Shackleton by Fisher (20 results)

Condition: Good. 1957. Reprinted. 559 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white illustrated and photographic plates throughout. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Condition: Fair. 1957. Reprint. 559 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges, with notable foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Slight forward lean to text block. The unclipped dust jacket has moderate edge wear, tears and chips to edges and spine ends. Moderate tanning to spine and edges. Considerable loss to spine ends.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. How, W.E. (illustrator). Appears to be the First Edition. No dustwrapper, pp.xvi, 559. Illustrated. Drawings by W E How who served on the Endurance expedition. Spine creased down its length but clean and clear. Cover has several faint splash maeks. Contents lightly browned but clean and tight, and book has bit of a forward lean to it.Overall a good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. The boards are edge worn with scuffing and marks. The page block is secure. Spotting on the pages, not affecting text. Ink annotations on a handful of pages, not affecting text. Extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

hardcover. 1957 rep. 559pp, map endpapers, VG+ in VG+ dw. An attractive copy. The authors were given access to Shackleton's papers, diaries and correspondence, they also interviewed almost all of the survivors of his expeditions. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean, no markings, light wear to edges. Complete with numerous plates, maps and line illustrations. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,900grams, ISBN:

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,850grams, ISBN:

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition, 1st Impression, corner unclipped, some slight wear to edges and corners of dustjacket, some slight wear to covers and spine, internally in very good condition, pages crisp and clear, previous owners name on top right corner of front end paper.

Hard covers, no dust jacket. Condition: V.g. No Jacket. 1st edition. Photo and letter loosely inserted. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine first edition, first printing in fine dust jacket. Tiniest bit of shelf wear to jacket. Numerous illustrations and maps and appendices. A fine biography of Ernest Shackleton.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Good biography. pp.xv.559. Illus. Maps. Endpaper map. Reprint of Ist ed. Unusually good condition; stored cool, dark and dry?

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Illustrations by W. E. How (who served on Endurance), pictorial endpapers etc. 8vo. Publisher's cloth, clean and square, text block a touch shaken else a near fine bright copy in a similar dust wrapper, this protected in a plastic sleeve, a delightful example of this early biography; Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) the famous polar explorer. xvi, 559pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Dec 1957 2nd Impression. New Cheap Edition. With illustrations. Hardback with Dust Jacket. Book is in good condition with tanned edge paper, light foxint to edges, shelf wear. Dust JAcket acceptable, price clipped. Small tears to edges, bigger ones to corners. U5A29.

Hardcover. First UK edition. 8vo, xvi + 559 pp, 48 photo-plates & 37 drawings & maps by W. E. How (served with the 'Endurance' expedition ) map eps, vgc. The Fishers had access to unpublished letters and diaries, and interviewed all the surviving members of the expeditions. Orig. blue & gilt hardboard w d/j, vgc. Spence 460.

Hardcover. Barrie, London, 1957 1st UK edition. 8vo, xvi + 559 pp., 48 photo-plates & 37 drawings & maps by W. E. How; ( served with the 'Endurance' expedition ) map e.p's, vgc. The Fishers had access to unpublished letters and diaries, and interviewed all the surviving members of the expeditions. Hardcover w d/j, vgc. Spence 460.

Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 8vo pp.559. Dustjacket lightly chipped and creased at extremities. Dustjacket spine yellowed. Previous owner's name stamped to FFEP. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in dark blue cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine. Price clipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 559pp. 48 photographic plates and 37 drawings and maps within text, illustrated endpapers. Illustrations by W. E. How, who served with the Endurance Exhibition. Not library copy, no inscriptions, some wear to dustjacket edges. (60/4).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. SIGNED -- First Edition. No marks, underlining, or bookplates. Signed/Inscribed by the author, James Fisher, on the top of the title page "for Richard Blackburn Black with very best wishes James Fisher"; Rear Admiral Richard Blackburn Black assisted Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd in explorations of Antarctica. (Extensive three page biography of Adm. Black by Arlington Cemetery is enclosed in the book). Also on the inside ffrps are extensive notes by Admiral Black noting sending of book(s) to another individual in England, and eventually to De Havitland Aircraft of Ontario, Canada. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Front text block splattered with brown dye from top text block, large spot on bottom corner. "NEAR FINE" dust jacket is not price-clipped. This collectible, " NEAR FINE" condition first edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Beautiful rare collectible copy of historical significance. GIFT QUALITY Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.