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THE CROSSING OF ANTARCTICA THE COMMONWEALTH TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1955-58
by FUCHS, SIR VIVIAN AND HILLARY, SIR EDMUND
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: CASSELL, 1958 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).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129749
- Title
- THE CROSSING OF ANTARCTICA THE COMMONWEALTH TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1955-58
- Author
- FUCHS, SIR VIVIAN AND HILLARY, SIR EDMUND
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- CASSELL
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- POLAR EXPLORATION, ANTARCTICA, THE COMMONWEALTH TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, HILLARY AND FUCHS, CROSSING OF ANTARCTICA. WEDDELL SEA, ROSS SHACKLETON BASE, SCOTT BASE MOUNTAINEERING EXPLORATION
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