Shackleton edward lord (5 resultados)

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.…

2nd ed. Hardback small, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), top edge blue-tinted, maps, figures, edges lightly foxed as common, pages lightly toned, reverse side jacket lightly toned & marked (flap not clipped, rear cover marked, minor edgewear), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. 318 pp. Edward Shackleton, the noted polar explorer, gives a vivid description of a winter spent far inside the Arctic Circle: the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition of 1934 to 1935. The expedition consisted of Oxford University students with leaders. They spent the winter of in northern Greenland, and then split into three groups to explore further, one group discovering a new mountain range. (Second edition: A little cheap book in the Blue Jacket series from Hodder & Stoughton. This series reprints classics in new affordable editions.).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. xii + 209pp. B/w photo plates (incl. frontis.), maps. Very fine in Cloth. Fine d/j. An excellent biography of Fridtjof Nansen, and his exploratory accompliments.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Evenly sun toned spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 372 pages, 43 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. Subjects; Arctic regions. Arctique De?couverte et exploration. Discovery and exploration British. Nunavut Grant Land. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Evenly sun toned spine. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 372 pages, 43 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. Subjects; Arctic regions. Arctique De?couverte et exploration. Discovery and exploration British. Nunavut Grant Land. 1 Kg.…