Year of the Quiet Sun Tapa dura - 1968

The Quality Book Club, London, 1968. Book Club Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. 1st Book Club Edition; 191 pages, illustrated, 8 b/w photographs. Original covers in photocopied dust jacket. Minor spotting to page edges. Scott Base was a permanent scientific station in the Ross Sea Dependancy of Antarctica. The author was chosen as leader for the 1964-1965 season and this is his record of his experiences. First edition of the work in this format and binding, and/or set or series. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. ISBN: 0340044802. ISBN/EAN: 9780340044803. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1524. . 9780340044803

Hardback. Very Good.

London England: The Quality Book Club, 1968. Hardback. Some wear and tear to D/J. Torn bottom edge to page 145/6. This record of the author's experiences in Antarctica will be welcomed by all who knew the earlier books of this adventurous personality, and all who feel the fascianation of the world's barren places and harshest climates - a setting where individualism thrives. Even to visit it by proxy is something: and Hayter, who found the vast frozen Continent unforgettable in itself and revealing about human nature and human needs, is a first-rate guide. Illustrated. 191 pp.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). 1st Quality Book Club Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1968. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, endpaper maps, minimal foxing first two pages, coloured top edge lightly faded, edge lightly foxed, minor edgewear jacket. 191 pp. His personal account of the year he spent at Scott Base, Antarctica. The base is New Zealand's contribution to Antarctic exploration.

Hodder and Stoughton. Op234 1968, hardcover, gebruikssporen aan stofomslag / wear on dustjacket