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Oxford University Press, 1933. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Blue cloth over boards, some spotting on cloth. Corners bumped, spine a little tanned. A little foxing. B/W frontis and plates. A few pages with pencil marks in margins. 1933, no additional printings indicated. Lacking DJ. Includes fold-out map in back

Chatto & Windus, 1932. 2nd Imp. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. the boards are edge worn. foxing and markings. ownership plate. sound binding. rather fair copy. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Chatto and Windus. VG/NONE. 1932. Hardcover; Second Printing. Light general wear, trace of light to original cloth cover, cloth label with bright gilt title. Light wear to edges and corners, spine ends rubbed. Bright, clean interior with solid binding. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 304 pages; RB Nautical .

New York:: Oxford University Press,, 1933.. original blue cloth.. Very minor use to cloth; tight and sound.. Large 8vo,. With a Foreword by Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Folding map; illustrations from photographs.

Oxford University Press, 1934. 1934 reprint US. hardcover. xv, 264pp, 32 plates, folding map, original red cloth, spine lettering dull, light foxing to foreedges and prelims, VG.. A detailed account of the activities of the expedition, based near Angmagssalik, on the east coast of Greenland. Sledge and boat trips were undertaken, two across the icecap, three northward, one to the icecap station thirty miles west. It describes the establishment of the icecap station and five months work there, including the mapping and reconnaissance with the aid of an airplane, particularly the coast northward to Kangerdlugssuag and an attempt to climb Mount Forel.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1932 4to. plain brown buckram gilt (ex-Boots library, with label to upper board, binding rubbed with cocked spine , first gathering tender with one loose leaf (frayed fore-edge), lower hinge cracked, upper starting, occ. spotting to fore-edge else internally clean & unmarked; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xvi, 306 (last colophon), with frontispiece, 63 plates & 6 maps/diagrams (4 folding). Heavy item (1.6 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A reading copy of the first edition. [Neate C31].. First Edition. Hard Cover. G-/No Jacket.

Chatto And Windus, 1932. 1932 First Edition. hardcover. xv, 304pp, 64 plates, maps, original green cloth, rubbing to spine, owner's signature, a little slack, Good+.. A detailed account of the activities of the expedition, based near Angmagssalik, on the east coast of Greenland. Sledge and boat trips were undertaken, two across the icecap, three northward, one to the icecap station thirty miles west. It describes the establishment of the icecap station and five months work there, including the mapping and reconnaissance with the aid of an airplane, particularly the coast northward to Kangerdlugssuag and an attempt to climb Mount Forel.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

Chatto and Windus, London, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 2nd Impression December 1932; xv, [1], 304 pages, illustrated, 63 b/w plates, 5 maps (4 folding). Blue cloth covers with blue label with gilt titling on spine. Shelf wear, covers slightly grubby, spotting to page edges. Contents clean. "Contains a detailed account of the expedition, based near Angmagssalik on the east coast of Greenland, its sledge and boat trips, two across the icecap, three northward, studies of climate, geology, ornithology, mapping with the aid of airplane, the attempt to climb Mt. Forel, notes on the art of kayaking. The appendices including report on flying work, list of plants collected, field notes on birds, sledging rations, geology, climate studies, etc. Watkins, who wrote the introduction, had climbed the highest mountain in Greenland and later died in kayaking accident. There are chapters by J. M. Scott, P. M. H. Lemon and Augustine Courtauld. Second… Read More

Chatto and Windus, London, 1934. Fourth Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket. 4th Printing 1934; xv, 264 pages, illustrated, 32 b/w plates, 1 folding map at end. Ex Libri, red covers with library number to spine, slightly smaller than original 4th printing, red page edges, remnants of library bookplates,library labels etc.,in prelims, shelf wear, top and bottom of spine worn, pages age toned. All illustrations, maps as called for. "Contains a detailed account of the expedition, based near Angmagssalik on the east coast of Greenland, its sledge and boat trips, two across the icecap, three northward, studies of climate, geology, ornithology, mapping with the aid of airplane, the attempt to climb Mt. Forel, notes on the art of kayaking. The appendices including report on flying work, list of plants collected, field notes on birds, sledging rations, geology, climate studies, etc. Watkins, who wrote the introduction, had climbed the highest mountain… Read More

London: Chatto & Windus. VG : in very good condition with slipcase. Spine and titles faded. School prize label on fep. 1934. Reprint. Blue hardback cloth cover. 250mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). xiv, 264pp. Fold out map and 32 plates. .

Chatto & Windus, London, 1933. . 8vo, 304pp, black and white illustrations, fold-out map at rear. A good hardback copy with faded spine. Intermittent foxing, top of spine pulled. Previous owner's name. .

Chatto & Windus, 1933. Hardback. good/No Dust Jacket. Joan Hassell. faded spine, damage at spine top, wear on bottom spine

Chatto and Windus, London, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; xv, [1], 304pages, illustrated, 63 b/w plates, 5 maps (4 folding). Original covers with spine label. Covers sunned, spine label dull, spotting to page edges and margins. Contents clean. "Contains a detailed account of the expedition, based near Angmagssalik on the east coast of Greenland, its sledge and boat trips, two across the icecap, three northward, studies of climate, geology, ornithology, mapping with the aid of airplane, the attempt to climb Mt. Forel, notes on the art of kayaking. The appendices including report on flying work, list of plants collected, field notes on birds, sledging rations, geology, climate studies, etc. Watkins, who wrote the introduction, had climbed the highest mountain in Greenland and later died in kayaking accident. There are chapters by J. M. Scott, P. M. H. Lemon and Augustine Courtauld." Neate C31; Arctic Bibliography 2982 This is… Read More

London: Chatto and Windus, 1932. Tall thick 8vo. xv, [1], 304 pp. Photo frontisp., 63 plates, 1 large folding map of Greenland at rear. Blue cloth, red & gilt leather spine label (some soiling, edgewear, dampstaining to lower fore-edge, minor bumping to corners), G- sound copy. First edition of this gripping account of the expedition investigating the possibility of new and shorter air routes between England and Canada, describing the brutal conditions, and surveying the ice sheet by dogsled and airplane.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1932 4to. original navy cloth (inscrip. to FFE, a few spots to leaf edges & margins, cloth a little rubbed, spine sunned, map at rear slightly misfolded, else internally clean; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xvi, 306 (last colophon), with frontispiece, 63 plates & 6 maps/diagrams (4 folding). Heavy item (1.6 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy. [Neate C31].. Second Impression. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First Edition. hardcover. very good. And additional chapters by J.M. Scott, Capt. P.M.H. Lemon & Augustine Courtauld. Several folding maps, many photographic illustrations. xv, 304pp. Small thick 4to, green cloth; (edges and corners of cloth rubbed, title page foxed). London: Chatto and Windus, 1932. First Edition. Very good.<br/><br/>

London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Large 8vo 9" - 10. An extraordinarily well illustrated and readable account by Frederick Spencer Chapman (1907-1971) of the British Arctic air-route expedition. Foreword by Admiral Sir William Goodenough, an introduction by the late H.G. Watkins, leader of the expedition, and additional chapters by J.M. Scott, Capt. P.M.H. Lemon, and Augustine Courtauld. An apparent First Edition, but not so stated. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean interior but for some foxing at endpapers and page fore-edges and scattered thereafter, mostly in plate margins. Previous owner's bookplate inside front flap, being that of Reginald Mortimer, with an ink inscription, "From J.D.G.M. [?] Xmas 1932." Bound in a bluish linen weave cloth, mildly rubbed and sunned, spine head and foot bumped, bruised but not broken tips, gilt titling over silver label to spine. Sixty-three black-and-white illustrations and… Read More

London: Chatto and Windus, 1932. Hardcover; small 4to; 304 pages. First edition, second impression. Signed with a lengthy inscription by Chapman on the ffep. Blue cloth with dark blue titles on spine. Sunned spine. Rubbed edges, some fraying of head/tailcaps. Bumped corners. Boards lightly scuffed. Bright and clean interior, many plates throughout. Folding map at rear, page 20, at page 228 (slightly ripped). VG/--. Yes. First Edition, Second Impression. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.