EDWARD WILSON OF THE ANTARCTIC Naturalist And Friend Together With A Memoir Of Oriana Wilson by George Seaver - 1950

John Murray, 1936. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1936. Reprint. 301 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with a colour illustrated frontis and plates throughout. Moderate foxing and tanning to pages with heavier foxing and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pencil inscriptions to front pastedown and visible foxing and tanning to text block edges. Boards have visible bleach spotting and rubbing with minor bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and heavier rubbing to spine.

John Murray, 1941. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1941. Cheap Edition Reprinted. 301 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white illustrated plates. Front free endpaper appears to have been removed. Pages and plates are lightly tanned and foxed throughout. Scuffed loss to front hinge. Faint brown marking to a few pages, text is not affected. Binding is slightly shaky. Boards have moderate edge wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Notable sunning to spine and edges. Notable foxing to spine and front board, with some dark stained marking to spine.

Travel Book Club, 1941. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1941. No Edition Noted. 301 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with a photographic black and white frontis and black and white illustrated plates throughout. Moderate tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Front endpaper is missing with visible tanning to text block edges. Both hinges are cracked with exposed netting and binding is loose. Boards have visible edge wear and rubbing. Moderate bumping to corners and fair crushing to spine ends. Splitting to joints and heavier rubbing to spine.

London, Murray, 1935;. Reprinted; Hbk; Good/ No dj; 301pp with colour & black/white Illustrations & Maps. Introduction by Apsley Cherry-Garrard; Frontis. has been secured with old sellotape; Navy covers with cloth label on spine. .

London: John Murray, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Previous owner's name on the first free end paper. Some shelf wear to the dust jacket. Fast shipping with free delivery confirmation.

New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1937. First U. S. Edition . Cloth - Hard Cover. Good+/Fair. 301 pages, plus plates. Solid and clean copy with general signs of use and light wear. Dust jacket shows heavy chipping, though text and image are good. Jacket is clean and now protected in a clear mylar sleeve.

London: John Murray, 1938 Good+ copy in blue cloth on boards with cream paper title label on spine. Boards are crisp and clean. Endpapers have an inscription and attractive coloured bookplate pasted in. Text and b/w and colour plates are clean and firm though folio edges have sporadic foxing. Altogether an attractive copy.

John Murray, 1959. Hardcover. Good. 1959. Twenty-Sixth Impression. 310 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth covered boards. Black and white illustration plates throughout by Wilson. Colour portrait frontispiece. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. All surfaces tanned and sunned, particularly spine. Some additional marks and staining.

London, Murray, 1933;. Reprint. Hardback. Very good/ No dj. xxxiv, 301pp with coloured portrait frontis. plus illustrations & Maps. Introduction by Apsey Cherry Garrard. Ex libris label for Penny Cadell on front end paper. Navy cloth covers with paper title label on spine. .

London: John Murray, 1950. Later Printing. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 310 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. Owner's name front end paper. Acceptable dust jacket with chips and edge tears.