British Polar Explorers

William Collins, 1943. Cloth. Good/Fair. 1st Edition; 47pp, illustrated, 8 colour plates, 19 b/w illustrations. Blue illustrated covers in dustjacket of similar design. The author was one of the survivors of Scott’s last expedition. Here, he tells of the finest British Polar Explorers, their adventures and achievements. Includes Frobisher, Franklin, Ross, Scott and… Read more about this item

London: WILLIAM COLLINS, 1943 Blue and White printed paper covered boards, 225 x 165 mm approx. 48 pp. 8 colour plates + 19 b/w illustrations. First Edition 1st imp. 1943 in Britain in Pictures Series. VG/G (Book- moderate shelf wear to boards, bump to head of spine, no previous owner name or insc. a few dust spots to… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1956. Reprint from "Britain in Pictures" #53 in Series. Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. Colour & B&W illustrations. 8vo (9" x 6 1/2"), light blue paper with white lettering and triple ruled boarders over boards with compass rose, illustrated with 8 glossy plates in colour and 14 illustrations in black & white, pictorial dust jacket (unclipped), 47,… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1946. 2nd imp. Hardcover. Colour and b/w plates. pp. 48.,8vo.,Rear hinge tender, sp sl darkened, rubbed, rather bumped, o/w vg,Biographical notes on such explorers as Ross, Shackleton, Frankiln, Frobisher, and Scott, by Baron Mountevans of the Scott expedition. Britain in Pictures Series, lovley colour plates.

Collins, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1946. Second Impression. 47 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth with colour illustrated plates throughout. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Slight dog-eared pages throughout and visible tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible rubbing and edge wear with moderate bumping to corners.… Read more about this item

London: Collins. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Owner bookplate on front pastedown . endpaper, engraving of explorer John Franklin and handwritten biography . notes taped to half-title and facing page, yellowed tape outline on front . free endpaper, jacket toned and worn.. 1946. Second Printing. Hardcover. Britain in Pictures number 53. Illustrations and photos in color and in black… Read more about this item

London: W. Collins, 1946. 8vo, pp. [6], 7-47, [1]; 8 colored illustrations on rectos and versos of 4 plates; additional illustrations and photographs throughout; original blue paper-covered boards; edges scuffed; otherwise very good. Admiral Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1880-1957) was a Royal Navy officer and Antarctic explorer.

London: Collins, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Second edition. Very good in very good dustwrapper. 8 plates in color and 14 illustrations in black and white. Clean text. Small chip at top of dustwrapper spine. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards.… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1948 VG-/VG-. 8vo. original blue pictorial boards (rubbed with wear at headcap, occ. spotting) in dustwrapper (rubbed & a little frayed, chipped at headcap, some marking); pp. 48, with illustrations. A very good copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. VG-/VG-.

Collins, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Collins 1946, reprint. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text.

London: Collins, 1946 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Written by one of the survivors of the famous Scott Expedition to the South Pole. With 8 plates in colour and 14 illustrations in black and white. 48 pages. Dust jacket has some edge wear, fading, and foxing..

Collins. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Wear to head of spine and bottom edge ofbds, with much wear to tail of spine, interanlly very good, dw has much wear around spine and most corners, sl tanning to spine, rub to some other edges, tears and sl loss to head of spine area. ;… Read more about this item

Collins. Good in Good dust jacket. 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Wear to some extremeties, heaviest to bottom corners of bds, minor damp damage from dw to bds at top inner edge of bds, small insc to fep, v minor foxing to some leaves, heavy wear and small chips to dw, with similar to corners. ; Britain in… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1948 VG+/VG. 8vo. original blue pictorial boards (slightly rubbed, occ. spotting) in dustwrapper (rubbed & a litle frayed); pp. 48, with illustrations. A very good copy. . Second Impression. Hard Cover. VG+/VG.

London: Collins, 1946. r/p. Very Good. large octavo. hardback with dust jacket 48pp., b/w pls., bibliog., index,

London: Collins, 1946. tanning on cover, spine and pages. still clean and readable. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Collins, 1943, Britain in Pictures series,. /Dust Jacket Included. 1943. Hardcover. hardback, 48pp, 8 colour plates, slight foxing, otherwise clean and sound, no inscriptions, printed boards, Very Good / Good dustwrapper; wrapper edges rubbed, slightly frayed .

London: Collins. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Spine is shelf worn. Dust jacket is very worn at spine and fold, just a little at corners. .

London: Collins. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1946. Second Printing. Hardcover. Tight unmarked book in illustrated paper covered boards with liht shelfwear; in dust jacket with 2 cm edgetear and patches of wear. ; Britain in Pictures; 47 pages .

London: Collins. Fair in Fair dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. 8 plates in colour and 14 illustrations in black & white book is worn on corners but binding and pages are in good condi.; 8vo; 47 pages. .