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The Crossing of Antarctica: The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58
by Sir Vivian Fuchs & Sir Edmund Hilary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Good
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cassell, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable/Good. 1958. First Edition. 338 pages. Dust jacket over blue cloth. Contains black and white and colour plates. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Heavy foxing to textblock edges. Pencil inscription to mapped front free endpaper and pen to front endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Some fraying to cloth at spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing and some water spotting.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1707928723LEE
- Title
- The Crossing of Antarctica: The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-58
- Author
- Sir Vivian Fuchs & Sir Edmund Hilary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Date Published
- 1958
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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