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John Murray, 1938. Second Impression. Hardcover. Good. Hardback, lacks dustwrapper, slight rubbing to boards and slight darkening to spine, titles still distinct. Gift inscription to free front end paper, there are some light pencil annotations to the rear of the frontespiece and some very light pencil markings to corresponding parts of the text. Overall a clean copy internally although there is some spotting to the edge of the text block. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK. inscriptions,

London: John Murray. Good. 25 cm. Hardcover. 1944. 266 pages. Text edge lightly foxed.<br> .

London: John Murray. Very Good. 25 cm. Hardcover. 1938. 270 pages. Ex-library<br> .

John Murray. Good. Hardcover. 1951. xxiii +270pp. b/w & colour illus. maps. Blue boards - light fadi ng to spine, spine tips bumped, foxed page edges. dj shelf wea r with losses - protected with non adhesive cover. Minor stains to firm contents, school award sticker on front pastedown. .

John Murray , 1938. Reprint . Hardcover. Good/Good. With and Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Grey top pages edges. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Reprint, 2nd edition 1938. Publication of 270 pages. Frontispiece. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and small closed tears. The boards are in good condition. There is foxing on the inner part of the dust jacket and on the block of the book as well as on the early and last pages, little within the body of the book. The text remains bright and clear. Tightly bound and presented in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: John Murray, 1947 8vo. original blue cloth with gilt spine label (a trifle rubbed, occ. faint spotting, minor marginal tear to one leaf (manufacturing imperfection), else clean & bright; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xxiv (last blank), 270, [2 (pubs. advt., last blank)], with 13 illustrations & 2 maps. A very good copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG+/No Jacket.

London: John Murray, 1944. Reprint . Cloth Bound Boards. Good/No Jacket. 1944 Reprint. Size octavo, 266 pages including index. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt titles on cream panel to the spine, no dust jacket. Book condition good, corners and edges rubbed, hinges a bit loose, a few spots to first and last few pages else contents clean. The story of one of the lesser known participants in Scott's epic venture in Antarctica, with an Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: John Murray. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1947). First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signature. Slight bumping to lower corners of boards. Some spots of foxing to page edges. ; Fourth printing. xxiii, [1], 270 pages + frontispiece + 12 plates + 1 in-text map + 1 folding map + [2] pages advertisements. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettered paper spine label. ; 8vo .

London: John Murray. Good in Good dust jacket. (1951). Hardcover. Front free endpaper torn out. Gutter split at front hinge. 3/8" missing at head of dustjacket spine. A couple of 3/8" chips to front panel of dustjacket. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 1947 reprint. xxiii, [1], 270 pages + frontispiece + 12 plates + 1 in-text map + 1 folding map + [2] pages advertisements. Blue cloth boards. White panel and gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216mm x 138mm. Travel, Polar. ; 8vo .

London: John Murray, 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scuffed faux leather maroon boards, edge and corner wear. Faded appended title label on sunned spine. Cut edges tanned, odd speckles. Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Endpapers tanned, foxed, rebound. Age faded text block, scattered miniscule 'cuts' 'holes' ( woodworm? ) throughout. Text clear, occasional pencilled markings. 13 b/w plates including frontispiece, two maps. Binding solid.No jacket.

London: John Murray, 1938. Stated first edition. Hardcover. VG. No jacket. Previous owner's name (M. Baxter, London, Dec. 1938) on front free endpaper. Half title page browned.. 270 pages with index plus two pages of ads. A biography of Lt. Henry Robertson (Birdie) Bowers (1883-1912), who was among the men who died with Robert Falcon Scott's polar party on the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition of 1910-1913 on its return from the South Pole. B&W photos. Blue boards with paper label on spine.

London: John Murray. Fair with no dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 0719501245 . Front free endpaper torn out, with damage to front hinge. Heavy foxing to half-title page. Moderate rubbing and dust stains to boards and spine. ; First printing. xxiii, [1], 270 pages + frontispiece + 12 plates + 1 in-text map + 1 folding map + [2] pages advertisements. Blue cloth covers with gilt lettered paper spine label. ; 8vo .

John Murray, London, 1944. Early Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 1944 Third printing: Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, xxxiii, 266 pages, 13 plates, (1 double-page reproduced from South Polar Times), 1 folding map, 1 map in text. Blue cloth covers with spine label in price clipped pictorial dust jacket. Spotting to page edges, contents clean, Dust jacket worn, slightly tatty. "About half the book deals with Bowers’ Antarctic trip. Extensive quotations from other sources, primarily Cherry-Garrard’s Worst Journey . . . (in which much of Bowers’ Pole Trip diary was first published) and much from Bowers’ weekly letters home. The letters are not easily found elsewhere."(Conrad) Third impression of the First Edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Arctic & Antarctic. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1277. .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London: John Murray. Good in Fair dust jacket. (1951). Hardcover. Owner's signature. Spine faded. Some fading to margins of boards. Spotting to top page edges. Adhesive tape repairs to dust wrapper. Fading to margins of dust wrapper. 2" tear along dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; xxiii, [1], 270 pages + frontis + 12 plates + 1 in-text map + 1 folding map + [2] pages advertisements. Blue cloth covers. Page dimensions: 213mm x 135mm. ; 8vo .

London : J. Murray, 1938. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Bumped corners. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xxiii, 270 pages frontispiece, 1 illustration, plates (some colour) portraits, folded map, colour facsimile ; 22cm. Subjects: Bowers, H.R. (Henry Robertson) (1883-1912). Antarctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- British.

John Murray, London, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition; Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, xxxiii, 270 pages, 13 plates including frontispiece, (1 double-page reproduced from South Polar Times) 2 maps (1 folding) Original covers in RARE price clipped pictorial dust jacket. Gift Ink inscription on front end paper dated 1938. Dust jacket nibbled, odd small pieces missing, contents clean and bright. "About half the book deals with Bowers’ Antarctic trip. Extensive quotations from other sources, primarily Cherry-Garrard’s Worst Journey . . . (in which much of Bowers’ Pole Trip diary was first published) and much from Bowers’ weekly letters home. The letters are not easily found elsewhere." Conrad, Bibliography of Antarctic Exploration. "As the troubles have thickened about us his dauntless spirit ever shone brighter and he remained cheerful, hopeful and indomitable to the end." R. F. Scott. Quantity… Leer más

London: John Murray, 1938. Pages clean and bright, small previous owner inscription on front endpaper, light foxing on endpapers, boards and binding tidy. Dust jacket in poor condition - chipping to edges, most of the front cover is present except for a 2cm tear at the top right corner; 10cm x 5cm of bottom left corner of rear jacket missing.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard. Very Good/Poor. 8vo.

London: John Murray, 1938. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. 270 pages with index plus two pages of ads. Publisher's blue boards with cream paper label lettered in gilt on spine. With 3 coloured illustrations, 12 half-tones and 2 Maps (all present). Blue top-edge. Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Boards exceptionally bright and clean; a contemporary gift inscription on the front free end-paper; half-title offset (as usually found).. Overall a VG (or slightly better) copy. In the RARE dustwrapper priced 10s 6d net to the inside flap (as called for). The dustwrapper is VG with a triangular chip from the bottom edge of the front panel that removes most of the AP of APSLEY. A biography of Lt. Henry Robertson (Birdie) Bowers (1883-1912), who was among the men who died with Robert Falcon Scott's polar party on the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition of 1910-1913 on its return from the South Pole. Uncommon in dustwrapper in first edition.