by Chatto & Windus, London, 1932
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Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United KingdomSt Marys Books And Prints
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Add to basketDust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Hardback A 1932 First Edition copy complete with its dust jacket This is a detailed account of a privately funded expedition to East Greenland led by Gino Watkins As the expeditions ski expert and naturalist Chapman provides a firsthand narrative of the teams efforts to map uncharted c…oastlines study climate data and test flying routes during the North Polar winter This copy is complete with its dust jacket although it is worn with large parts missing The blue cloth boards are in good condition despite fading to the spine There is foxing to the prelims and occasionally throughout although the pages are generally very clean Illustrated with maps and 64 pages of plates ppxv 304 Overall a good copy of classic Arctic exploration literaturenbsp. book.
