The Crossing of Antarctica de Sir Vivian Fuchs - 1958

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1958. This 6"x9" hard cover book has a blue cover with silver lettering on the spine of the cover. A book about Sir Edmund Hillary and the common wealth Trans-Antartic Expedition, 1955-1958. Many black and white and color photo illustrations throughout the book. 328 indexed pages. Book is in good condition with tanned pages, faded spine and cover edges, wear, and soil.. Stated 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Photo Illustrated.

Cassell, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. First Published. 337 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white and colour 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. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has moderate edgewear with chips, tears, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Wear marks and foxing overall.

Cassell, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. First Edition. 338 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth and gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Binding remains firm.Pages & plates remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears, and creasing. Loss to jacket's spine head.

Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. First Edition. 337 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Full title: The Crossing of Antarctica: The Commonwealth Trans-antarctic Expedition 1955-58. Black and white and colour 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. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with areas of loss, heavy tears, chips, and creasing. Light tanning to spine and edges. Sticker to front panel Foxing overall.

Cassell, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. First Edition. 338 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth boards with lettering. Contains black and white and colour plates. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Clipped jacket. Panels and spine have moderate edgewear with chips, tears and creases. Moderate tear to spine. Moderate tanning and wear marks to flaps, panels and spine.

Cassell, 1958. Hardcover. Good. 1958. First Edition. 337 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Black and white and colour 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. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Cassell & Company Ltd, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1958. First Edition. 337 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Black and white and colour photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription and stamp to front free endpapers. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall. Clipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Water marking to spine. Light tanning to spine and edges. Foxing overall.

Cassell, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. First Edition. 337 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Protected by plastic wrapper.

Cassell, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. First Edition. 337 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning. Unclipped jacket has light edge-wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

1958. Hardback. First edition, 1958. Blue cloth with silver lettering to spine. Good condition; edgeworn and rubbed, bumps to corners and spine, sunned to spine. No dust jacket. Published: Cassell & Company, 1958