Search Results: a history of polar exploration by david mountfield

Random House Publishing Group, 1974. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Doubleday, 1974. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Doubleday, 1976-10. Hardcover. Good.

New York: The Dial Press, 1974. D1 - DJ has some chippings on the upper spine, top corners opposite the spine, upper back left side, and top edges, wrinkling on the top and bottom edges, discoloration and normal shelf wear otherwise good. Book has library seal on the third page, discoloration and normal shelf wear otherwise good. The age of discovery received its strongest impulse from the rediscovered knowledge that the world is round. And once.... Hard Cover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Doubleday. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

New York: Dial Press, 1974. 1st American edition.. Oversize Hardcover in navy boards, in b/w photo jacket.. Near Fine unmarked except for owner name on endpapers, in Near Fine unclipped jacket.. Profusely illustrated history, nice bright tight copy. 9 x 12-1/4, 208 pp, index, bibliography, b/w & color photos & illus, endpaper maps.

New York: The Dial Press. Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket. 1974. 1st. hardcover. 4to, 208 pp. .

THE DIAL PRESS, 1974, 1974-01-01. Tankobon Hardcover. Good. . Pages are lightly yellowed. \r\n

New York: The Dial Press, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book is in VG condition with pencil marking to FFE, light rubbing to edges, some fading to top edge, bottom edge and spine else a solid copy. Dust jacket is in VG condition with some rubbing to edges else bright, intact and whole.

Doubleday, 1974 HARDBACK BOOK AND DUST JACKET IN NEAR FINE CONDITION,FIRST DIAL EDITION 1974. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Doubleday. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Light shelfwear on covers and spine on dust jacket and boards; edges of boards sunned.

Dial. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0803737386 . 208 pages .

Paperback. Acceptable.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardcover. Dial, NY 1974. 4to, 208pp + b&w ills in text, pic dj, vg+. Not in Spence.

(London, Hamlyn, 1974). 4to; original blue boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper very slightly faded and rubbed; endpaper maps and prelim's mildly foxed; pp. 208, incl. index; profusely illustrated with maps, photographs and period documents. Very good condition. "The nature of the quest - into uncharted seas and virgin territory under appalling conditions and with, at first, no knowledge of how to deal with the unpredictable ice and murderous cold - offered a challenge that might, on the face of it, be hardly worth taking up. But all sorts of men, from many nations, took part, and these were as remarkable for their diversity as for their daring. Martin Frobisher, the Elizabethan adventurer; Willem Barents, the heroic Dutchman who was the first man to winter in the Arctic; Vitus Bering, a Dane in the service of Peter the Great, who forced a way east across Siberia and found Alaska, Cook - these were the pioneers. They paved the way for Nordenskjold, Nansen, Shackleton, Amundsen, Scott,… Read More

Paperback. Very Good.

London: Hamlyn. Good/Good. 1974. Hard Cover. 9" By 12" Tall 0600344185 Dust jacket unclipped and sellotaped to paste downs. Purple cloth with bright silver lettering to spine. Evidence of removed label to ffep. Black and white and colour photographs and illustrations. 208 pages clean bright and tightly bound. .

Hamlyn, London, 1974. Hardcover. Good/Good. Size: 10"-12" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; ISBN: 0600344185. ISBN/EAN: 9780600344186. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 44994. . 9780600344186

Dial Press, New York, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 208 pp., 200+ black and white illustrations (maps, engravings & paintings, photographs) and 24 colour plates. Fp: A grotto in the Antarctic ice with the Terra Nova in the background. FEP: Map of Arctic Ocean. REP: Map of Antarctic Ocean. A general history of exploration and the motives for many of the expeditions. The spine of the boards and the edge of the front panel are slightly discoloured from sunning, the dust wrapper shows edge wear along the top and has several small tears at the base of the back panel. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; History; Exploration; Antarctica; ISBN: 0803737386. ISBN/EAN: 9780803737389. Inventory No: 0202645. . 9780803737389