SAFE RETURN DOUBTFUL: HEROIC AGE OF POLAR EXPLORATION by JOHN MAXTONE-GRAHAM - 1989

Patrick Stephens, 1989. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardback. Good.

Hardback. Very Good.

Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

London, England: Patrick Stephens Limited. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1989. 1st British Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1852602937 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright, but starting to tone due to the acid content of the paper. The dust jacket has some light edge wear and two small nick / tears with tome slight rubbing and wear. "Maxtone-Graham was born in Orange, New Jersey, to a Scottish father and an American mother. He graduated from Brown University in 1951. He served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War and then worked as a Broadway stage manager. In 1972 he wrote a social history and appreciation of the Atlantic express liners, The Only Way to Cross, which was a success as a mass-market publication. This was followed by other books on express liner history. France/Norway was published in 2010; in… Read More

Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. First Great Britain Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Maps. Tall 8vo, black cloth with bold silver gilt lettering on spine, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting men, dogs & sleds on rough ice, ilkustrated with two double-spread maps of the North Pole, Bibliography, Index, 364 pages. John Maxtone-Graham (1929 - 2015) was a Scottish-American speaker and writer on ocean liners and maritime history.<br /> <br /> SUPERIOR CONDITION: Tight, bright, clean in slightly worn dust jacket (unclipped). No previous owner or remainder marks.