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Macmillan, 1939. Hardcover. Good/Good. First American edition with 1939 on title page. Long foldout with 2 panoramas. Map endpapers. Dust jacket has edging, shelf wear, soiling, chipping and few small tears throughout. Dust jacket is now in mylar protective sleeve. Page ends have soiling, foxing and toning. Reach out for photos if interested.
Two Men In The Antarctic. An Expedition To The Graham Land 1920 - 1922 by Bagshawe Thomas Wyatt - 1939
by Bagshawe Thomas Wyatt
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Two Men In The Antarctic. An Expedition To The Graham Land 1920 - 1922
by Bagshawe Thomas Wyatt
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Cambridge University Press, 1939. 1939 First Edition. hardcover. 292pp, 33 plates, 3 text figures, 2 panoramas, original blue cloth, owner's signature who is a holder of a Polar Medal, VG in colour photocopy of original dw, signed on the half title by Thomas W. Bagshawe. Loosely inserted is a letter from the previous owner explaining the circumstances around the copy being signed, next to the signature is the date and location it was signed written in pencil. A very scarce signed copy. A most sought after item.. Two young and inexperienced junior team members stayed to winter on a tiny islet in the Antarctic in a disused boat, a handful of instruments and scanty stock of provisions. Not only did they survive, but they also carried out scientific work.. Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service.
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- Date Published 1939
- Keywords POLAR SOUTH - polar exploration mountaineering alpinism bergsteigen antarctic antarctica south pole discovery travel shackleton amundsen scott antarktis antarctique polaire bagshawe graham shetlands expedition deception nansen seal whaling penguin ice
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Two Men in the Antarctic An Expedition to Graham Land 1920-1922
by Thomas Wyatt Bagshawe
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TWO MEN IN THE ANTARCTIC; An Expedition to Graham Land 1920-1922 PLUS Transactions of the Zoological Society of London - NOTES ON THE HABITS OF THE GENTOO AND RINGED OR ANTARCTIC PENGUINS
by Bagshawe, Thomas Wyatt
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Macmillan Company, New York, 1939. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Condition/Good. 1st Edition; 1st US Edition: xxi, 292 pages, photographic frontispiece, 32 photographic illustrations on nineteen plates, two photographic panoramas on one folding plate, double page meteorological table and three sketches to text. Two young and inexperienced junior team members stayed to winter on a tiny islet in the Antarctic in a disused boat, a handful of instruments and a scanty stock of provisions. Not only did they survive, but they also carried out scientific work. Previous owners signature (in pencil) on front fly page. Dust jacket has some very minor closed edge minor tears and there is strengthening on the inside. PLUS Transactions of the Zoological Society of London - NOTES ON THE HABITS OF THE GENTOO AND RINGED OR ANTARCTIC PENGUINS. 1938 reprint of the above article; pages 186 to 307. Illustrated with many b/w photos of penguins plus some b/w diagrams and maps. Fascinating study of the Gentoo…
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