Polar Books Catalogue
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Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;
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, Original covers in unclipped dustjacket. SIGNED V. Fuchs 1958 on half title. Shelf wear, dust jacket nibbled, contents clean, a nice copy. 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. Price £55.00 Keywords Scott, polar, S1-Ant ISBN Add this to your basket