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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. FIRST EDITION 1958. Original marbled gray covers, red cloth spine with black lettering and small white decorations. The book has fraying at spine ends, rubbing at corner tips, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket has loss up to 2cm deep at top of spine, smaller loss top front edge, 4cm twisting tear lower spine, clean, original printed price still present on dust jacket flap. The book measures 281mm tall x 148mm, and has 288 pages, 22 b/w photos, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Maritime, 2019. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 2019 FIRST EDITION. Original black boards with silver lettering spine. The book is in fine condition with clean covers, no fading, no rubbing, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket is clean with no tears, no rubbing, no chips, complete with original price printed on dust jacket flap. The book measures 24cm tall x 16cm and has 197 pages, 41 b/w illustrations (photos and engravings), 9 maps, bibliography, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: The Popular Book Club, 1958. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1958 Popular Book Club edition (same text as first edition). The book is in nice condition with minor darkening to spine, clean, minor browning to page edges, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The dust jacket has minor loss at the top of the spine, no tears, clean, slight darkening to spine. The book measures 19cm tall x 12cm, and has 248 pages, 23 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: C. Hurst & Company, 1974. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 1974 facsimile reprint. Original blue boards with gilt lettering spine. The book is in near fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages. The dust jacket has rubbing, general soiling, price-clipped flap corner). The book measures 222mm tall x 137mm, and has 382 pages, 150 b/w photos, 3 folding maps, index. New introduction by Vivian Fuchs. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED

Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 1990 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original dark red cloth with gilt lettering spine. The book is in great condition with clean covers, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket has faded spine, no tears, no chips, no loss, clean. The book measures 260mm tall x 155mm and has 214 pages + [4] pages of publisher ads, a few b/w illustrations and photos, EP map, index. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Chicago: Thomas S Rockwell Company, 1931. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Third printing of First Edition, 1931. blue cloth, silver lettering cover & spine, splotch marks front cover, frayed spine end, solid binding, World's Fair commemorative stamp "Byrd's South Pole Ship" upper corner of FFEP, no writing on pages, soiling (brown spot) on facing pages of author portrait plate (not in image or in text). 235mm tall x 15cm, 192 pages, 19 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1955. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of FIRST Edition. Original dust jacket has tear across part of upper front cover, some loss upper rear corner. The book is in fine condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, clean, solid binding. The book measures 218mm tall x 140mm, and has 240 pages, 1 colour & 18 b/w photos. Biography of British marine commando & mountaineer written while stationed on NE coast of Greenland as member of British North Greenland Expedition. Climbing Scotland, Norway, Cyprus, Mont Blanc first night ascent of Brenva Face Route Major. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1934. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition (from the sheets of the first UK edition). ORIGINAL DUST JACKET present. The book measures 234mm tall x 152mm, and has 317 pages, 11 maps and diagrams, 22 b/w photos, index. Original blue cloth, gilt lettering spine. Very uncommon DJ (2cm deep loss top spine, 1cm deep loss base spine, spine darkened), heavy darkening top and bottom of book spine, clean covers, no rubbing, solid binding, age tanning to pages, other than the spine ends darkening the book is in nice condition. Previous owner gift inscription FFEP otherwise no marks or writing on any pages. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1932. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. FIRST PRINTING of First Edition 1932. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering spine. Original dust jacket is present. The book has very clean covers, no rubbing, slight sunning spine, solid binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The dust jacket has small loss at top of spine, two clean 2cm tears front panel, original price present on front flap corner. The book measures 221mm tall x 154mm and has 348 pages + [26], 24 b/w portrait illustrations/photos, single-page map. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1943. Reprint . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 1943 EIGHTH PRINTING. Original gray cloth with black lettering front cover and spine. The book has clean covers, solid binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, no restorations. The original dust jacket has small loss at tips of corners, some edge wear, minor soiling, original printed price on upper corner of rear flap. Book measures 222mm tall x 151mm, and has 285 pages, 6 illustrations, 38 b/w photos, EP maps. Account of author's expedition to investigate volcanoes of Alaskan peninsula & Aleutian Islands. Significant description of roped & ice-axe climbs on Unimak volcanoes & Aghileen Pinnacles. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1947. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1948 FIRST UK EDITION. Original pale blue cloth with black lettering spine. LACKING the dust jacket. The book has light soiling to covers, minor rubbing to spine ends and very tips of corners, some fore-edge foxing and foxing on first two and last two pages otherwise no foxing on page faces, solid binding, old owner name dated 1948 penned to upper corner of FFEP otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages. The book measures 205mm tall x 145mm, and has 255 + [1] pages, EP maps, 6 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1947 FIRST PRINTING of First USA Edition. NOTE: This is not the National Travel Club edition. This is the McBride first printing. Original black cloth with red lettering spine. Generally clean covers, some splotchy marks to covers (seems to be common with this book: hard to see but evident under raking light), old owner name penned to FFEP and on verso of same page otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding, no foxing. The original dust jacket has edge wear, loss at spine ends up to 1cm deep, small loss at tips of flap corners, red spine lettering very faded, original printed price still present at corner of front flap. The book measures 209mm tall x 138mm, and has 266 pages, EP map at front, and 6 b/w photos on rear EP. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Travel Book Club, 1957. Reprint . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book is in good condition with light bump upper edge rear cover (see photo), clean covers, tight binding, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing. The original DJ has some light age spotting upper front panel, several short tears. Book measures 222mm tall x 139mm, and has 208 pages, 32 b/w photos, EP maps. Scientific expedition including surveying and mapping based at Hope Bay, sledge & ski journey from there to Cape Alexander ---- Trinity Peninsula of Graham Land Antarctica. PHOTOS ARE OF ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1894. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. George Marston. FIRST EDITION UK 1894. Elegantly rebound in 1/2 leather with marbled boards, matching marbled EPs, raised bands spine, untrimmed text block. The book is in nice condition with no previous owner marks or writing on any pages (NOT ex-library), clean, minor rubbing to spine ribs and extreme tips of corners, solid binding, small foxing spots on a few preliminary and a few final pages otherwise most pages are free of foxing, complete with all pages and folding map at page 364. The book measures 230mm tall x 155mm, and has 364 pages, many b/w illustrations, large folding map, 24 pages of publisher's book advertisements dated 1894 at end starting with publisher's list of available catalogues (index on verso) followed by ads starting with Abbot's History of Greece. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1906. 1st Edition . Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Original blue wrappers complete with all photos and maps, full issue. minor edge wear, tiny loss at spine foot, solid binding, no writing or marks on any pages. The Workman paper on the Karakoram has 16 pages of text, 8 b/w photos, and a folding color relief map. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BING OFFERED.

London: The Royal Geographical Society, 1908. 1st Edition . Original Wraps. Very Good/No Jacket Issued. Original blue wrappers complete with all photos and maps, full issue. light soiling rear cover, 1cm tear upper front cover, solid binding, no writing or marks on any pages. The Workman paper on Nun Kun has 31 pages of text, 13 b/w photos, 1 color folding relief map. The Markham biography of M'Clintock has 11 pages of text and one b/w portrait. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM BING OFFERED.

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1922. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. First Printing of the first USA edition. The book measures 24cm tall x 15cm, and has 306 pages, 175 b/w photos, 2 drawings, 1 map. Printed from the UK plates this is the same size as 1st UK edition. This first edition is larger in size than the more common 1923 edition and later reprints. Covers have some diffuse rubbing, spine edges are rubbed and faded with a bit of fraying, the inside EP hinges have been taped (see photo), pages are clean and bright, no foxing anywhere in the book, binding is solid but partially cracked between a few gatherings (but holding well, not broken, text block is not loose or squishy), no writing or marks on any pages, no dampstaining, complete with all pages and plates including original frontis tissue, two pages roughly opened resulting is loss to the margin (no loss of text -- see photo), one plate has a small tear and loss to a corner tip (see photo). ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Rockwell Kent. 1st Printing FIRST PRINTING of First Edition 1934. Original blue cloth. Paper title pages lettered in black (front cover one has illustration) front cover & spine. The book has rubbing to spine ends and corner tips, slight fading to spine, minor faint soiling, browning to EPs, some foxing on first and last few pages but other pages mostly free of foxing, old gift inscription on front pastedown dated 1938 otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, solid binding but paper-cracked rear EP (hinge is strong and not in danger of breaking). The book measures 208mm tall x 143mm, and has 287 + [1] pages, several b/w illustrations by Rockwell Kent. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

London: David Nutt, 1911. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 1911 FIRST UK Edition. Original red cloth with black illustration & lettering front cover, gilt lettering spine. Generally clean covers, slight fading to spine, solid binding, tan offsetting to EPs but no foxing on any pages and pages are bright and clean, old owner name and date on upper corner of verso of FFEP otherwise no owner writing or marks on any pages, The book measures 223mm tall x 149mm, and has 204 pages, 25 b/w photos. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 1911 FIRST UK Edition. Original purple cloth, white lettering front and spine, white decoration of polar bear front cover. The book is in better than average condition with very clean covers, no fading, bright lettering with no chipping, solid binding, some browning to EPs but no foxing on pages, interesting long inscription penned by Stefansson on blank FFEP, signed by Stefansson on title page, otherwise no previous owner marks or writing on any pages. The original dust jacket browning to lower half of spine, loss at spine corners up to 1cm deep, original printed price still present on front flap. The book measures . The book measures 298mm tall x 143mm, and has 301 pages, 26 b/w photos, two folding maps (in fine condtion). PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.