Search Results: the conquest of the south pole by hayes j gordon

The Macmillan Company, 1933. First U. S. Edition. Very good green boards with fading to spine as usual is the case. With clean text throughout. Wonderful frontispiece photograph "The Ramparts of the South Pole." Nicely illustrated with photographs from the field

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. 8vo, 318pp, ills and maps in text. Green cloth, speckled on spine.

The Macmillan Company, 1933. 1933 First Edition US. hardcover. 318pp, spine area badly damp stained, Fair.. Written with the benefit of conversations with surviving expedition members and the approval of all living leaders of expeditions and by the comrades and relatives of the dead. Hayes approached H. R. Mill to make the publication a joint effort but Mill declined as his opinion on the competence of certain explorers differed from Hayes’s. Mill did however encourage Hayes to continue and provided the Introduction to the book.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

New York: Macmillan, 1933. First American edition. Hardcover. Good -. 318pp, f & ills and maps in text. Green cloth, spine sunned & marked, title illegible, g- copy, internally vgc.

London. Thornton Butterworth 1932, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 23cm, first edition, 318,[2]p., ads., with 31 plates and illustrations from photographs, 11 charts and diagrams, appendix of schedules and lists, green cloth, gilt titles, very good to fine Rosove 165.A1. Review and commentary, written with the advice of H.R. Mill and J.M. Wordie. Spence 575.

Thornton Butterworth, 1932. 1932 First Edition. hardcover. 318pp, original green cloth, foing to prelims, heavy foxing to foreedges, light wear to extremities, some knowledgeable pencil annotation, Good+.. . Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.

London: Butterworth. VG+/VG (see notes). 1936. 2nd ptg. hardcover. 8vo . 318pp . Keystone Library edition. Slight cant to spine. Bit of toning to spine of DJ. .

London: Thornton Butterworth, 1936. 1st ed. thus. Nice copy. octavo. hardback in original cloth 318pp., frontis., text ills., b/w pls., maps, appends., bibliog., index, First Keystone Library edition

1932. London, Thornton Butterworth, (1932). Orig. full cloth. Stamp on title-page. 318,(2) pp., plates, charts and diagrams.

London : Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1932. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". not stated . A widely fascinating volume that details the progress of Antarctic exploration with illustrations. This volume aims to present a faithful record of the conquest of the South Pole, detailing the progress of Antarctic discovery which was abounded by epic incidents during the first years of the twentieth century. The work details the Heroic Era of Antarctic Exploration, Shackleton's attempt to reach the South Pole and the first Antarctic flights. With twenty three plates and a frontispiece and further diagrams and charts throughout the text.Collated, complete. With two pages of publisher adverts to the rear. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with some marks to the boards and some light bumping to the spine. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good

Thornton Butterworth, London, 1932. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; 318 pages, 2 pages advertisements. Illustrated, 31 photographs (some by Herbert Ponting), 11 maps and charts. Original green cloth, blind stamped colophon on both covers, gilt titling on front and spine. Shelfware, small marks to covers. Gift inscription dated 1932 to front end paper, minor spotting to page edges, contents clean. All illustrations and maps as called for. An interesting early history of the "Heroic Age" of exploration at the South Pole, starting at the beginning of the 20th Century up until the introduction of aviation. Hayes approached H. R. Mill to make the publication a joint effort but Mill declined, he did however encourage Hayes and in this introduction explains his reasons. This is the first UK edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 2 kilogram. Category: Arctic & Antarctic; Exploration. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available… Read More