Sir Hubert Wilkins Enigma of Exploration by Grierson, John - 1960

Robert Hale, 1960. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1960. First Published in GB. 224 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Some brown staining to textblock edges. Visible creasing to gutter.Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Bleaching to front board edges. Water staining to spine. Book has a visible forward lean.

Robert Hale Limited, 1960. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. This first edition is in good condition with a poor dust jacket. Rubbing to the top and bottom of the spine and foxing to the edges of the text block only. Otherwise a good clean copy

Robert Hale Ltd., 1960. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1960. first published in GB. 224 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth and gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates. Binding remains firm.Pages & plates remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and spine is presentable with minimal crushing and tanning. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears, and creasing.

London: Robert Hale. 1st printing (1960). 224pp. VG/VG copy, light edgewear to jacket and a couple of closed tears . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1960.

London: Robert Hale Limited, (1960). First Edition. Octavo, blue boards (hardcover), gilt letters, 224 pp. Bookplate; otherwise, Fine; in a Very Good, mylar protected dust jacket with lightly rubbed edges. From dust jacket: Sir Hubert Wilkins’ most publicised feat was his unsuccessful attempt to navigate a submarine called Nautilus under the North Pole in 1931. This was a glorious failure, and one of the few Wilkins’ expeditions well known to the world at large. For the Australian farmer’s boy, having stowed away in a ship at the age of twenty, proceeded to distinguish himself as a photographer, nautralist, meteorologist, geographer, aviator, war correspondent, pioneer of exploration, thinker and writer. All this he achieved with no more than a secondary school education. In the Turco-Bulgarian war, Wilkins the correspondent had one adventure after another. Then he left for three years in the Arctic with Stefansson, who described him as easily his best man. In the Great War he served… Read More

London: Robert Hale, 1960. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 224pp., frontis., b/w plates, maps, bibliog., index, Sir Hubert Wilkins' most publicised feat was his unsuccessful attempt to navigate a submarine called Nautilus under the North Pole in 1931. This was a glorious failure, and one of the few Wilkins' expeditions well known to the world at large. For the Australian farmer's boy, having stowed away in a ship at the age of twenty, proceeded to distinguish himself as a photographer, naturalist, meteorologist, geographer, aviator, war correspondent, pioneer of exploration, thinker and writer. Nice copy in a very nice unclipped dust jacket

London: Robert Hale Limited, 1960. Australian polar explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins' most publicized feat was his unsuccessful attempt to navigate the submarine Nautilus under the North Pole in 1931. In the present volume, English aviator John Grierson offers a detailed record of the heroic pioneer's early life, various expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic, and the harrowing tale of his legendary submarine mission beneath the North Pole.