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Price: US$41.49 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1938. No Edition Remarks. 296 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Fold-out map towards end of book. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Fold-out map is in good condition with some light foxing overall. Occasional thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Scuffing and light marking overall. Slight peeling to title to spine.Mild tanning to spine and edges.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Price: US$96.24 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Edition; xv, 296pp, 80 plate leaves, 8 maps [3 folding colour]. Original apple green cloth covers with gilt titling to spine rather than the spine label. Lower page edges untrimmed. No dustjacket. 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). Gift dedication to previous owner on front end paper. There is splitting of the cloth but overall it is in very good condition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 368. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
Seller: Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 296pp, large octavo in green cloth. foxing to page edges, light wear to book edges, tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good
Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.41 + shipping
Description: xv, 296pp, original green cloth, cloth very clean and bright, some light foxing mainly to prelims, endpapers and foreedges, VG, no dustwrapper. . Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.
Seller: Glacier Books, Pitlochry, United Kingdom
Price: US$167.30 + shipping
Description: 4to. modern green cloth with original gilt spine label (exceptionally clean & unblemished, with the exception of a trifling mark on the top edge; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xvi, 296, with 80 plates, 8 maps (4 coloured, 3 of which are folding) & 2 full page diagrams. Heavy item (2 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A fine copy. The new binding is an exact replica of the original cloth [Neate R101: Antarctica. Account of the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-37, led by the author].
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Price: US$172.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover; 4to; 296 pages. First U.K. edition. Green cloth hardcovers, with gilt lettering on brown cloth label on spine. Boards a little dusty, lightly scuffed. Tops cut, dyed light green. Other edges deckled. Bright and clean pages, with many sepia-tone plates throughout. Large colour folding map, pasted in rear, in excellent condition. No dj. VG+/--
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$173.24 + shipping
Description: 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]
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$179.66 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 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.
Seller: Polar Books, Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
Price: US$186.07 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Chatto & Windus, 1938. First Edition, with frontispiece, numerous sepia-toned plates and 3 folding coloured maps; original green cloth boards, with label lettered in gilt. Book is in good overall condition. Shipped swiftly from the U/K. Images available on request.
Seller: madelyns books, suffolk, United Kingdom
Price: US$186.07 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: W. E. Hampton's (Ham) name and date on end paper. Hampton and Rymill made a 400 mile sledge crossing of Greenland in 1930/31. Rymill appointed Hampton as both Second-in-Command and Chief Pilot to the British Graham Land Expedition. There are numerous references to him in the index. It's not possible to tell if this was Hampton's own copy but it seems very likely although there are no annotations in the book to confirm it. Curiously, when I looked Hampton up on the internet, not one of the links that I found, nor any references in the book (I've not checked every one.) has his name as opposed to his initials. 8 maps (3 folding, 1 on a plate type page and 4 full page on text pages) are all present. The large folding map at rear has a couple of tears to margin that are now reinforced with clear tape. Slightly shaken, as is usual, due to the weight of the text block. Spine slightly dulled with gentle bumping to ends and some staining at base but it's pretty minor. The label has a few spots. Boards are fairly bright although there is a little staining along some of the base of front board. Internally a 1" crack to top of inner hinge and Hampton's name on end paper as well as a tiny mark on leading edge. Contents are otherwise clean. A very nice association copy. Postage will be confirmed when you enquire or order and for light or very heavy books will vary from the ABE quote which is based on a 1kg parcel. N.B. Postage to the USA will often be quite a bit less than the quote on ABE.
Seller: The Book Business (P.B.F.A), London, United Kingdom
Price: US$189.92 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: hardback, quarto, green cloth lettered gilt to spine, lacking dust wrapper, some very mild foxing to the short-title page, signature of a previous owner on the front free endpaper, a very good tightly bound copy, folding maps with some mild spotting to the verso at the crease with light spotting to the adjacent page margin, b&w plates, xv + 296 pp
Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
Price: US$211.74 + shipping
Description: xv,296pp, illus. throughout, 3 folding maps, attractive sepia photographs, octavo, orig. green cloth, label, end-papers damp stained and damaged. Cloth a trifle dusty, no fading to cloth but label faded. Two chapters by A. Stephenson and an historical introduction by Hugh Robert Mill. Needs new end-papers otherwise internally a clean copy. Size: 4to
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
John Rymill. Southern Lights. Chatto and Windus, London, 1938.
Price: US$229.26 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 296pp with b/w photos and folding maps - green cloth with gilt-on-red title label to spine - very minor soiling to edges of binding - previous owner's name and number to first blank page - preliminary pages and content edges moderately foxed - contents clean and tight - dustwrapper is moderately rubbed and soiled/foxed - wear and chipping to edges with some small losses including head of spine - tape reinforcing and repairs along upper edge - price-clipped - SCARCE dustwrapper - heavy book may require extra postage overseas - email for details
Seller: Plane Tree Books, Taupo, New Zealand
Price: US$288.73 + shipping
Description: First edition. 4to. xvi, 295, (1) pp. Publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered spine label, old ownership inscription to the front endpaper, dust jacket, price clipped. 80 photographic plates plus 8 maps, of which three are folding. Jacket worn with loss to the spine ends and a few chips to the edges of the panels, else very good.
Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom
Price: US$295.15 + shipping
Description: pp. xv, (i), 296. Frontispiece, 8 maps, 121 plates, text figures. Dust wrapper torn with slight loss, else a very good copy.
Seller: Patrick Pollak Rare Books ABA ILAB, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$449.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A most interesting association copy of this book. Dedication on ffep to: Violet Lawson, from her brothers L C D Ryder, and R E D Ryder. Both Ryders were members of the team, and are illustrated on the plate facing page 28 of the book. Interestingly, a correction has been made to the names on the photos, as one of the Ryders is misidentified as V D Carse. All plates and maps present, and contents clean and tight. There are signs of slight water-staining on the upper board and ffep.
Seller: Pricewisebooks, MARLBOROUGH, United Kingdom
Price: US$513.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition 1938. Presentation copy as follows "To E. F. Usborne whose daring voyages have inspired many to seek similar adventure & especially his obliged servant Quintin (Riley), Christmas, 1938". Quintin Riley was the meteorologist on the expedition and he is mentioned throughout the book. A portrait of him is included on the plate opposite page 27. Some foxing throughout. There is a largish ink splodge on page 24 obscuring part of a couple of words. Some light thumbing in places. Publishers coarse green cloth slightly dusty, darkened, and with some light marking, generally a very good solid copy. A interesting presentation copy. 296 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Price: US$741.09 + shipping
Description: First edition. 80 photogravure plates, 4 maps plus additional maps and diagrams in text. Royal 8vo. Publishers' green cloth covered boards with tan cloth label stamped in gilt to spine. Without the dustwrapper. Inscribed in ink to ffep, with 4 photographs loosely inserted, silvered, numbered 1, 3, 4, & 5 on the verso. xvi, 296pp. London, Chatto and Windus, Inscribed to Vice-Admiral Sir John Augustine Edgell, by the author. Rymill also includes four expedition photographs of Mount Edgell, named for the Admiral. One of these photographs appears as a photogravure illustration facing page 178 in the text. The picture is captioned ?Rifts in the Wordie shelf-ice?, and above ?Country south of the Wordie shelf-ice, through which the southern and eastern sledge journeys passed? The mountain can be seen in the background. Australian born John Rymill (1905-1968) lad the British Graham Land Expedition to Antarctica in 1934, with various scientific objectives including mapping the Graham Land peninsular coast with the aid of aerial photography. It was one of the last privately funded Antarctic expeditions, though Rymill was assisted in crewing the expedition ships (Penola and Discovery II) by the Royal Navy. Vice-Admiral Edgell served as the chair of the Commonwealth Polar Committee, and was instrumental in the further commissioning of Discovery II for scientific survey work in Antarctic waters and around the Falkland Islands.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom