The Ice a Journey To Antarctica

(London: Arlington Books, 1987) 0851407099. 8vo; original blue boards, lettered in silver gilt on spine; price-clipped laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (x) + 428, incl. index; plates; maps. Dustwrapper partially sunned and a bit foxed; some foxing to edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. "As he reveals, the impact of Cook's voyages to Antarctica not only affected the history of… Read more about this item

London: Arlington Books, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 428, b/w illustrations, 'Half of this book is a detailed, scientific, sometimes rhapsodic dissertation on Antarctica's most prominent feature: ice in its various forms. Interspersed are chapters on the exploration, geopolitics, earth sciences, literature, and art of the region: intellectual histories assuming background knowledge. ""

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover; Third Printing. 0877451524 . Simultaneously a geophysical examination of Antarctica and a look at the art, landscape (icescape? ) and history of one of the least hospitable areas of the entire world; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 428 pages .

London, Arlington Books 1986.. 428pp. 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. Black and white plates, maps and illustrations. . A near fine copy.. First UK edition.

London: Arlington books, 1987. fine in very good dust jacket . photo's. London: fine in very good dust jacket 1987

Ballantine Books. Good. 1988. Paperback. 0345348451 . 434 pages .