Recent Arrivals from Polar Books
Recent Arrivals from Polar Books
WITH SCOTT: THE SILVER LINING
by Taylor, Griffith (Introduction by D.W.H. Walton)
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- Used - Fine Condition
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1977
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- ISBN 10
- 1852970480
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NZ$223.38
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Bluntisham Books, Erskine Press, UK, 1977. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1977 Bluntisham Edition: xv 464 pages, illustrated b/w photos, maps, including a large folding map at the end of the book. Original covers, no dust jacket. A beautifully produced book matching very closely the character and quality of the original… Read more about this item Item Price
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SOUTH LATITUDE
by Ommanney, F.D
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- Used - Good Condition
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Book Club Edition
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- 1940
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- Hardcover
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NZ$6.38
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Longmans,Green & Co, London, 1940. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Readers Union Edition; (3), 308 pages, illustrated, map on front end papers, 8 b/w photos. No dust jacket, Pictorial Laminated Covers. Shelf wear, Spine faded and split, previous owners signature in pencil on half title, contents clean. The author was a lecturer… Read more about this item Item Price
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SOUTH LATITUDE
by Ommanney, F.D
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- Used - Good Condition
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- No Dust Jacket
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- Third Edition
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- 1947
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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NZ$8.51
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Longmans,Green & Co, London, 1947. Third Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Reprinted by Novographic Process 1947 Edition; x, 308 pages, illustrated, map end papers, b/w photos. Original covers, no dust jacket. Shelf wear, covers stained, spine sunned, spotting to page edges. The author was a lecturer in zoology and made this voyage… Read more about this item Item Price
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ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC: The Will and the Way of John Riddoch Rymill
by Bechervaise, John
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 2005
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- Softcover
- ISBN 10
- 1871999073
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Bluntisham Books, UK, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: Softcover, 230 pages, illustrated with 24 b/w photos. Previous neat inscription on title page otherwise contents clean. Appears unread. The first full biography of Rymill (1905-1968), a major, yet little known explorer who was a member of the expedition of Cambridge University… Read more about this item Item Price
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SCOTT'S LAST EXPEDITION: Extracts From the Personal Journals of Capt.R.F. SCOTT, C.V.O., R.N
by Scott, Captain Robert F., C.V.O., R.N
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- Used - Reading Copy
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- Fair
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- 6th Edition or Higher
- Published
- 1952
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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John Murray, London, 1952. 6th Edition or Higher. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Reading Copy/Fair. 10th impression, pocket sized highly abridged 1 volume edition: 188 pages, illustrated, 22 b/w photos, map end papers. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Contents: Preface, Names of Officers and Men, Scott's early days and naval career, Through Stormy Seas,… Read more about this item Item Price
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SKYWARD
by Byrd, Richard E, Edited by Anderson, W. R with Publishers Preface
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Revised Edition
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- 1981
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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NZ$14.89
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R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, USA, 1981. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1981 Edition: xliii xv, 382 pages plus publishers catalogue, illustrated, coloured folding map, b/w frontispiece, photos. Original covers, no dust jacket. Previous owners signature and date on front end paper otherwise contents clean. A nice copy Quantity Available: 1.… Read more about this item Item Price
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SOUTH: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition in the Antarctic
by Shackleton, Sir Ernest. (foreword by Cahill, Tim)
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 1998
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- Softcover
- ISBN 10
- 1558217835
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NZ$10.64
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Lyons Press, distributed by Airlife Publishing Limited, 1998. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Lyons Press 1998 Softcover Edition; xxi, 376 pages, illustrated, b/w photos, maps. Small neat previous owners verso front cover otherwise contents clean. As New. Probably the most evocative narrative of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration, telling of the survival of… Read more about this item Item Price
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ACROSS THE TOP OF THE WORLD: The British Trans- Arctic Expedition
by Herbert, Wally
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1969
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- ISBN 10
- 0582108012
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NZ$12.76
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Longmans, London, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 1st UK Edition: 209 pages, illustrated, map, 24 pages of b/w photographs. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Dust jacket protected in sleeve, previous owners neat inscription on front end paper otherwise contents clean. A very nice bright copy. The Arctic expedition of… Read more about this item Item Price
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THREE GOT THROUGH: Memoirs of an Arctic explorer
by Lindsay, Martin
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- Used - Good Condition
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- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1946
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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The Falcon Press, London, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. 1st Edition: 262 pages, illustrated, 16 b/w photographs, 3 maps. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear. dust jacket, faded, nibbled, contents clean. Autobiographical account of the Gino Watkins Arctic Air Route expedition and the story of three men who made… Read more about this item Item Price
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Great Exploration Hoaxes
by Roberts, David
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- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1982
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- ISBN 10
- 0871563258
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- 1
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NZ$25.53
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Sierra Club Books, San Fransico, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. 1st Edition: x, 182 pages, illustrated b/w photos, maps. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, dust jacket tatty with odd piece missing. Previous owners neat inscription verso half title, front end paper removed. Contents clean. David Roberts scrutinises 10… Read more about this item Item Price
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Deep Freeze: The United States, the International Geophysical Year, and the Origins of Antarctica's Age of Science
by Belanger, Dian Olson
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- As New
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 2010
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- Softcover
- ISBN 10
- 1607320665
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University Press of Colorado, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. 1st Softcover Edition: 494 pages, illustrated b/w photos, maps. As New, appears unread. Dian Olson Belanger tells the story of the pioneers who built viable communities, made vital scientific discoveries, and established Antarctica as a continent dedicated to peace and the pursuit of… Read more about this item Item Price
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TOM CREAN: Unsung Hero of the Scott and Shackleton Antractic Expeditions
by Smith, Michael
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- Used - Fine Condition
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 2001
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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NZ$63.82
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Hodder Headline, Canada, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/Very Good. 1st Canadian Edition. 302 pages, illustrated, b/w photos, maps. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket. Appears Unread. Tom Crean served on three major Polar expeditions and was a key figure in the crews of both Scott and Shackleton. A biography of Thomas Crean… Read more about this item Item Price
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WILLIAM SPEIRS BRUCE: Polar Explorer and Scottish Nationalist
by Speak, Peter
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- Used - Near Fine Condition
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 2003
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- Softcover
- ISBN 10
- 190166371X
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NZ$21.27
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NMS Publishing, Edinburgh, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; 144 pages, illustrated with b/w photographs, maps. Biography of one of the forgotten heroes. Previous owners neat inscription on verso front cover otherwise contents clean, appears unread. First softcover edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic &… Read more about this item Item Price
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One Thousand Days With Sirius. The Greenland Sledge Patrol
by Mikkelsen Peter Schmidt (Translated by David Matthews)
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- Used - Fine
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 2005
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- Softcover
- ISBN 10
- 0955077303
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The Steading Workshop, Cawdor, 2005. First Edition. Softcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 1st Softcover Edition translated into English, first published in Danish as Tusind dage med Sirius by Glydendal: 222 pages, illustrated, colour photos, maps. Small neat previous owners name and comments verso front end paper otherwise contents clean, appears unread. Account of life and work… Read more about this item Item Price
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Last of the Arctic voyages being a narrative of The Expedition in H.M.S. Assistance in search of Sir John Franklin during the years 1852,53,54, with notes on the natural history
by Sir John Richardson, Professor Owen, Thomas Bell, J. W. Salter and Lovell Reeve
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- As New
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- No Dust Jacket
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- 2006
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- Softcover
- ISBN 10
- 1905748175
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NZ$74.46
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Rediscovery Books, Royal Geographical Society, UK, 2006. Softcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. Softcover, 2006 reprint by Rediscovery Books; 387 pages, illustrated, maps drawings in text. Previous owners signature and date verso front cover otherwise as new, appears unread. The voyages in question were those undertaken during the long search for Sir John Franklin's missing Arctic… Read more about this item Item Price
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OF ICE AND MEN - The Story of the British Antarctic Survey 1943-73
by Fuchs, V
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1982
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- ISBN 10
- 0904614069
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Nelson, UK, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 1st Edition; 383 pages, illustrated, 24 colour photos, numerous b/w illustrations, maps, map end papers. Original covers in pictorial price clipped dust jacket. Previous owners neat inscription on front end paper otherwise contents clean. This work explores the early struggles, tragedies and successes… Read more about this item Item Price
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SHACKLETON'S FORGOTTEN MEN: The Untold Tale of an Antarctic Tragedy
by Bickel, Lennard
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- Used - Good Condition
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- No Dust Jacket
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1980
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0712668071
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NZ$15.96
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Pimlico, London, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st UK Edition: xi, 243 pages, b/w photos, map. Neat previous owners inscription on front end paper otherwise contents clean. From the Authors notes - "In 1915, a small party of men made one of the greatest journeys in Polar history. Abandoned by their ship,… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE WORST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD, ANTARCTIC 1910 - 1913
by Cherry-Garrard, Apsley (Foreword by Gearge Seaver, Introduction by Paul Theroux)
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- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 6th Edition or Higher
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- ISBN 10
- 0330335855
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NZ$31.91
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Picador, London, 1994. 6th Edition or Higher. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Picador Travel Classic Edition: 1 volume edition with an introduction by Paul Theroux. Maps redrawn by E J Hatch from the Authors originals, 607 pages, 4 maps in text. Original covers in unclipped dust jacket, neat small inscription stating date purchased… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE VOYAGE OF THE 'DISCOVERY'
by Scott, Captain Robert F., C.V.O., R.N
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- Used - Good Condition
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- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Published
- 1905
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- Cloth
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John Murray, London, 1905. Early Edition. Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1 Volume Edition, 2nd impression, December 1929; xxiii, 720 pages, 16 photos including frontispiece, map end papers. Original covers, shelf wear, spine and cover edges sunned, slight tanning to end papers, spotting to page edges and prelims. Very neat unobtrusive previous owners signature to… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE CROSSING OF ANTARCTICA - THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSATLANTIC EXPEDITION 1955-1958
by Fuchs, Sir Vivian & Hillary, Sir Edmund
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- Used - Very Good Condition
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1958
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- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
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Cassel And Company Limited, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 1st Edition; xviii, 338 pages, illustrated, 30 colour, 63 b/w photos, 9 maps, end paper maps of the Antarctic. Original covers in price clipped dust jacket. Shelf wear, closed repaired to dust jacket spine, minor staining to covers and… Read more about this item Item Price
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