THE CROSSING OF ANTARCTICA - THE COMMONWEALTH TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1955 - 1958 - SCHOOL EDITION by FUCHS, SIR VIVIAN & HILLARY, SIR EDMUND edited for schools by SCOTLAND, ANDREW

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Little Brown, 1958. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Little Brown, 1958T. hardcover. Good. . Jacket has some chipping. Minor shelf/age wear. Pages/boards/jacket clean.

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1958. First American Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Blue cloth binding titles stamped in silver, map endpapers, illustrated with photographs and maps, 328 pages. Clean, unmarked copy, solid binding, dust jacket has long straight tear across middle of rear panel, dj is now in a new mylar sleeve.

London: Cassell, 1958. First Edition . Cloth. G to Vg/Good. Bound in light blue cloth, with protected, unclipped dw, endpaper maps of Antarctica, 30 colour photographs, 63 monochrome photographs, 9 maps, 338pp. On 24th. November 1957, 12 men set out from Shackleton Base equipped with eight vehicles, sledges and two dog teams to cross more than 2000 miles of unexplored snow and ice. In front of them lay unknown mountain ranges, an ice wall and innumerable crevasses.

Cassell, 1960. 1st edition thus.. Paperback. 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.

GB: Penguin, 1960. 1st Thus. Paperback. VG.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First American. Illustrated by Fuchs, Sir Vivian and Sir Edmund Hillary. About Very good in near Very good dustwrapper. Bottom 1" of front cover and spine of book faded. Dustwrapper has rubs, small tears, chips at top of spine and top edges; Former owner's gift inscription on front endpaper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Boston: Little Brown. VG. (1958). 1st Amer ed. Edges of covers and spine faded. .

Boston Toronto: Little, Brown & Co., 1958. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 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