The North-West Passage by Thomson, George Malcolm - 1975

Hardback. Good.

Secker and Warburg. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1.

Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1975-04-21. Hardcover. Good.

London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1975. First edition.. Hard cover. New. Ships today from the USA with free USPS Delivery Confirmation upgrade!. 1 Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 288 p. Fully indexed. Audience: General/trade. 6x9x1.1wObu / bas 070212

London: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1975. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine in a Very Good Dust Jacket.. First British edition, which preceded the American edition published later the same year. Bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Jacket price clipped and shows a light shelf handling. 8vo; 9.5 inches tall; ix, 288 pp. Notes on sources, bibliography, and index follow text.. From the jacket: "The vision was clear: a trading route across the top of the world, a shipping lane north of America to the fabulous riches of Cathay. The way was unknown, unmapped, and its defenses were formidable. But for centuries men were to argue, to search, to suffer and to die in the attempt to trace this route that was known only as an idea, a mythology, a potent name: the North-West Passage... Thomson tells the story of that search, from the birth of the idea to the final unexpected triumph. It is a panorama that… Read More

Secker and Warburg. Used - Good. Bargain book!

Secker and Warburg, London, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. includes double page map, 16 pages of black-and-white photography, bibliography, and index. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. The top edge of the text block tinted dark blue. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound) with yellow, light blue and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. This book is the story of the search for a passage across the top of the North American continent by water. Minor rubbing of the back strip corners and of the book corners. Light age toning of the text block edges and pages. A hint of rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and pages. A little yellowing of the fold over panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XII, 292 pages, last four pages blank,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s).… Read More

London: Secker & Warburg Ltd. Very Good/Very Good. 1975. First Edition (omnibus) edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0436520486 Dust jacket price clipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine, bump, wear to edges. No ownership marks. Plates. ix (3) 288 pages. A few light spots to edges. Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.4 x 3 cm. Clean and tight. The vision was clear: a trading route across the top of the world, a shipping lane north of America to the fabulous riches of Cathay. The way was unknown, unmapped, and its defences were formidable. But for centuries men were to argue, to search, to suffer and to die in the attempt to trace this route that was known only as an idea, a mythology, a potent name: the North-West Passage. The search led them into unsuspected terrors, into seas and lands of a hostility beyond belief. Seas in which mountains of ice swung irresistibly; shores where towering cliffs of ice could entomb men and ships in their sudden thunderous collapse;… Read More

Secker & Warburg Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, 8vo, a very good tightly bound copy in a very lightly rubbed dust jacket, b&w plates, 288pp.

Secker and Warburg. Used - Good.