Polar Books Catalogue

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    Reference 1473 (1486)
    Category Antarctic;
    Author Sir Vivian Fuchs & Sir Edmund Hillary,
    Title THE CROSSING OF ANTARCTICA - THE COMMONWEALTH TRANSATLANTIC EXPEDITION 1955-1958.
    Publishing Information London: Cassell and Company Limited, 1958.
    Description SIGNED 1st edition; xviii, 338 pages, illustrated, 30 colour, 63 b/w, 9 maps, endpapers showing map of the Antarctic, Blue Cloth with silver gilt titling to spine in pictorial unclipped dustjacket. SIGNED V. Fuchs 1958 on half title. A must-have for any collector of Antarctica. This attractive book tells the story of the Trans-Antarctic expedition, the first land crossing to the South Pole since that of Capt. Scott, related by the leaders of the expedition. Dustjacket browned, chipped, shelf ware. Contents clean.
    Price £30.00
    Keywords Scott, polar, S1-Ant
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