Polar Books Catalogue
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Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Miscellaneous; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;
Reference 583 (72) Category Antarctic; Author Simpson, F.A (Editor) Title THE ANTARCTIC TODAY: A MID-CENTURY SURVEY BY THE NEW ZEALAND ANTARCTIC SOCIETY. Publishing Information Wellington, NZ: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1952. Description 1st Edition; 389pp, frontispiece, 45 plates, numerous illustrations in text, large coloured folding map in pocket. Ex libris with embossed library stamp on front cover, library stamps on end paper, title page and verso title page. Red Cloth covers with gilt vignette of New Zealand Antarctic Society on front cover, Gilt titling to spine, spine splitting and covers faded, no dustjacket. The first major New Zealand contribution to reference literature on the Antarctic regions. Description of the Antarctic by observers from/in the Southern hemisphere. Chapters on whaling, sealing, marine biology of the Southern Seas. Very Good. Price £25.00 Keywords qpolarq S1-Ant ISBN Add this to your basket