Earth Explorations, Signed (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing UK hardback, 2009 Atlantic Books. The book is in fine condition, the dustjacket is in fine condition. Not price clipped. Illustrated. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Clean blue boards, with gilt titles to spine and an unclipped DW. SIGNED by author to title page. A tight, bright and clean copy. 309pp. (16.5x24cm). Please contact us for any more information. Signed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First British Edition, First Printing. Fine/Fine. First British edition, first printing in d/w not price clipped. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, TOM AVERY, on title-page. Inscription reads, 'For ---/Live your dreams!/Tom Avery'. Illustrated with photographs and a map.The gripping account of how British Tom Avery went with three men, one woman and sixteen dogs to the North Pole in just under thirty-seven days, in doing so breaking the world record and solving one of the great mysteries of polar exploration. Nearly 100 years after Robert Peary told the world that he had reached the North Pole for the very first time, and was widely disbelieved, explorer Tom Avery was poring over Peary's documentation. With 'Expedition Log'. A fine copy of a British first edition, first printing, in a fine d/w, of an UNCOMMON copy SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. D/w now protected in a detachable, non-adhesive, clear sheaf. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Signed and dated (October 6 20009) by the author in the title page with a dedication "Adam, With Best Wishes". The book and cover are in very fine/as new condition. The book appears to be unread. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed on th title page by the author. Near fine condition in near fine dust wrapper in protective cover, octavo, blue boards, illustrated with photographs, xvi plus 311 pages including expedition log. [QP]. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Publisher Atlantic Books, London 2009. First edition. 1st ed. Very Good condition. In blue boards with silver lettering. Minimal wear. Tight binding, all pages intact, no markings in text. Gift inscription by author on title page. Original blue pictorial unclipped d/j in very good condition, slight wear to edges. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Hardback Edition. 240 x 165mm. pp. 309. English text. Inscribed first hardback edition of 'To the End of the Earth' by Tom Avery. Incribed in blue pen to title page reading 'Louise, Hope you manage to do some more African Exploring! Tom Avery'. Colour photographic illustrations. Bound in original blue boards. Housed in pictorial dust jacket. A little light bumping to edges of dust jacket, otherwise clean. Binding strong. No underlining. Not price-clipped. Dust jacket protected with removable mylar cover. Inscribed By Author.

Each of the chapters features a striking wood-engraved illustration executed by Charles D. Jones. Printed letterpress on Hahnemühle Schiller by Randolph Bertin, who has signed the colophon. Bound by Bertin in acrylic painted cotton and flax paper made by Priscilla Robinson, with letterpress titles on the spine. Accompanied by the prospectus, a Press Intermezzo business card, and notices for two forthcoming publications. This binding is nearly identical to the one Bertin contributed to the exhibition organized by The Lone Star Chapter of the Guild of Book Workers, which featured 25 copies of Heaven of Earth, each with a bespoke binding executed by a Guild member. "In a series of investigative explorations from the glaciers of Alaska, through the Sierras, and down to the Grand Canyon, the exuberant naturalist reveals the extraordinary workings of nature - glaciation, storms, wildlife, streams, forests, erosion, lakes, and cataclysms - as they conjoin in sublime harmony to shape some of the most magnificent expanses of wilderness on Earth.".