The Crossing of Antarctica
by Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G to Vg/Good
- Seller
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Colombies, France
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About This Item
London: Cassell, 1958. First Edition . Cloth. G to Vg/Good. Bound in light blue cloth, with protected, unclipped dw, endpaper maps of Antarctica, 30 colour photographs, 63 monochrome photographs, 9 maps, 338pp. On 24th. November 1957, 12 men set out from Shackleton Base equipped with eight vehicles, sledges and two dog teams to cross more than 2000 miles of unexplored snow and ice. In front of them lay unknown mountain ranges, an ice wall and innumerable crevasses.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Northgate Books (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6655
- Title
- The Crossing of Antarctica
- Author
- Sir Vivian Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - G to Vg
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
Terms of Sale
Northgate Books
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Northgate Books
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French and English secondhand and antiquarian books.
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- G
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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