Polar Exploration

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1947. 268p., with 22 illustrations and 8 maps, bibliography, index, maroon cloth, white stamped titles. DJ has light wear. Text clean.. 2nd Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good (+). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Adam & Charles Black, London, 1947. Second Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. 2nd Edition, revised and enlarged; xii, 268 pages, 22 illustrations, 8 maps. Original covers in unclipped pictorial dust jacket. This book tells of the most prominent polar explorations of the twentieth century, with a short historical introduction to both the Arctic and… Read more about this item

Adam & Charles Black, London, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; x, 268 pages, 8 b/w photos, 8 maps. Original covers, no dust jacket. Shelf wear, previous owners signature verso front cover, some minor spotting, mainly to page edges. Book describes the most prominent polar explorations of the twentieth… Read more about this item

London: Adam and Charles Black. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1947. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth cover is clean and unworn. Corners sharp an binding sound. There is a 1/2 inch line in red pen on the ffep along with an erased old price. No other marks in book. Not ex-library. … Read more about this item

London: A. & C. Black Ltd, 1947. 2nd Ed.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 268 pages with 22 illustrations and 8 maps, bibliography, index, maroon cloth, white stamped titles. Clean copy. Record # 382246

Adam & Charles Black, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. Second Edition. 268 pages. No dust jacket. Signed by the author. Dedicated to "A. Nutt" on front endpaper. Red cloth with silver lettering. B&W photographs throughout. Notable foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front paste down. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges… Read more about this item

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. Second edition. Maroon cloth with silver lettering on spine. From the collection of William H. Littlewood (1924-2012), chief oceanographer in the first United States Navy Deep Freeze expeditions to Antarctica beginning in 1955. Littlewood's custom bookplate on both the ffep and title page; Operation Deepfreeze I Task Force 43 [1955-1956] emblem… Read more about this item

London. Adam & Charles Black. 1947. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 22cm, second edition, x,268p., with 22 illustrations and 8 maps, bibliography, index, maroon cloth, white stamped titles, near fine in good jacket Includes Mikkelsen, Bartlett, Stefansson, Binney, Lindsay, Watkins, Shackleton, etc.

London: A. and C. Black. VG, NO dj. 1939. 1st. hardcover. 8vo . 268pp . Foxing to edges. "Book Prize" inscription front end paper. From the publisher's "Epics of the XXth Century" series. .

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1947 VG/VG-. 8vo. original burgundy cloth gilt (leaf edges & outer leaves spotted, prev. owner's name & bookseller's label to front endpapers, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper (rubbed & slightly sunned, with generally minor wear to extremities, but with small chip to headcap and creased tear to upper hinge (tape repaired on reverse), otherwise… Read more about this item

Adam & Charles Black, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. Photos. Copy shows exterior wear and weak front hinge. Former owner's stamp excessively on front enepapers, tape remnant inside back. Contents very nice, clean and bright.

GB: Black, 1947. DW bit damaged.. 2nd Edition. Hardback. VG/G++ DW.