ANTARCTIC NIGHT by BURSEY, JACK - 1957

NY: Rand McNally. VG+ book, GOOD(badly worn) DJ. DJ front flap laid in.. (1957). 1st edition.. Hardcover. VG+ book, FAIR D/J(in Brodart). Sunned spine & few spine top tears. DJ tattered, front flap cleanly separated. 8vo, 236pp. .

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1958.. 1st ed. "Commander Bursey writes of his experiences with feeling, imagination, and a true appreciation of the savage environment in which he has spent so much of his life." Pp. 256, 10 b/w photographs + 1 map Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, illustrated d/w. G+/G+.

Longmans Green & Co London 1958. ex lib, minimal markings, 256pp illus, VG+(sl gum stains to ep's & boards vsl edgewear) d/w VG+(in plastic, sl sunned)

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Longmans, Green And Co, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tight Firm Clean Copy - First Edition - No Signatures, Inscriptions Or Notations Discovered. Photo Illustrations. Top Right Corner Of Ffp Has Been Clipped. Blue Cloth Hard Cover With Gold Gilt Titles In A Light Blue Box On Spine - Slight Edge Wear. Clipped Jacket With Rubbing And Edge Wear - Couple Of Rips And Slight Creasing..

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1958. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [9x6in]; 256 pp., four plates with 10 images, one map; Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on light blue label on spin, all edges trimmed; light green tinted pictorial dust jacket with white lettering on front and spine, image of dog kennel in the ice, advertisement on back; Minimal shelf wear to covers and edges, dusty age toned top edge, bookplate of Steve Fossett on front end paper; Minimal shelf wear to dust jacket, light soiling to covers and darken spine, minor rubbing along edges and corners. [Conrad p. 377]. Jack Bursey (1903-1980) was a polar explorer and US Coast Guard Commander. He was selected by Richard Byrd as a member the Little America expedition (1928-1930) to the Bay of Whales on the Ross Ice Shelf. During his career in the Coast Guard, he was also part of the Byrd U.S. Antarctic Expedition in 1939-41 and the massive Operation Deep Freeze in 1955-57. Operation Deep Freeze was the United States contribution… Read More

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1958. First Edition. With illustrations throughout from photographs. 8vo, publisher's original navy-blue cloth, the spine with label gilt lettered, in the original pictorially illustrated dustjacket. 256 pp. A fine copy, bright and clean and with only the most minimal mellowing to the panel of the dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. Commander Bursey spent many months during the years from 1928 to 1957 in Antarctica. He had been with dog-sledges to Mount Hal Flood, the longest Antarctic journey ever made with dogs but for Amundsen's dash to the Pole some years before. He writes from a unique venue, under the command of Byrd during the first Byrd Expedition of 1928-1930 and during subsequent journeys in 1939-1941 and again from 1955-1957.

236pp, 8 plates of b+w photographs, 1 line drawn map. Single small owners signature to front e.p.s. otherwise clean and unmarked. Pages uniformily tanned, minimal foxing mostly to end papers. Outer edges coloured blue and faded. Tittle on spine faded and spine faded.