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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dustjacket. Presumed First Edition. NO DUSTJCKET. xv + 296 pages - thickish paper used and 1 3/4" inches thick. NO DUSTJACKET. Striking sepia plates and fold-out maps. Age-darkened green hardback binding - light browned spine and some light browning to areas of edges of boards. Moderate wear to boards' corners and spine-ends - heavy wear to top spine-end with some nibbling. Page-edges moderately browned and moderately foxed, light browning to preliminary pages, ink name to flyleaf o/w clean pages.…

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Club Edition. Travel Bookclub Edition; xi, 296 pages, illustrated 43 b/w plates, 4 maps (1 folding map at rear), text illustrations and diagrams. Original covers, in photocopied dust jacket for protection. Ex Libris, usual stamps, pockets, labels. Shelf wear, covers bumped, grubby, contents clean. The British Graham Land Expedition was a completely amateur expedition, except for their ship's Royal Navy Captain and engineer. "The objectives were simple: experience the adventure of polar living, matching danger and daring while exploring Graham Land by ship, sledge and airplane" "To sum up the results of a complex expedition working over a long period is difficult; especially as the scientists of the party will not be prepared to make any definite statements about the research in their particular branches of science for many months, when they will have finished working up their results. But as far as our exploratory work is concerned, we were able to work in a previously unvisited part of the Antarctic and make two major discoveries. First, that Graham Land is part of the Antarctic Continent and not an archipelago, as was previously thought, and secondly, that a great channel running approximately north and south separates Graham Land from Alexander Land. Since our return to England, His Majesty the King has graciously given permission for this channel to be called King George VI Sound." - Author's preface.(Conrad 302, Renard 1337 and 1338, Spence 1017, SPRI 14274) Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1746. …

Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book Club Edition. Travel Bookclub Edition; xi, 296 pages, illustrated 43 b/w plates, 4 maps (1 folding), text illustrations and diagrams. Original covers in PHOTOCOPIED dust jacket for protection. blue titling to spine. Previous owners name on front end paper otherwise contents soiled. Shelf wear, covers grubby. The British Graham Land Expedition was a completely amateur expedition, except for their ship's Royal Navy Captain and engineer. "The objectives were simple: experience the adventure of polar living, matching danger and daring while exploring Graham Land by ship, sledge and airplane" "To sum up the results of a complex expedition working over a long period is difficult; especially as the scientists of the party will not be prepared to make any definite statements about the research in their particular branches of science for many months, when they will have finished working up their results. But as far as our exploratory work is concerned, we were able to work in a previously unvisited part of the Antarctic and make two major discoveries. First, that Graham Land is part of the Antarctic Continent and not an archipelago, as was previously thought, and secondly, that a great channel running approximately north and south separates Graham Land from Alexander Land. Since our return to England, His Majesty the King has graciously given permission for this channel to be called King George VI Sound." Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 2152. …

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original apple green cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine, lower page edges untrimmed. Quarto 10'' x 8'' xvi, 296 [pp]. Three fold-out colour maps, sepia photographic illustrations throughout. Free front end paper has been clipped vertically from corner to corner, light foxing to the closed page edges and front end papers, spine very slightly age darkened, binding firm, sound and square and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. POLAR [Antarctic].…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 1st Edition; xv, 296 pages, 80 plate leaves, 8 maps [3 folding colour]. Original apple green cloth covers, gilt titling on brown spine label,lower page edges untrimmed. In facsimile dust jacket for protection. Previous owners bookplate verso front cover, some mild foxing, mainly to pages edges, maps and eps, age toning as expected. The British Graham Land Expedition was a completely amateur expedition, except for their ship's Royal Navy Captain and engineer. "The objectives were simple: experience the adventure of polar living, matching danger and daring while exploring Graham Land by ship, sledge and airplane" .But as far as our exploratory work is concerned, we were able to work in a previously unvisited part of the Antarctic and make two major discoveries. First, that Graham Land is part of the Antarctic Continent and not an archipelago, as was previously thought, and secondly, that a great channel running approximately north and south separates Graham Land from Alexander Land. Since our return to England, His Majesty the King has graciously given permission for this channel to be called King George VI Sound." - Author's preface.(Conrad 302, Renard 1337 and 1338, Spence 1017, SPRI 14274). This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 360. This book weighs over 1Kg and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.…